3 Killer EQ Techniques for BEGINNERS!!! | Noize London

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[NoizeLondon]

REMEMBER - these techniques can be used on all instruments not just synths :)

[lukewilliams]

Holy freaking shit this video was awesome. One of the clearest, most concise and non intimidating eq videos I have seen. Absolutely loving this channel. It’s really empowering my productions. Where have you been all my life???

[shadowminer]

awesome. I discovered your chanel 1 week ago and my drums and now, my synths, sound amazing compared to before. Keep going, i loving what im seeing.

[JesseWilsonMusic]

Dude love these vids thank you so much

[AlbertoMons]

Thanks for your usefull and clear video ! A question ... can I Also use a hishelv for boosting ? Thanks a lot and congratulations

[CampyDomJR]

My god, your channel has been such a benefit to have recently. If I ever need any help relating to music production, Ill go to you first (or In The mix), and generally ill find just what I need. Your free mastering plugins video was so helpful to creating a pretty decent master in my ears. Thank you so much!

[KOSMIKFEADRECORDS]

I liked the video even though i am not beginner!


Heres a few thoughts i have...
1. mix the instrumental dry pan and level where needed.
2. create groups/busses for bass+kick, synth+piano+pad+rhythm guitar, guitar lead+lead synth plucks+mutes+percussion
3 subtly eq on the bus/group only now and focus on the frequencies that buildup like mud and harshness and boom bass.
Try to low-shelve low freq on the bass and piano busses instead of hipass.


Another thought...

Shelves avoid a ton of eq issues and protect the quality of the instrument like vocals and piano!
Leave the spectral signature in place as much as possible! Sometimes just skip eqing anything above 1.3khz altogether on instrumental layers, or edm layers. and only carve out the mids and bass to be more relaxed (by about -6db for starters) on the groups and then mix according to the harshness left of each individual sound for WARM and MASSIVE mixes. Work WITH peaks and harshness by blending them in slowly from silence and panning them away from the centre. your ears will thank you for keeping the character! Minimal eqing is now needed with the benefits of less masking and less ear-fatigue!

Improves speed of finding good sound!
Remove the need to cut resonant frequencies per layer in big mixes!


This is best place to start for special emotions and lots of character.


Last thought...
don't think "clarity" and "body"... think "blend and balance". Dont think "big, hard and heavy" if you want massive mix. Think "light, easy and dynamic". "clarity and body" is a result of good spectral balance between instruments and lots of detail in movement near the floor of the mix. Plus with the groups you've set up and the reduced bass it wil be a breeze to saturate or excite the whole group. Again, clarity and body is a psycho-acoustic effect, through subtle relationship between dynamics of frequency bands. Beginner will sound like pro! just learn only psycho-acoustic tricks!


Didn't like the way and freq of the synth cut you made. understood the process, but thinner cut in a higher area starting in icrements of 1.5 or 3 db's if you want to save more time going back and forth. cuts still end up deep as needed. Still this is a video all beginners will find useful so very good job!

[hennytv]

I really like your videos man. Yesterday I tried the technique you showed about how to make your drums (hats and percussion) bigger/louder by using saturation, utility, EQ and Drumbuss while adding a layer of parallel compression at the end and it completely changed the way my track sounded. I used to make a lot of music as a teenager (pre YouTube era) but didn't learn things that easily back then. Now twelve years later (didn't produce for that long) a whole new world is opening up for me thanks to you and many others. It's very appreciated man! Thank you!

[valentinobertolini]

My ears grown up a little more today, thanks :)

[Max-ghpx]

These videos are actually a godsend, feel like my production has stagnated as of late. Decided to turn my mind to mixing for a little while so these are a great help!

[EgidijusZelvaras]

An excellent tutorial Fabio, very well explained!

I’ve been learning production on YT for a while and this is definitely one of the best content on the business. Thanks for sharing it broo! U nailed

[ELTRICFL]

Started music production 2weeks ago. thank you so much for straight-forward sound engineering tips, very well distilled info!!

[adrianmartinezflores]

Hi from Toronto...
Love all your videos ...thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[mlrd]

Thank you SO MUCH for the 2nd technique. This video has helped me so much.

[Juku]

My new favourite channel, keep them coming 👊

[taltson]

great vid!
why do you boost and narrow the q specipic on 10 and 4?

[Shrimplinmusic]

Great video - I am already implementing these techniques (watched yesterday). Plan on watching all your videos. Keep it up!

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[prodbymosh]

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