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paultools · 2nd July 2005

"Magic Air" from the Eventide H3000 was my favorite for vocals.

Clever use of parallel compression and eq will solve the 808 issue.
This brings up the age-old issue of Main Monitor EQ... do you EQ a smiley "club" for hype on the big speakers or is your curve more for accuracy?
Many people make the mistake of trying to get the beats to bang the way they will in the club or in the trunk, not allowing for the curves and subs that will be present in playback systems for this type of music. Sometimes your clients will not understand this.
Build your entire mix around the 808, being careful about the use of a bass line that shares the same frequency range near the bottom. If the relationship between the two is not right, you will get some wild speaker excursions due to the waves beating against one another.

2nd July 2005	#15
paultools Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,238	"Magic Air" from the Eventide H3000 was my favorite for vocals. Clever use of parallel compression and eq will solve the 808 issue. This brings up the age-old issue of Main Monitor EQ... do you EQ a smiley "club" for hype on the big speakers or is your curve more for accuracy? Many people make the mistake of trying to get the beats to bang the way they will in the club or in the trunk, not allowing for the curves and subs that will be present in playback systems for this type of music. Sometimes your clients will not understand this. Build your entire mix around the 808, being careful about the use of a bass line that shares the same frequency range near the bottom. If the relationship between the two is not right, you will get some wild speaker excursions due to the waves beating against one another. __________________ We are creating enemies faster than we can kill them.