EQ Techniques: Dynamic vs Condenser

jkung · 11th November 2009

How do you guys treat these differently? I notice that i have to do a bit more eqing to dynamics to get rid of a boominess. I mainly use Beta58s and 57s. Do you guys process them any differently after that? less compression? more? just askin...

frans · 11th November 2009

It's like the question how you spice your soup. WHICH soup? Close mic in front of a speaker? Search and destroy ringy resonances. Room mic? Search and lower room resonances, because so many rooms suck. Keep in mind that a lot mics except figure-8-ribbons are OMNIS on bass and low mids. Cheap condenser: ugly hi end. As a rule of thumb: If you use cheap EQ (read: most software EQ) CUT, don't boost. It will sound much better. Use low cut and hi cut on most things in the mix.

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frans Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 1,325	It's like the question how you spice your soup. WHICH soup? Close mic in front of a speaker? Search and destroy ringy resonances. Room mic? Search and lower room resonances, because so many rooms suck. Keep in mind that a lot mics except figure-8-ribbons are OMNIS on bass and low mids. Cheap condenser: ugly hi end. As a rule of thumb: If you use cheap EQ (read: most software EQ) CUT, don't boost. It will sound much better. Use low cut and hi cut on most things in the mix. __________________ The Hiwatt R&D department claims that Pete Townshend smashed 25 SG's over each head before they hit the shelves. After the holocaust the only things left will be cockroaches and Hiwatts.

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