When mixing music, what does equalization do (EQ) and how do you use it?
By ulalume
@ulalume (713)
United States
February 24, 2009 7:05pm CST
One thing I enjoy doing is composing and making my own music. I have been reading about EQing, but I am not really sure what occurs when I do it. I have the program and stuff for it, but I would like to understand what it technically does; as well as if I should just be doing it over the master track or over each individual track. Any help would be great!
1 response
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I'm not sure, this might sound strange but wouldn't it equalize the sound? I write my own song lyrics and would be interested in hearing from someone who is composing his own music. Can you give me any feedback on composing it and what ur actually doing?
@ulalume (713)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Sure, I am not an expert and I am still learning as I go; but I am definitly up for helping someone out who is interested in it. If you want to get into it add me as a "friend" on here and we can exchange some PM's about it, as it will take a while on this discussion to get through all that I know (haha); plus I dont want to be flagged for "off-topicness."
@ADAGIO (7)
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26 Feb 09
Graphic equalisers can be used in various ways whether your performing live or recording, for example, at a gig, you do a sound check and you would alter your bass, middle and treble etc until you were happy, BUT as the room fills up with people the sound is absorbed by them and their clothes, therefore the bass may need increasing to compensate,
Bass is low freq
Middle is mid range
and high is high end freq,
if either is set wrong, the overall sound maybe ear piercingly painfull or muffled, Also Graphic reduction should always be used before addition
