Mar 3 (edited) • 🌟 Tips & Tricks
Low cuts & High cuts with EQ
When I first started understanding mixing and using EQ, one of the biggest mistakes I made was not using reductive EQ correctly.
More often than not you’ll solo an instrument to hear it clearly right? And then usually start by EQ’ing the individual sound.
The problem with that is, when we EQ a sound that is solo’d we are not hearing it in context with the rest of the mix and are leaving unnecessary frequencies open that are competing with other parts for space.
For example;
That big synth part with the heavy mids may actually be muddying up your mix.
Instead of soloing it, try using a low cut and slowly move it from left to right cutting out the mids.
At what point in the mix do you start to hear the change?
At what point is it too much cutting?
Once you arrive to a nice low cut on that sound, solo it and then pull the low cut back, listen and place it back to where it sounded good in the mix.
More often than not you will find that what you thought was important to keep frequency wise, was not necessary in the overall mix and you will start to make bolder cuts.
This will not only give you more room in the mix on an instrumental level but will also allow more space for reverb and delay throws to cut through and will give you a more punchy cleaner sounding mix without compounding layers of unwanted distortion.
The same applies for high cuts!
Give it a try and make sure after you make your decision to check the before and after results, A/B it as we say.
With love
-Spike
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Low cuts & High cuts with EQ
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