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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 92736" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Re: EQ sweeping</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The issue there is most likely not a house EQ problem but rather a channel strip EQ problem. All kinds of nasty things tend to stack up in that range. Just about every mic on stage is picking up stage slosh in that range for starters. The next fact is almost every instrument has a fundamental tone or at least a harmonic in that range. Messy messy and that is before we factor in the Fletcher–Munson curve of human hearing boost in that range. The one thing you really don't want to do is cut those frequencies out of the lead vocal, that is where much of the fullness and body is. Pull it out of everything else if you do any cutting.</p><p></p><p>For starters pull out ALL of that range on the tom mics and everything below 10k on any drum overheads or hi hat mics you are using. This alone will clean up a noticeable amount of garbage in your mix. Ease a few db out of the snare drum at around 400hz until you are happy with the sound. This will leave the crack of the top and the body of the bottom intact and tend to step on the vocal less.</p><p></p><p>You can scoop out a few db on the guitars for vocal clarity in that range but I usually center the frequency for that between 500hz and 800hz depending on the guitar tone.</p><p></p><p>For kik drum I usually make the really deep cut somewhere centered around 240hz (which will reach up a little to the 400hz range depending on the Q). You are trying to get rid of the mud and flop just below that and the cardboard sound just above that while leaving the fullness and the attack.</p><p></p><p>These are just some starters that will help you clean up the mix a bit without putting a hole in the midrange. If you system is just hot at 400hz and 500hz then never mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 92736, member: 277"] Re: EQ sweeping The issue there is most likely not a house EQ problem but rather a channel strip EQ problem. All kinds of nasty things tend to stack up in that range. Just about every mic on stage is picking up stage slosh in that range for starters. The next fact is almost every instrument has a fundamental tone or at least a harmonic in that range. Messy messy and that is before we factor in the Fletcher–Munson curve of human hearing boost in that range. The one thing you really don't want to do is cut those frequencies out of the lead vocal, that is where much of the fullness and body is. Pull it out of everything else if you do any cutting. For starters pull out ALL of that range on the tom mics and everything below 10k on any drum overheads or hi hat mics you are using. This alone will clean up a noticeable amount of garbage in your mix. Ease a few db out of the snare drum at around 400hz until you are happy with the sound. This will leave the crack of the top and the body of the bottom intact and tend to step on the vocal less. You can scoop out a few db on the guitars for vocal clarity in that range but I usually center the frequency for that between 500hz and 800hz depending on the guitar tone. For kik drum I usually make the really deep cut somewhere centered around 240hz (which will reach up a little to the 400hz range depending on the Q). You are trying to get rid of the mud and flop just below that and the cardboard sound just above that while leaving the fullness and the attack. These are just some starters that will help you clean up the mix a bit without putting a hole in the midrange. If you system is just hot at 400hz and 500hz then never mind. [/QUOTE]
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