Apr 01, 2009 04:17 pm Sounds pretty solid dude! I'd check the intonation of your lower strings on the guitar though. They are a bit out of tune with the rest of the melody.
help me with your monitors...please!
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 12:00 pm
Tinstryde
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Member Since: Jan 29, 2009
this is a short guitar clip.
did nothing much except a bit of reverb.i did not touch a thing.
please tell me the character of this sound using your monitors so i can compare.i have tried it out literally on 13 different kind of speakers(television speakers,earphones,headphones,freind's computer speakers,my own computer speakers,guitar amp,etc. etc. etc....
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Apr 01, 2009 04:17 pm Sounds pretty solid dude! I'd check the intonation of your lower strings on the guitar though. They are a bit out of tune with the rest of the melody.
Apr 01, 2009 08:17 pm Again, a nice clear clean tone. It sounds fine hear audio wise for sure. A good sound.
Apr 01, 2009 10:39 pm please guide me on the EQ part.never tried eq for such clean stuff!I'm just banging my head on my computer table.ca't geta good EQ thing for this little snipet.
Apr 01, 2009 11:54 pm Well, in the general sense, when you're dealing with EQ, less is more. But IMHO at least, that especially holds true with acoustic or cleaner sounds.
That said, what you've got going with the solo instrument is good, and I don't think it needs much if any EQ at all.
Now, on getting your head wrapped around EQ, the way I think of it, is not necessarily track by track or voice by voice, but as an overall thing. Before I even touch the faders, I give the dry mix a listen, and think, "Okay, where does it sound 'messy'? Does the dry recording itself sound good?"
Meaning are there conflicting frequencies occurring? If so, at what range? what does the mix sound like in my head? What do I want it to sound like? What does it sound like on the monitors? Is one of the instruments getting buried or overpowered by another instrument because they share the same frequency range, or have overlapping frequencies? Does a certain range of the instrument cut through more than other notes?
www.independentrecording....ain_display.htm
That's a site I use a bit when I'm thinking about the different tracks, and hearing/visualizing where they occur in the spectrum. I try to look at things at a very general/broad view, and only try to EQ/Tweak things that really need it. After it sounds good dry, I start playing with "fleshing out" the sound, whether it needs layering, compression, reverb...whatnot.
Without a good monitoring setup, some of those questions can be damn near impossible to answer. However, if you know your setup and your system's sound like the back of your hand, then you can probably still work with it, and do a good job with the sound and the EQ.
EQ isn't really a big mystery or anything. All you're doing is adjusting levels at certain frequencies. Does the bass sound boomy or overpowering in certain notes? What about the midrange? are certain instruments standing out too much? Do the vocals need to cut through the mix more? Stuff like that, and you adjust accordingly.
The concept is simple, and fairly easy to grasp if you think about it. It's the application of that concept in a meaningful way that ends up being the tricky part. Experiment, play, mess around with it. Getting your hands dirty and seeing what and how it works is the best way to go about getting your head wrapped around it.
-J
Apr 02, 2009 02:28 am thnx for the article.awesome stuff!gr8 help!
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