<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 00:16, schwartz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:millward@ms.umanitoba.ca">millward@ms.umanitoba.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have read that using equalization will give each instrument more "space"<br>
and make the track clearer and easier to listen to. I sort of understand that<br>
this involves removing some frequencies from, say the guitar, so that it<br>
does not interfere with vocals, or some such concept. Is there somewhere<br>
on the internet I could get some information or better yet, some real life<br>
examples, of how to equalize a track? I use Audacity as a sound editor<br>
and it does have EQ on it, but I've no idea how to use it.<br>
Is there somewhere on the internet that can tell me what frequency<br>
ranges the typical bland human voice, harmonica, guitar, bass, and drums<br>
each cover individually? That way I'll have a starting point for this adventure into EQ. Or is learning EQ just a case of sloppin' around until something good happens?<br></blockquote></div><br>As The Fons said: Learn to listen. Listen to learn.<br>
<br>Here's a chart [1] of approximate instrument ranges and their frequencies. It doesn't tell the whole story but it can be handy. It was published in Sound On Sound [2], I'm currently trying to locate the original article it appeared in, but SOS is anyway a highly recommended resource and all their articles older than 6 month are free for everyone to read.<br>
<br>[1] <a href="http://files.dahnielson.com/2008/03/23/instrument-ranges.png">http://files.dahnielson.com/2008/03/23/instrument-ranges.png</a><br clear="all">[2] <a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/">http://www.soundonsound.com/</a><br>
<br>-- <br>Anders Dahnielson<br><<a href="mailto:anders@dahnielson.com">anders@dahnielson.com</a>><br>
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