[Rwp] EQ, frequencies, spectrum analizers?

[Juan Bello]

very interesting perspectives, guys. I always wondered how  you would
get on by with this stuff. Everyone on the pro field does tell me too
that it's all about the hearing and ears, highly important to have
refference tracks for mixing so you know what you like versus what you
are working on. Of course, I did the classic hearing test with the js:
tone generator effect and found I could go from around 24 to around
17500 on my monitors. They being the Yamaha hs5 ones, apparently are
not the best but at least good enough for this home room. A spectrum
analizer with text results would have been very Handy, either .

2016-01-31 10:51 GMT-05:00, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>:
> very true.
> Well, I guess in that case, if you don't have any spectrum stuff you are
> stuck using cans.
> Fortunately, I have managed to keep things under control enough to make
> it work, I have a pretty good room,
> not perfect, but I spent a lot of money to get my two rooms as good as I
> could.
> My main problem is that I'm on a major street, so
> these guys that think
> everyone needs to hear their bass a half mile away are
> a major contributor to distopia sonically, to say the least, but
> if I get rich, I'm going to move out in the sticks,
> to built studio version 2.
> if i make it that far.
> ha.
>
>
> On 1/30/2016 2:16 AM, Justin wrote:
>> thing is, while that works in most situations, what if the problem
>> frequency is beyond the range of your hearing, either because it's
>> sub-sonic or just too high to hear, particularly if you're recording
>> at high sample rates or if you're just getting on in years.
>>
>> Plus spectrum analysers can provide a quick fix if you're using less
>> than ideal equipment or working in a less than ideal listening
>> environment.
>>
>> For example, if you're in a bad acoustic environment, frequencies may
>> sound problematic that actually aren't because of standing waves,
>>
>> Justin
>>
>> On 30/01/2016 05:13, Chris Belle wrote:
>>> I just use what ever material I want to fix.
>>> Something that is muddy or has a problem frequency.
>>> If you make a narrow q,
>>> For instance  something like
>>> re-eq,
>>> then you set the q down low to something like 0.5 and then exagerate
>>> the frequency
>>> by tturning up the gain to a high value.
>>> Then   you sweep the frequency up and down.
>>> Any place you hit which has an abundance of a frequency will really
>>> sonically stick out.
>>> So then you can find your center point and pull it down to taste.
>>> Nothing like using your ears.
>>>
>>> On 1/29/2016 6:46 AM, Juan Bello wrote:
>>>> hi list.
>>>>
>>>> I finally got everything going again with this computer, including
>>>> nice recording equipment so am all set and probably overly excited!
>>>> But today the question is about mixing, and EQ. There is a very
>>>> interesting article on Sonic scoop that talks about subtractive EQ.
>>>> that is, you take out some evidently probelmatic EQ bands to improve
>>>> the sounds of individual instruments. They suggest using a spectrum
>>>> analizar but also a plug in that is able to isolate that problematic
>>>> band so you can compare and ocntrast differences. Apparently boosting
>>>> certain bands helps exaggerate or better identify the problema, and
>>>> they also suggest starting with an EQ sweep, a term I am probably no
>>>> too familiar with. So, now that i got that all of the way, what are
>>>> recommended ways to do this from an accesible standpoint?
>>>>
>>>> also, is there a frequency, square or shine wave generator i can use
>>>> to do the classic hearing test with the monitors i have?
>>>>
>>>> Thankful for all the list has done. I didn't find anything related
>>>> when searching the archives, so this is why I am asking all of this
>>>> pretty basic stuff.
>>>>
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