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Monitors and Mixing

By MusicTECH Posted on July 10, 2014 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

Stephen – I have a question which may be difficult to verbalize. When we mix a song over a set of speakers, we attempt to get the song sounding the best we can over those particular speakers. Then, if we …

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Tagged with: Frequencies, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Monitoring

Compression and frequencies

By MusicTECH Posted on April 30, 2012 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

Question: does compression affect different frequencies differently?  More specifically: if a compressor set at the same settings for attack and release were used to attenuate a 100 Hz signal and then a 5000 Hz signal, would the frequencies react differently …

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Tagged with: Compression, File Compression, Frequencies, MP3

Another question about EQ’ing

By MusicTECH Posted on May 11, 2011 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

I have another question for you about EQ’ing…you answered an earlier one for me with great detail and I learned alot from it….. I was experimenting with sweep EQing after watching a video of George Massenberg? demonstrating a parmetric EQ …

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Tagged with: EQ, Frequencies, Mixing, Recording

Depth through EQ

By MusicTECH Posted on January 22, 2010 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

I’m attempting to mix a song and am trying to create a sense of depth. The delays are working well as are the reverbs. However, my question is more concerned with EQ’ing for a sense of depth. Instruments that are …

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Tagged with: 3D Mixing, Depth, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Technique

Are frequencies additive?

By MusicTECH Posted on November 30, 2009 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

My question regards the additive or non-additive nature of frequencies. For example, if I have 2 frequencies at 500 Hz each at -6 dbs, and maintaining that same volume, if both frequencies were played simultaneously, would the result be -4 …

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Tagged with: Frequencies, Masking, Phase, Recording

BBE Sonic Maximizer

By MusicTECH Posted on October 26, 2009 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

Question: I have a 2 channel BBE Sonic Maximizer (the rack mounted version). Theoretically, it claims to “realign the frequency or frequencies” that get “bent out of shape” when being reproduced out of a speaker. When recording with a DAW, …

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Tagged with: BBE, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Recording, Sonic Maximizer

Fitting frequencies together

By MusicTECH Posted on October 3, 2009 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

This is my first post on this forum. Somehow I lost my original post after I previewed it. I read the article “3D and the Art of Mixing,” I think it was called, where it discussed fitting frequencies together to …

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Tagged with: 3D Mixing, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Technique

EQ Low Cut

By MusicTECH Posted on March 30, 2008 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

When you are mixing, do you use a low cut filter on the final mix and if so where? For example, on a mix will you set the low cut at 50Hz, or even higher?  If so, then how do …

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Tagged with: Bass, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Low End, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Recording, Subs

Pre- or post-fader?

By MusicTECH Posted on November 3, 2007 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

I use Cubase SX 3.  I have a question regarding where one would use an effect like Ozone in the stereo bus chain.  Should it be used pre-fader or post-fader.  In Cubase there are eight slots on the stereo output …

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Tagged with: EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Mixing Techniques

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