Eq on mastering?
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Always. Mid/side depth tricks and compressor color compensation. Lowcut and highcut. Balancing the brightness.
schwinginbatman
It's shittay!
Some slight low-mid reduction, a slight high-pass, and sometimes a high shelf boost. Nothing too much, I've begun to prefer a less-is-more approach to mastering.
Harley Barley
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Other then loudness the main focus of mastering is EQ. Every song is different so the EQ that needs to be applied will be different.
smy1
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Melb_shredder
Orpheus: Melodic Death
Basically always... Some low mid reduction, hi/ lo pass and maybe a high boost somewhere in there 
RedDog
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Max Morton
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Yes, I do. It's important to keep the adjustments in 1..2 db range though. If more is needed, then it's much better to do it in the mix. Drastic processing on a masterbus pretty much ruins the balance and I found it harder to bring up the volume after extreme equalization on a masterbus.
So it's usually like 20-30 hipass (sometimes no hipass and it was never a problem), -1...-1.5 db on 150...200 hz, perhaps -1 db somewhere between 600 and 800 hz and in rare cases +1..+1.5 db high shelve, where I like dynamic eq, live Voxengo Glisseq.
It's a totally different story when you master someone's mix, where you have to use every tool you can.
So it's usually like 20-30 hipass (sometimes no hipass and it was never a problem), -1...-1.5 db on 150...200 hz, perhaps -1 db somewhere between 600 and 800 hz and in rare cases +1..+1.5 db high shelve, where I like dynamic eq, live Voxengo Glisseq.
It's a totally different story when you master someone's mix, where you have to use every tool you can.
LeSedna
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slayercannibalsuffohead
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Yes but I think EQ fucks up the overall sound - whether the EQ is necessary or not. If you are mixing too, just go back into the mix.
For example, more often than not its the cymbals that need brightening and not the vocal or vice/versa.
For example, more often than not its the cymbals that need brightening and not the vocal or vice/versa.
ForceTheTriggerSucks
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I find that most of the time I EQ in the master chain because my other plugs tend to color things and usually for the worse. Sooooo slight eq'ing to compensate for any undesirable loss during final processing.