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Hi Scott.<br><br>
Yep, there are lots of ways to do this - Quiztones, the series of CD's
called Golden Ears, or experimentation on your own. The process is the
same. (grin)<br><br>
I like Quiztones, but wish they'd add more modules. There are so many
other things they could test: attack and release times, reverb types,
phase problems etc.<br><br>
At 12:34 PM 10/31/2015, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Epic post Chris. I can't claim
to be a fully qualified EQ wizard, but<br>
I know enough to know that this is the surefire way to develop an<br>
understanding.<br><br>
Thanks for the reminder. I'm off to play with Quiztones and see how<br>
much I've forgotten lately.<br><br>
Scott<br><br>
<br>
On 10/31/15, Chris Smart via RWP <rwp@bluegrasspals.com>
wrote:<br>
> Matej,<br>
> You don't need a chart beyond something like this:<br>
>
<a href="http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html</a><br>
> to get started, and whatever you can find on wikipedia and
elsewhere. try<br>
> searching for "instrument ranges". Look up the note values
on the chart<br>
> linked to above.<br>
><br>
> Start with a pitch whose sound you know well, middle C, 4th octave
A, etc.<br>
> and start mapping things out for yourself by doubling the frequency
for an<br>
> octave up, and halving the frequency (dividing by 2) for an octave
down.<br>
><br>
> Do this with other sounds you hear all the time, such as electrical
hum,<br>
> 1KHZ test tones, etc. basically, any common sound you have
available. If you<br>
> have a good musical ear for pitch, you just need to attach frequency
labels<br>
> to many of the sounds with which you are already familiar.<br>
> If you have a keyboard or piano handy, use it! Wikipedia should give
you the<br>
> common ranges for just about any instrument. it's up to you to take
those<br>
> pitches and look up their frequency values, then work at learning
to<br>
> recognize the sounds of those note ranges. You're building a map in
your<br>
> head.<br>
><br>
> The rest of this post is not directed at you specifically, but for
anybody<br>
> else who is asking "how do I learn to use an equalizer?"
That comes up a lot<br>
> on these mailing lists and folks, all the information you could ever
want to<br>
> know about equalizers is out there on the web, in Youtube videos, in
any<br>
> book on mixing, in the documentation for many EQ plug-ins etc.<br>
><br>
> To get started: If your stereo, mp3 player, whatever, has bass and
treble<br>
> knobs, you already know what those broad frequency ranges sound
like. So<br>
> start breaking those larger areas into smaller bands - deep or sub
bass,<br>
> mid-bass, low-midrange, high-midrange, etc. Gradually, you'll learn
to focus<br>
> in on narrower and narrower frequency bands.<br>
> Experiment. A lot. Practice practice practice.<br>
><br>
> Find the fundamental but also learn to find the stronger harmonics
in<br>
> various instruments. What makes a trumpet sound brassy? Where's the
warmth<br>
> in a saxophone, or the buzz of the reed? Where's the sibilance in a
vocal,<br>
> where's the chesty or nasal quality? Where's the fundamental
of a kick drum<br>
> or bass guitar, now where's the click of that kick drum and the
attack of<br>
> that bass guitar?<br>
><br>
> As for the common filter types in most equalizers, google is your
friend.<br>
> High-pass can also be thought of as low-cut. They're the same thing,
just<br>
> with different names. Low-pass can also be thought of as high-cut.
Look up<br>
> the term "q factor" and how it is calculated. Look up
terms like<br>
> "parametric", "corner frequency" etc. Boost a
frequency a lot. Change the<br>
> parameters you have available to you - filter type, Q, shelf
steepness etc.)<br>
> and listen to the results change.<br>
><br>
> Sorry for going on a mini-rant there.<br>
><br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
> At 10:48 AM 10/31/2015, you wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi again,<br>
>> sorry for the somewhat off-topic topic, but does anyone have a
blind<br>
>> friendly EQ chart for different instruments - for example as a
PDF? It<br>
>> doesn't have to be very detailed - I'm mainly interested in
instrument<br>
>> ranges. I have found a couple of them, but unfortunately they
are<br>
>> quite hard to read. Primary instrument ranges would be enough,
but I<br>
>> wouldn't mind if extra information was included.<br>
>> Sorry again for the spam.<br>
>> Thanks a lot.<br>
>> Matej<br>
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