EQ Explained in 10 Minutes … or it’s free
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In this video, I explain how to use EQ in less than 10 minutes.
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CORRECTION: I said I sang an A at 440 but I actually sang an A an octave below 440 at 220 so the harmonica are above NOT below!!
There is something that needs to be stressed about the usage of EQ in both traditional music recordings and in the box electronic music. Equalization is ultimately a tool to FIX PROBLEMS, whether that be treating unpleasant frequencies or enhancing frequencies. If you make electronic music, sound design (or choosing a preset) is equivalent to the quality of a traditional recording. In general, recordings, even when good, tend to require EQ enhancement to bring the sound to life. In electronic music, this is rarely the case because the quality of a sound can be achieved in the sound design and sound processing (phaser, flanger, chorus, distortion, saturation, delay, reverb etc) stage. Many soft-synths have an built in EQ these days too. That is not to say that EQ is not required to enhance sounds in electronic music, but expect to do it much less. In electronic music, EQ is more of a mixing tool to create separation where frequencies clash. The better the sound design, composition, and arrangement, the less equalizing you will need to do.
Samples on the other hand are a bit different to soft-synths. Samples come in a whole range of quality, and samples that have been ripped from existing music will contain a lot of unpleasant artifacts which you will need to EQ out. This is called treating the sound. On the other hand, good samples will be very clean with good tonal balance and the only EQ applied will be for mixing purposes. You can usually get good samples from places like Splice. Lower quality samples are usually associated with old vengeance sample packs.
Reason I typed all of this was because I was confused for years from watching videos and reading about EQ. I never really understand how it worked for a long time, so I hope this helps other people understand the role of EQ in different production processes.
Great tutorial, but it leaves out a crucial question: Why do we need an auto filter? It would be helpful to see a comparison of audio playback with and without the auto filter.
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Excellent presentation! Smooth, easy to follow, outstanding details, and easy on the ears. Thank you
I thought this was equipoise
I'm an artist and I have project that sounds decent and a preset but I can't seem to find a video explaining what to do when you hear a certain sound or something that explains specifically what changing the db on something does. My best thing I get from videos like this is listen until you think it sounds good but it does just not quite at radio quality. And that's my missing peace. Do you have a video like that or should I just keep messing with different compressors, eq, and reverbs to get a decent sound? I'd like to profit from this so I can pay engineers or idk be free n make a living lol
How do I use this for Spotify playlists?
When you are doing these types of audio examples, the worst thing to do is have that hard rock playing as background the whole time, even if you are shutting it off just before you let us hear the example. By the time we listen, our ears are getting adjusted/fatigued, by that massive amount of frequencies being thrown at us with that hard rock. Our ear can't adjust to the detailed sounds you are trying for us to hear, because it has been adjusted to deal with the scream/screeching sound to that hard rock
Very very true
Dude, do one of these E.Q. explanations on an INSTRUMENT, like rock guitar.
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my shit just gets muffled i’m so confused
This is about the most easy to understand video I've watched on the subject. Good job!!
I’ve never watched a more helpful yt vid in my life.
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Best visualization of a parametric EQ. I’ve been using 7 Band EQs with my guitar and Marshall amp. The improvement in sound quality is mind blowing, the EQ also acts as a preamp/boost. I bought an Ibanez Pentatone 5 band Parametric EQ from Sweetwater for $129, and have been playing with not only the levels of boost & cut, but frequency and Q. It’s lowest frequency is 3k and the highest is 14k. Effective audible range is 100k ~ 7k. So adjusting the target frequency then dialing Q (width) I can get a very natural tone.
If you aren’t using an EQ in your fx loop, you’re really missing some magic.
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Brilliant video!
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Holy smokes. Thank you dude!
Plain and simple, and not selling me a plugin!
understood everything in the first like 4 minutes, stuck around for watch time ty for good content!!
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I’m still struggling to understand. How do I know how to change the graphs for what my sound needs?
Is there a prerequisite video that would help me get to a better understanding before I try to understand this one?
Fl studio is so much easier to understand
This is incredibly useful.Thank you
Your mic eq hurts my ears i feel like its the lower end and it just hurts no matter how quiet i have it
Im playing with my EQs in GHUB for my pro X, i hear absolutely zero difference fucking with the EQs. If i click on "surround sound" my game is FLOODED with crazy ambient bass and makes my games sound like ass, i cant even hear footsteps over the garbage audio…