Audio mixing EQ tips Tag

The Art of Remixing – Success tips for a Perfect Audio Mix

You often thought of remixing as a sign of engineer weakness. So for example say you are mixing a project, happy to mix it down and send it to your friends for listening. Your friends will then tell you that the mix sucks and does not sound good. So yo …

Tips to improve musical clarity of live rock band practice & rehearsal

This post will highlight all possible ways on how you can improve the sound quality and clarity of your band practice. Have you noticed that if you are doing band practice whether at your friends’ garage, the overall sound is lacking in clarity despite …

Mixing Horns, Trumpets, Trombone & Sax- EQ techniques for Best Clarity

Someone asked me how to mix horns combined with other instruments such as drums: Hello, thank you so much for all the advice and tips you offer on this site…very helpful. 1 song, sounds like an old Chicago, horn driven pop tune: 2 trumpets, trombone …

Using Parametric EQ to Find the “Sweet Spot” of any Musical Instruments

Most of the EQ suggestions in this blog are very specific such as: Boost +6dB 100Hz for Kick Drums Q=1.4 However in real world EQ adjustment, different musical instruments are not exactly unique in sound although they are still kick drums, bass guitar, …

What is a Low Shelf and High Shelf Filter in Parametric Equalization?

You might encounter these terms when recording, mixing or mastering. For a beginner in music production, these things can be very confusing. So let’s end all the confusion once and for all with this guide. First, low shelf and low pass filter are not t …