Are You Listening? | Ep. 6 | EQ in Mastering

How should you use EQ in mastering? How do you know what filter shape to choose? And when should you make additive vs subtractive EQ decisions? Listen as professional mastering engineer and Director of Education Jonathan Wyner demonstrates why we use EQ when mastering, what differentiates EQ in mixing from mastering, and why you should trust your eyes as much as your ears.

Note: Some audio examples you hear have been altered from their original recordings to bring attention to the core concepts highlighted in the 'Are You Listening?' series.

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Track ID: Death and the Penguin - Colour In Me

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1:30 m/s not always needed
2:40 eq for restoration and correction
5:15 detented positions mastering gear
8:00 argument for metering eyes vs ears
9:30 make notes about what you like and hear
11:30 broad Qs and shelves for tone shaping
17:15 removing subsonic info below 35 Hz (shelf not filter)
18:20 High pass filters create a phase shift
24:45 eq search and destroy method, subtract instead to see if it goes away or use frequency solo
26:00 when eq cutting take out half of what you think you need
28:00 Malcolm Gladwell 10, 000 hours