PhilR
Studio Scapegoat
I never scoop mids on the amp. Hell I usually crank the mids. I despise that scooped out sound. It sounds great in your bedroom but dogshit in the studio.
What mids are good to scoop?
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Provin' once more that there's no "ready formula" for EQ. If you change one piece of the chain, it changes the whole damn thing... damn...
Machinated
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Too much midrange can be a real guitar tone killer - it shouldn't really be a cranked mid sound or a scooped mid sound; the mids should sit in line nicely without standing out or not being present enough.
The guitars sound is all in the midrange, so getting the right amount of it is critical.
abyssofdreams
knows what you think.
I WISH there was a simple answer to that. The best way is to train your ears and get an idea of which frequencies you'd have to scoop (if all) in each case.
Yeah I know but it is really the best advice there is. There's just too many factors that depend on where and how much to scoop or not.
The guitar, the pedals, your amp, the tubes, the cab, the mic blablabla...
And last but not least, your taste! Some like middy tones, some not. Sometimes a more middy tone suits the music and mix better, sometimes not, I know, I'm a big help
dan weapon
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Fox Mulder
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Let's say I HATE 2.5K
But that's just me... ¯(°_o)/¯
same here.
dont know if it's a result of listening to too much of Trivium's Shogun though.
I usually don't listen to a lot of metalcore. But there's something about the album that attracts me a lot.
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Regarding mids: If I'm willing to notch out hell loads of them, I'd always keep re-amping options open for me... adjust the mids accordingly to see how much they compliment the vocals and all sorta hocus pocus crap.
I usually don't eq too much except a highpass and a lowpass, and maybe notch out a few unwanted/irritaing freqs using a super narrow Q, especially the +/-900hz honk after tracking. I do, however sidechain on a multiband around 2000 - 3000 hz. I hate that region.
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paladin shredder
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if i'm having trouble equalizing the guitars after i've recorded them, i use a frequency analyzer to help me see/hear anything that might be sounding a bit off.
here's a trick you can try to help with eq'ing guitars. find a song of a band/production you like and see if there is anywhere on the cd that has just a guitar track playing with NO other sound, for instance: At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul, Amon Amarth - Free Will Sacrifice, In Flames - Suburban Me. these songs all start out with just guitar so they are perfect! open them in whatever DAW you are using and check them out in the frequency analyzer. this will show you how the guitars are eq'ed and will give you a relative idea of what too scoop or boost. this also shows the relative volume of the guitars compared to the overall volume of the mix, but also keep in mind this is after they were mastered.
here's a trick you can try to help with eq'ing guitars. find a song of a band/production you like and see if there is anywhere on the cd that has just a guitar track playing with NO other sound, for instance: At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul, Amon Amarth - Free Will Sacrifice, In Flames - Suburban Me. these songs all start out with just guitar so they are perfect! open them in whatever DAW you are using and check them out in the frequency analyzer. this will show you how the guitars are eq'ed and will give you a relative idea of what too scoop or boost. this also shows the relative volume of the guitars compared to the overall volume of the mix, but also keep in mind this is after they were mastered.
