Bass guitar: tricks, tips and advice on getting the most out of equalization and compression. Home recording and DIY production is a tricky old business for the newly initiated. With each new software program, vst plugin, hardware and technique their comes a new challenge. As with the other instruments I’ve talked about on this site, […]
Category: EQ
EQ and Compression Settings: Snare
The snare if done correctly can be part of your signature sound, if you take a listen to a lot of 80s hair rock you’ll hear a very definite style of snare. Using presets for your compression and eq can be a good starting point, but if you’re interested in learning to sculpt the sound, […]
EQ and Compression: Kick Drum
:::EQ and Compression: Kick Drum tips, tricks and advice::: If you use VST equalizers and compressors, you’ll find they come with their own presets. Presets are great as starting points, the compressors should only need either the threshold or input changed for them to apply their magic. VST EQ presets on the other hand will […]
EQ – Jargon – What is rolling off? – Recording Tips
What is rolling off? I know, these phrases banded about by everybody ‘in the know’ are confusing. Put simply rolling off is a curve. See the pictures below, These pictures are designed to show what a curve will look like when applied. They’re only represenations but it’s a good way to understand what an EQ […]
EQ Tutorial – Blue Cat Triple EQ
Really well put together Video tutorial about using EQ.