[Lrmusic]

There are two purposes of EQ:

A. Changing the character of a sound.

B. Getting it to fit in the mix.

There's no dichotomy, but I think EQ-ing usually falls into one of these purposes. Correct? (Getting rid of noise and horrible sound frequencies, for example, would belong to category A. Arguably you could come up with your own subdivision of categories, ones that are a lot less general, but I'd rather not get into semantics. These categories serve my actual question best.)

So before you send a track off to a pro mixer:

A. You'll print EQ that is done to change the character of a sound, as part of aesthetic sound design.

B. Bypass EQ that is done primarily as part of the mix.

Correct?

Or do you bypass EQ altogether, and leave everything to the pro mixers?

Or do you send a reference mix with your preferred aesthetics?