When mix engineers are seeking to clean up and tighten a mix they quite often use a simple locut/hi-pass filter on many if not most tracks.  You can, of course, do this with whatever equalizer you're using already on any given track to greater or lesser effect but I prefer to simply add an instance of FabFilter Mikro which is a single filter which can be configured either hi or lo pass on each track and, when mixing, lo cut to taste.  It's very CPU friendly and tres easy to use.  It's also cheap.  In fact if you already own some FF stuff...really cheap.  Check it out.

You are absolutely right! A great plugin at a great price!
Thanks olpal.

I'm a bit puzzled about these type of plug-ins. I own the free Brainworx Cleransweep, which is basically just a hi pass, and McDSP F2 but I can't for the life of me figure out why I'd use that instead of my regular 8 bands Logic EQ or Renaissance EQ on which I can only enable only the band (s) that I need.

Furthermore, though I do put a hi pass on basically everything, I'm likely to add a notch or dip somewhere else, so I'll be dealing w/ 2 plug-ins instead of one, which seems counterproductive.

Am I missing something?

Rain


I'm a bit puzzled about these type of plug-ins. I own the free Brainworx Cleransweep, which is basically just a hi pass, and McDSP F2 but I can't for the life of me figure out why I'd use that instead of my regular 8 bands Logic EQ or Renaissance EQ on which I can only enable only the band (s) that I need.

Furthermore, though I do put a hi pass on basically everything, I'm likely to add a notch or dip somewhere else, so I'll be dealing w/ 2 plug-ins instead of one, which seems counterproductive.

Am I missing something?

Nope, why would anyone pay $40 for 2 filters that are already on eqs.

I have all the Fabfilters except mikro. Hopefully I'm covered already with all the eq and filters I need, for now. 

Yoro is the fabman, though, and I think he's got a plug or two of some kind for every day of the year if he needs it to put a cork in some renegade piece of bandwidth.

@Rain...your Cleansweep should work equally as well.  And yes, there is a noticeable difference.

@pathos...(great avatar) Yossarian thought Orr was crazy in the beginning too;-)

sonimus satson first come in mind ...also this freebie ....

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-product-alert/738832-stereochannel-monochannel-free-stereo-gain-staging-balance-vst.html

Oh My... all this got me was another day of listening to Doghouse Riley's slickest licks on Myspace.

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A good progressive and adjustable HPF/LPF is invaluable, many included with broad band EQ's are not up to the task, this looks like a great recommendation to me.

Thanks 'olpal.

Thanks for the kind words McQ:-)

But all that stuff on MS is gettin pretty long in the tooth.  I'm currently rotating mixes up to my soundcloud page from my new album project to test their "web readiness".  Put a new up yesterday called "Already Gone". 

http://soundcloud.com/tracks/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=doghouse+riley

I'll post in songs as well.

DR