Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

EQ is one of the most important tool that you have to manipulate sounds, a tool that can really make the difference between a mediocre mix or a great mix .  This post covers using EQ in mixing and training your ears for a better mix.

A great way to improve your mixing skills is to know how certain frequencies sound . These will help you in the decision making process when it comes to deciding things like:

• what should you boost or what should you cut?

• what frequencies in your mix sound good and should they should be enhanced?

• what frequencies in your mix sound bad and should be attenuated?

Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

It’s the same with visual sense – you know to recognize the colors in a paiting because you know how each color looks . If you know how individual frequencies sound, you will know how to improve the quality of your mixes .

For this purpose, I made a set of presets for Presonus Studio One Pro EQ that can help you KNOW and IDENTIFY frequencies more quickly and accurately.

The presets are divided in three categories :

1. 20dB – 8 presets with a 20dB boost on 100hz , 250hz , 500hz , 1khz , 3khz , 5khz , 10khz and 20khz
2. 10dB – 8 presets with a 10dB boost on 100hz , 250hz , 500hz , 1khz , 3khz , 5khz , 10khz and 20khz
3. 5dB – 8 presets with a 5dB boost on 100hz , 250hz , 500hz , 1khz , 3khz , 5khz , 10khz and 20khz

You can use these presets with any audio material that you want (drums , bass , guitars , piano or master bus) .

Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

For example if you’re a guitar player and you want to know how to eq and mix your guitar tracks,  import a guitar sound and listen to the presets (on and bypased).  Listen to how the boosts influence the sound of your guitar and learn what frequecies sound good or bad .

I recommend starting with the 20dB category because the changes in the sound will be more obvious and easier to identify .

After going trough the 20db category if you are feeling confident you can advance to the 10dB or 5dB category – where the changes in the sound are more subtle .

Enjoy and keep training you ears !

You can download the presets from HERE .

( Copy the presets in C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER\My Documents\Studio One\Presets\PreSonus\Pro Eq)

Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

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Using EQ In Mixing – Training Your Ears For A Better Mix

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