drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » Frequency question Frequency question Author Post Isis-sama Tourist Registration Date: 08-09-2004 Posts: 13 Im currently tryin to learn how to get a good mixdown, i understand eq'ing and frequencys, but what program is best for doing this? Any help is greatly appreciated __ The faster, harder, dirtier, the better!www.mobettatech.com KAITEN IS ME (its trickery!) 13-09-2004 20:25 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  I just do it in the program I make my music in, I just put an EQ on about every channel... __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 13-09-2004 20:29 Isis-sama Tourist Registration Date: 08-09-2004 Posts: 13 by every channel, do you mean every instrument. Or is it like drums, bass, synth, vocal....? __ The faster, harder, dirtier, the better!www.mobettatech.com KAITEN IS ME (its trickery!) 13-09-2004 21:22 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  Usually you EQ everything... kick, snare, hihat, bass, ... EQing is mostly used to remove certain frequencies which are getting in the way of other sounds. __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 14-09-2004 10:28 djfreemc Sponsor Registration Date: 25-07-2003 Posts: 1,117 Helpfulness rating:  a little question related to this: what kind of eq is best to work with? A standard 3 or 4 band, something with more bands, or one where u can adjust frequencies & filter bandwith urself? __ The mysteries of the distorted snare... Can't win if u don't play 14-09-2004 18:54 Emblem-X Master Producer Registration Date: 10-11-2002 Posts: 2,135 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by djfreemc a little question related to this: what kind of eq is best to work with? A standard 3 or 4 band, something with more bands, or one where u can adjust frequencies & filter bandwith urself? i allways use a parametric eq for such things __ 14-09-2004 20:06 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Isis-sama by every channel, do you mean every instrument. Or is it like drums, bass, synth, vocal....? Every instument, every part of the drums on their own... __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 14-09-2004 20:08 stino Player Registration Date: 13-07-2003 Posts: 308 quote: Originally posted by Emblem-X quote: Originally posted by djfreemc a little question related to this: what kind of eq is best to work with? A standard 3 or 4 band, something with more bands, or one where u can adjust frequencies & filter bandwith urself? i allways use a parametric eq for such things me too! __ www.myspace.com/stinomg www.myspace.com/circlelogicband 14-09-2004 23:14 Muad'Dib Andrejnalin Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 4,197 Helpfulness rating:  I think Isis-sama is producing in FruityLoops, so let me help. quote: Every instument, every part of the drums on their own... Excatly. I send them to separate track in the mixer, run an EQ on every one, and then send them to a collector track on the mixer which holds them all, and there I add another EQ for a finish. Best results. __ Thinking about becoming an Image-Line/FL Studio customer? Want a 10% reduction in price? Use this affiliate link: http://affiliate.image-line.com/BADEBDG473 There is no such thing without its opposite -Bene Gesserit 15-09-2004 00:06 Qbit Cool Steppa Registration Date: 14-11-2003 Posts: 103 Helpfulness rating:  hmm, i think EQing every part of your drum is not really necessary. I compress and EQ my drums, and besides that i EQ most of my instruments. I always use Waves L4 to L10, whatever suits best. I learned that the sound very much depends on mixdown rather than EQ (not saying that EQ isn't necessary). Good monitors will help a lot to get a clean sound. __ Drop On Request 15-09-2004 01:14 Isis-sama Tourist Registration Date: 08-09-2004 Posts: 13 quote: Originally posted by Qbit hmm, i think EQing every part of your drum is not really necessary. I compress and EQ my drums, and besides that i EQ most of my instruments. I always use Waves L4 to L10, whatever suits best. I learned that the sound very much depends on mixdown rather than EQ (not saying that EQ isn't necessary). Good monitors will help a lot to get a clean sound. I am actually using a progam called Muzys. It doesnt have a built in eq on each channels so I was wondering if there was a good plugin or sometin to use for that. __ The faster, harder, dirtier, the better!www.mobettatech.com KAITEN IS ME (its trickery!) 15-09-2004 02:28 Isis-sama Tourist Registration Date: 08-09-2004 Posts: 13 oh, one more question. Would it be easier to bring each sample into wavelab for eq, or put a vst eq on every channel in my sequencing software? __ The faster, harder, dirtier, the better!www.mobettatech.com KAITEN IS ME (its trickery!) 16-09-2004 03:14 muphasta Master Producer Registration Date: 29-06-2004 Posts: 643 Helpfulness rating:  when i got problems in frequency I use a spectral analyzer to look for the interference. then I locate the sound wich is interfering. then eq it. adjust the freqs with indeed an Eq-device or a stereo enhancer. If you are Ok with a sound you produce, you shouldnt mess with it a lot i think. only if necessary. same for compressing. cheers a lot!!! __ muphasta none dnb www.myspace.com/muphsugar reggeadubwise.com Roots-reggea-project: muphsteppa muphsteppa@reggeadubwise 16-09-2004 13:12 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Isis-sama oh, one more question. Would it be easier to bring each sample into wavelab for eq, or put a vst eq on every channel in my sequencing software? Better to put a VST EQ on every channel. When you put new sounds in your track, you often have to make room for it by adjusting the EQ on the other tracks. When you do it in Wavelab, the EQ is fixed, and it's a lot of work when you want to make a small adjustment to the EQ. It's also very interesting to use the VST automation features and use dynamic EQ - eg instead of fading in a sound, you can cut the high and low end using EQ and gradually bring them back, this gives the impression that the sound is coming closer instead of just fading in. You should vary your EQ throughout the song, always to make room for a new element when it is required. You can simply emphasize different elements by boosting the right frequencies for a couple of seconds and then gradually take it back to the original setting. Much more effective than using volume changes, and it keeps the balance of the track. I do this all the time when I'm mixing, eg guitar solo - boost 2-4kHz by 3-6dB instead of moving the volume fader up __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 16-09-2004 13:46 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Qbit hmm, i think EQing every part of your drum is not really necessary. I compress and EQ my drums, and besides that i EQ most of my instruments. Depends on your source material. If you have eg a dry recording of an acoustic drum kit you really need to do a lot of EQ to get all the ringing out of the toms and snare, and to make the kit sound as a whole. IMO EQ is the most important thing when mixing. You can make a decent mix without any panning, compression or effects, but if you have no EQ you're in trouble!! __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 16-09-2004 13:51 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » Frequency question