On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 00:16, schwartz <millward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have read that using equalization will give each instrument more "space"
and make the track clearer and easier to listen to. I sort of understand that
this involves removing some frequencies from, say the guitar, so that it
does not interfere with vocals, or some such concept. Is there somewhere
on the internet I could get some information or better yet, some real life
examples, of how to equalize a track? I use Audacity as a sound editor
and it does have EQ on it, but I've no idea how to use it.
Is there somewhere on the internet that can tell me what frequency
ranges the typical bland human voice, harmonica, guitar, bass, and drums
each cover individually? That way I'll have a starting point for this adventure into EQ. Or is learning EQ just a case of sloppin' around until something good happens?
As The Fons said: Learn to listen. Listen to learn.
Here's a chart [1] of approximate instrument ranges and their frequencies. It doesn't tell the whole story but it can be handy. It was published in Sound On Sound [2], I'm currently trying to locate the original article it appeared in, but SOS is anyway a highly recommended resource and all their articles older than 6 month are free for everyone to read.
[1] http://files.dahnielson.com/2008/03/23/instrument-ranges.png
[2] http://www.soundonsound.com/
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Anders Dahnielson
<anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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