2015/06/25 03:58:17
Jeff Evans
I have a similar line of thought except I see the bottom end a little differently.
For me:
 
Lows 20 - 150/200Hz  (I treat the lows all in one band and include sub bass as well as bass)
Lower Mids (which I also sometimes think of as upper lows) 200 - 500 Hz
Mids 500 - 2 kHz
Upper Mids 2 kHz - 6 kHz (but yes you can break this down into 2 bands as well 2K-4K and 4K-6K)
Highs 5-6 kHz and up
 
The lower mids is often an area where a mix can get clogged up a bit.  Semetimes all it takes is a little dip around 250-300 Hz to clear things up nicely. The whole rest of the mix can sometimes change (for the better usually) when you do this so try it first.
 
Harrison Mixbus has got a knob right on the master buss aimed right at this lower mid area and it works a treat. Just one small movement is all it takes.
2015/06/25 04:35:21
synkrotron
Cheers Jeff, yet again 
 
It's getting easier for me now, with your words here, amongst others, and the second article I linked to, to form my own understanding. I certainly don't have the hearing skills required and I'm mainly relying on SPAN at the moment. I am spending more time listening to other peoples music at the moment and, where possible, putting it into Sonar so I can use SPAN. So that is helping a great deal.
 
Jeff Evans
The lower mids is often an area where a mix can get clogged up a bit.



I'm having a lot of trouble in this area... But I'm working on it.
 
And I should probably have raised this in my own EQ topic, so sorry, again, to the OP of this topic.
 
cheers
 
andy
2015/06/25 10:46:27
DRanck
Very good info guys. Thanks.
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