[LAU] Equilization dah?

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Fri Sep 5 03:19:50 EDT 2008


schwartz wrote:
> I have read that using equalization will give each instrument more "space"
> and make the track clearer and easier to listen to. I sort of understand that
> this involves removing some frequencies from, say the guitar, so that it
> does not interfere with vocals, or some such concept.  Is there somewhere
> on the internet I could get some information or better yet, some real life
> examples, of how to equalize a track?  I use Audacity as a sound editor
> and it does have EQ on it, but I've no idea how to use it.
>   Is there somewhere on the internet that can tell me what frequency
> ranges the typical bland human voice, harmonica, guitar, bass, and drums
> 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?

Don't know how good it is compared to others, but I've just started 
reading "The Mixing Engineer's Handbook", seems like a good start for a 
non-sound-engineer like me.

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David
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