EQing drums
Home > Home Recording Forum > Recording Techniques > EQing drums
Posted on Aug 19, 2005 02:37 am
wipeout
Member Since: Jul 18, 2003
I have read some articles on recording drums and came into equalization. Most articles i've read are commonly saying to decrease the level of the "boxy" frequencies of drum (around 350~700Hz depending on type of drum) and increase the gain in the freqs of 4KHz to 6KHz to add punch and clarity. I had a mixer with a 3-band EQ with sweepable mid in the range of 100Hz to 5KHz. LO EQ is centered at 80Hz and HI EQ at 12 KHz. Since I don't have a 2-way MID EQ, how do I attain the best sound I could get using my existing gear?
Thanks for the help!
[ Back to Top ]
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Aug 19, 2005 04:27 pm I wouldn't do any EQ on the mixer. I'd get a good, free, parametric EQ VST plugin and use it as an insert in your mixing software.
That'll give you much more control over your EQ curves, and you will be able to do, undo, and redo to your heart's content.
If you EQ on your mixer, then you're stuck with whatever settings you recorded with.
Aug 19, 2005 10:09 pm Thanks for the help. Correct me if i'm wrong on the way I understand it. However, would it be possible to use the plugin from PC's soundcard connected to the insert jack of the mixer and then bring back the composite output signal from the mixer back to the same PC for recording the drum track? If that's the case, it would require a multiple sound card channel for me to EQ each channel from my mixer. Is that right?
Aug 25, 2005 11:32 am or...you can use a hardware EQ, i use mine sometimes for kick drums and whatnot, i bought it used for like $85.00 and its a dual 15-band EQ, and it sounds surprisingly good, im looking to rid of it actually so i can buy another one
Aug 25, 2005 11:34 am and to address your question, ive never heard of anyone being able to use a plug-in as insert on a hardware mixer...i could be wrong though, it would be neat if you could...
