How do you remove midrange junk?

javd007 · 5th February 2012

Hey guys im working on a new song. If youll notice theres some mid range junk on the synth brass thats clashing with other sounds. i am trying to eq it out and am getting nowhere. Could it be because im mixing on hr824 monitors?

**Reptil** · 5th February 2012

lowpass that bassloop so it's more eehm bassy

the lead synth and the synth brass overlap both in arrangement, as well as in frequency, they're not playing together or as antagonists, so try to fix that. that's not just a question of eq.

lampmeister · 5th February 2012

Agree with the above - orchestration. I nearly always put a high and low pass filter on every track and return. Then use some narrow eq cut on reverb returns to surgically extract the mud and flabby bits.

Catabolic · 6th February 2012

Another thing to try is more synth panning. They seem on top of each other, at least on computer monitors. Separately I can hear they have some stereo widening on them - like it seems the melodic part has note velocity affecting pan, but two wide tracks at the same time in the same frequency range gets busy. Maybe make a mono version of each and pan them fairly hard. Mute them and then when the two play together, have a fast fade-in on the mono tracks and a fast fade-down the stereo tracks quite a lot. Apply some more fade up/down automation to fill in the center hole as needed.

jackdamery · 7th February 2012

This sounds very cool, have you got a Soundcloud?

javd007 · 11th February 2012

no i dont have a soundcloud. what is that?

ponybob · 11th February 2012

where is the brass sound sound coming from? sounds great

javd007 · 15th February 2012

its a JX-8p. it sounds great in Stereo.

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Reptil Moderator Joined: Dec 2004 Location: in a low orbit Posts: 19,384 1 Review written	lowpass that bassloop so it's more eehm bassy the lead synth and the synth brass overlap both in arrangement, as well as in frequency, they're not playing together or as antagonists, so try to fix that. that's not just a question of eq. __________________ CONVERTERS FOR SALE HERE: link

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lampmeister Gear addict Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 372	Agree with the above - orchestration. I nearly always put a high and low pass filter on every track and return. Then use some narrow eq cut on reverb returns to surgically extract the mud and flabby bits. __________________ "Music is continuous, only listening is intermittent." - John Cage.

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Catabolic Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 204	Another thing to try is more synth panning. They seem on top of each other, at least on computer monitors. Separately I can hear they have some stereo widening on them - like it seems the melodic part has note velocity affecting pan, but two wide tracks at the same time in the same frequency range gets busy. Maybe make a mono version of each and pan them fairly hard. Mute them and then when the two play together, have a fast fade-in on the mono tracks and a fast fade-down the stereo tracks quite a lot. Apply some more fade up/down automation to fill in the center hole as needed. __________________ Elektron videos and more - http://www.youtube.com/catabolicdj http://www.facebook.com/musicbycatabolic

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jackdamery Gear Head Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 41	This sounds very cool, have you got a Soundcloud?

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javd007 Gear nut Joined: Aug 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 113 Thread Starter	no i dont have a soundcloud. what is that?

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ponybob Gear nut Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 103	where is the brass sound sound coming from? sounds great

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javd007 Gear nut Joined: Aug 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 113 Thread Starter	its a JX-8p. it sounds great in Stereo.