This is my new song, Danger 🙂 I produced as a solo artist, but actually hired out mixing and mastering on this one. It's organic house / indie dance style. By the way, is this space still active? 😅 Anyway, hope you enjoy!
Hey audio engineers, i have a complex question or i think is complex, so when Eq'ing vocals i often hear that many should cut the low end and they usually do a low cut but often my vocals are tenor i believe so theres more mids than lows, i do use a low cut but i often hear that it gets too thin and i usually spend around 5 or more minutes throughout the session trying to cut enough low end. a few min ago i seen a post on instagram about a guy going over the steps of his production process and i saw his eq graph and instead of using a low cut he kinda just lowered the low end with a wide peak if that makes sense. my question is, do i always use a low cut wall or can i also use a peak to cut the low end but just to bump it down instead of cutting it like a brick wall?
Hey man! The best way to control your Lows and low-mids are cutting the low end between 0hz to 90hz, usually we don't cut more than that on a male vocal, to control your low-mids add a Dynamic EQ between 120hz to 360hz or a multiband compressor. Also experiment adding mid-highs that is usually masked by low-mids.
I cut the low end very carefully, so it makes almost no audible difference, just to avoid build ups in the mix. I guess, as far as I can understand your issue, that a Multiband Compressor could be great solution. Just select and compress only the fundamental of the vocal, then adjust the volume. That will get you into the ballpark, so its more controlled and less boomy, however without sounding thin.
While there's no answer will always work for any Q&A, it's good to consider is those tutor's background you watch. I noticed that some genre has definitely their own sweet spot. And some engineers are sharing very useful template for that , for example Hardcore Music Studio who's doing great on Catchy Metal Core type of music. I think that's worth to follow as a training. But then if you wanna be different or unique, of course you wanna try everything. I think some or many tutors online are just trying to get attention because everyone wanna do shortcut. Then again, template itself isn't a bad idea. You just wanna find cool producer who can give you cool one. Peace
Thinking about the perception skills that are crucial to good listening - do you think that using the imagination and visualisation help or hinder?
For instance, if you're listening to a drum pattern and focusing on the details, does visualising the kit being played in your imagination help to 'hear' the details, or does it distract from the pure sound information?
I'll be grateful for any input, whether based on experience, science or guesswork!
I think depends on what you looking for but definitely useful or necessary. But maybe not actively otherwise it can be distractive. For example, if you talking about drum pattern, I'm not imagining the drum kit at all (I'm drummer as well btw). Or maybe I'm imagining sheets or beat sequencer type of visuals. But when you are mixing and thinking about space like panning etc, visualizing might help. (I watched Pensado's place with Eric Valentine and Pensado pointed out that when Eric was explaining about drum mixing he was gesturing with hands like tom is here cymbals here etc) Maybe as a training, it might be great to play actual drum set or visualizing it. But in production process, it should be more flawless. IMO though of course. Hope it makes sense and help! Peace!
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