Mixing ? The EQ priority???
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Mixing ? The EQ priority??? Posted on: 26.08.2010 by James Stimeling When mixing, I usually use the volume faders to blend my songs together as I find it gives a more clean finish and more continuity to my mixes. Now I was wondering when transitioning from one song to another, I usually play around with the EQ and mostly working around the Bass, but what should be the pattern for the EQ in transitions ?For example : Song 1 : Lower the Bass, keep the middle at a decent level and same thing with the high frequencies Song 2 (song you are transitioning to) : I move up the bass, keep the middle down a bit moving it up and lowering the first songs middle at the same time, I keep the high at a decent level untill I fix the middle frequencies then I add back the highs. What do you believe? One of my mixes as a testimonial : http://soundcloud.com/djfonzo/when-t...der-takes-over | |
| James Stimeling 26.08.2010 | When mixing, I usually use the volume faders to blend my songs together as I find it gives a more clean finish and more continuity to my mixes. Now I was wondering when transitioning from one song to another, I usually play around with the EQ and mostly working around the Bass, but what should be the pattern for the EQ in transitions ? For example : Song 1 : Lower the Bass, keep the middle at a decent level and same thing with the high frequencies Song 2 (song you are transitioning to) : I move up the bass, keep the middle down a bit moving it up and lowering the first songs middle at the same time, I keep the high at a decent level untill I fix the middle frequencies then I add back the highs. What do you believe? One of my mixes as a testimonial : http://soundcloud.com/djfonzo/when-t...der-takes-over |
| Marcel Ei Gio 27.08.2010 | if you are familiar with frequency slotting in production, the same principle applies here. you want to give space to the frequencies you want to highlight. sometimes that means you leave it because it works, sometimes you want to slot things slightly, sometimes you want to be quite drastic with it. just depends. and switch things up as well. dont do the same, switch bassline move every time. make some variation. give it some flare. the key is what are you doing with the transition, are you trying to build some energy? are you trying for a super smooth, harmonic mix? let the point of the mix dictate how you EQ it. |
| Mac Fly 27.08.2010 | Its all relative man. Use your ears. If two strong basslines are present I more often than not cut the bass on the outgoing track. Sometimes gradually bringing in a song and turning down the bass on the outgoing song. Sometimes I just throw the bass line over to the new track if I feel its the right spot to do it. etc. A Million ways to play with eq's. |
| Dana Ordinario 26.08.2010 | Working the EQ can make or break a mix and it is all dependent on the tracks sometimes you need to throw all the normal rules out the window and just play what sounds good. A lot of times I'll play the bass's of both tracks at the same time well not a lot but there are more than a few songs where it sounds better in the mix. Playing around with EQ is what I love to do. I just need to get better at throwing in effects and I'll be good :P |
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