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Originally Posted by danasti  Are you tracking your kick with the dbx eq and 160 then adding some UAD eq? If you are, stop it.
Use the room and microhone(s) to track with because you can ruin the sound later when you mix or edit. Do not cut the track with processing that you can't undo. You can make those creative decisions in relation to the entire mix instead of isolated during a tracking situation. |
Yeah, but on the flip side of that, if you're tracking with the whole band going at once you can get a pretty damn good idea of what each sound is going to need.
I track with EQ and compression all the time! It maximizes the dynamic range of the recording medium and not only pumps up the players 'cause it sounds "like a record" from day one, but it takes less time to mix because some or most of that dirty work is done.
And really, doing it all later isn't even CLOSE to being the same as carving and commiting on the way in.
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How I eq is by sweeping through a frequency band and finding a part that I choose to emphasise/deemphasise. I have to hear it (in relation to the mix). Eq is one of many reasons that I feel good monitoring and a good room is the most important tool. What does it sound like? For things like bass and low drums I get more headroom and a louder overall mix from cutting out frequency I don't need or I deem excessive. Especially in the lowend, you can get more with less.
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Yup.
Dump all those ugly low-mids and the bottom will seem deeper & bigger. Carve too much away and it gets thin. There's a fine line there....
I hardly ever EQ in solo. Sometimes...but usually not. Usually it's in groups...say guitars and bass together with drums, vox, keys whatever muted.