Hi everybody,

Could you all make some recommendations for video tutorials that demonstrate actually using EQ, compression, etc?  Something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LViLvXbI6yA&list=UUcI5MQBfsDhklgkzQ5YAPqQ&index=3&feature=plcp

Some I've reviewed show the features of different tools, like what the controls do (gain, fequency, Q, etc).  I'm comfortable with those aspects, so I'm looking for something more related to practical use; examples of decision making; the "why" related to using them.

Thanks!

Donny

Watch Dan Worrall's two FabFilter Pro-Q tutorials. Even though he's marketing a FF product specifically, it's still an interesting look at EQ for mastering. You may need to watch them 2 or 3 times.

Thanks Bit.  I'll definitely have a look.

Those are excellent!

the most important thing about learning how to EQ, is to learn that taking away, is more important than adding.

I dunno. I think that's less true that it's often made out. Sometimes, just a little boost at the right place is vastly simpler than trying to carve out almost everything else. And, watching various videos or tutorials over the years, I don't really see good engineers taking this approach. They boost or cut generally as required, as best I can tell. They try to de-emphasize the bad and emphasize the good. Sometimes, just de-emphasizeing the bad is sufficient, sometimes just emphasizing the good is. Often both, and sometimes substantial amounts of either.

Where 'good and bad' are relative terms of course, not whether they sound good or bad in isolation.

i'm a firm believer in removing problem frequencies, versus adding other frequencies to make up for it.


use this simple concept, and your mixes will improve droddey

they did for mine, and i've been doing this a long time.

maybe we are talking the same thing here.

But, the thing is, many concepts can improve your mixes. It just doesn't mean that they are the only concepts that will. As mentioned, I've not observed talented mixers I've seen videos of being particularly delicate about boosts. They are often wanting to make a part just stick up in a particular range without being obtrusive, and a boost in that area may well be the best way to achieve it, whereas trying to do it by cut plus makeup gain could be a lot more abusive to the sound.

For instance, lots of people will EQ a kick drum by cutting the nasty lower mids, then bosting a desired low thump frequency and a desired high click frequency. Lots of people will pull specific frequencies out of the bass that interfere with the guitars and kick, then emphasize a particular low range and a mid-range frequency to give it definition, often where the grungy parts of the guitar have been removed. These types of combinations of cuts and boosts are very common, it seems to me.
 

bitflipper


Watch Dan Worrall's two FabFilter Pro-Q tutorials. Even though he's marketing a FF product specifically, it's still an interesting look at EQ for mastering. You may need to watch them 2 or 3 times.

You should buy their products too, they're really good. And they have some really nice videos explaining how to use them. Compressor, Limiter, Gate, EQ, modulation (Volcano) delay, they are all really nice.

batsbrew


i'm a firm believer in removing problem frequencies, versus adding other frequencies to make up for it.


use this simple concept, and your mixes will improve droddey

they did for mine, and i've been doing this a long time.

maybe we are talking the same thing here.

Ditto!!