Wednesday, January 7, 2015

EQ Sweeping During Mixing 1-7-15

I recently had an EQ issue in a mix where one certain frequency was causing havoc in the overall sound of the track. I tried the same old tricks to isolate it and treat it but could not find the problem frequency. Then an audio engineer friend of mine showed me a way to sweep the EQ bands in HZ increments while the tracks are playing to find and isolate the frequency. Using a couple of plugins we were able to sweep across the spectrum until we could hear the problem frequency. What was amazing is how hidden it had been but once we exposed it and treated it in relation to the overall mix, bingo, the track immediately sounded better. What a nice tool to have in the tool box.  See you in the studio !
K