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Any apparent muddiness can be rolled off around 300Hz.

Try a small boost around 60-120hz if the sound is a little too

Try a small boost around 5-7kHz to add some high end.

wimpy. Try boosting around 6kHz for that ‘snappy’ sound.

50-100Hz 100-250Hz

250-800Hz

5-8kHz 8-12kHz

100-250Hz

6-8kHz

Adds

Muddiness

Fills out

presence

high

hiss

bottom to

roundness

area

the sound

end

the sound

HI HATS OR CYMBALS

Any apparent muddiness can be rolled off around 300Hz.

BASS

Try boosting around 60Hz to add more body. Any apparant muddiness can be

To add some brightness try a small boost around 3kHz.

rolled off around 300Hz. If more presence is needed, boost around 6KHz.

250-800Hz

1-6kHz

50-100Hz 100-250Hz

250-800Hz

800

6-8kHz 8-12kHz

-1kHz

Adds

Muddiness

Adds presence

Adds

Muddiness

brightness

clarity

Adds

high

hiss

area

bottom

roundness

area

beef to

end

small

speak

ers

VOCALS

This is a difficult one, as it depends on the mic used to record the vocal. However... apply

PIANO

Any apparant muddiness can be rolled off around 300Hz.

either cut or boost around 300Hz, apply a very small boost around 6kHz to add some clarity.

Apply a very small boost around 6kHz to add some clarity.

100-250Hz

250-800Hz

1-6kHz

6-8kHz 8-12kHz

50-100Hz

100-250Hz

250-1kHz

1-6kHz

6-8kHz 8-12kHz

Adds

Adds up-

Muddiness

Adds presence

Adds

Adds up-

Muddiness

Adds presence

sibilance

bright

clarity

hiss

frontness

area

bottom

frontness

area

and

ness

clarity

Again this depends on the mix and the recording. Apply either cut or boost

STRINGS

These depend entirely on the mix and the sound used.

ELECTRIC GUITAR

around 300Hz, depending on the song and sound. Try boosting around 3kHz

to add some edge to the sound, or cut to add some transparency. Try boosting

around 6kHz to add presence. Try boosting around 10kHz to add brightness.

50-100Hz 100-250Hz

250-800Hz

1-6kHz

6-8kHz 8-12kHz

Adds

100-250Hz

250-800Hz

1-6kHz

Adds

Adds body

Muddiness

Sounds crunchy

6-8kHz 8-12kHz

bright

clarity

bottom

area

ness

Adds

Adds body

Muddiness

Cuts through the mix

end

clarity

hiss

area

100-250Hz

6-8kHz 8-12kHz

Adds

Adds body

brightness

clarity

Any apparant muddiness can be rolled off between 100-300Hz. Apply small

ACOUSTIC GUITAR

amounts of cut around 1-3kHz to push the image higher. Apply small

amounts of boost around 5kHz to add some presence.

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