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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 49567" data-attributes="member: 24">Re: Oh well oh well oh wellWhen you are stuck mixing on a Mackie CFX that has 4K and 8K as the sliders next to each other on the output graphic and 1.4K to 8K being less than 1/4 turn on the only sweepable channel eq you take what you can get and cut where you can. Its all the same octave, right? (sarcasm). I was so desperate I went to my car, pulled out an old PV231 eq and sold it to the band member that owns the PA. After all was repatched I was still probably dumping 12db at 4K. I did think it was kind of funny, but while the first two bands were on this headliner kept saying they were a lot louder. When it was all said and done, they really weren&#039;t significantly louder. They were significantly more cluttered and distorted.For whoever was asking about the tape, that is a technique that they argue endlessly about on drum forums. When I use it I prefer a couple of narrow strips to a bigger square. A couple of 1/2 inch by 3-5 inch strips seem to work fine for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 49567, member: 24"] Re: Oh well oh well oh well When you are stuck mixing on a Mackie CFX that has 4K and 8K as the sliders next to each other on the output graphic and 1.4K to 8K being less than 1/4 turn on the only sweepable channel eq you take what you can get and cut where you can. Its all the same octave, right? (sarcasm). I was so desperate I went to my car, pulled out an old PV231 eq and sold it to the band member that owns the PA. After all was repatched I was still probably dumping 12db at 4K. I did think it was kind of funny, but while the first two bands were on this headliner kept saying they were a lot louder. When it was all said and done, they really weren't significantly louder. They were significantly more cluttered and distorted. For whoever was asking about the tape, that is a technique that they argue endlessly about on drum forums. When I use it I prefer a couple of narrow strips to a bigger square. A couple of 1/2 inch by 3-5 inch strips seem to work fine for me. [/QUOTE]

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