Newb Superior Question: Do you EQ your cymbals?

[grywolf627]

I'm still kind of new with Superior. I just never had much of a chance to play with it since I bought it while back. Do you find you need to EQ the cymbals? I love the way they sound (especially from the Avatar set), better than anything else I've used. But after a while, they start feeling a little harsh to my ears.

 

[AntonioPetrole]

all depends on the mix i guess. I usually cut out some 3khz out of the cymbals to make room for the vocals and usually a high pass. High pass not to filter out the rest of the set, because you can just turn off any mics that might get in the way, but just for more headroom and those low frequencys are unnecessary for overheads IMO. And then depending on how much compression is going on overall, i will make a few notches on nasty frequencys and resonating frequencys

 

[AllanD]

EDIT: nevermind, somehow missed the superior part

 

[P-E]

I do, and would recommend to remove a bit of the infamous 2k (or somewhere near, like 2.3k or something) on it and some higher frequency, don't really remember where, but sometimes I also cut where the vocals have the most high end to make them more present in the mix.

 

[grywolf627]

Thanks for the input! Much appreciated. My ears are a little fried and get tired really easily right now from tinnitis (sp?), being a little worse than usual. So it's a little hard for me to accurately judge what I'm hearing right now in those ranges.

 

[schust]

i'd agree the cymbals (especially the hats) can be fatiguing fast. i'm still searching for that "right" eq myself - but found studying some of the delivered presets in the MetalFoundry pack is helping me to come up with some ideas for taming. for me, i've found most the delivered kits with a little compression on the OHs help.

 

[AndrewB]

I don't have Superior, but for most cymbal samples, I subtract 3k with a wide Q to let the vocals cut through more. I also try using a high shelf EQ at about 4.5k to cut through, and if it's too harsh, I'll back it down or get rid of it completely.