| Are you afraid of EQ?
It took me a while to get used to the thought of having to EQ something. For a long time everyone said track flat, do it all in the mix. I did that unless there was something that really needed EQ. Even still, I hardly EQ'd the mix. I actually remember doing one project where the drummer was amazed that I had 5 or 6 channels of EQ on a 22 track mix with another 6 or 7 channels of effects returns.
About two years ago that came and bit me on ass when I mixed a project for a band (unattended) and out of 12 songs they only liked three of them. They said the rough mixes sounded closer and the final product really changed. There was a bit more to it, like them not really knowing what they liked and what they wanted. In the end I ended up redoing 4 songs rather then the 9 that they wanted to.
But, since that project I've changed my approach and I started to EQ a bit on the way to tape. After seeing SM's reckless approach to EQ I'm not as afraid to twist those knobs way up or down if needed.
Any thoughts on this one?
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J. 'Moose' Kahrs
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