in an attempt to further my sound design prowess i feel it is important for me to start looking into EQing
looking at some of my favorite bass work... there are frequencies from the lowest registers to the highest active
all i currently have at my disposal is a passive software EQ. SPL's EQ Rangers
i know i need to read the manual.. and fully intend to do so.. slowly
but i was wondering.. if there are any rules of thumb.. tips or tricks people may have
and i have a few questions
when are passive EQs preferable.. when are active EQs?
i've read things like... "for bass, i cut everything below 20hrz, boost a little around 125, cut a little around 250 and boost around 1.5khrz" .. is this a viable tip for getting the most out of bass?... what if the particular bass sound you've programmed has some really interesting things happening @ 250hrz?
is there an intuitive approach to learning EQing skills outside of manuals? i've tried fucking with the frequency bands individually.. and i have found areas that i enjoyed boosting... seem to be mid frequencies that catch the magic of a resonant filter well
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basically... if you have any EQ tips, tricks or general advice to save me the pain of learning something on my own.. i'm all ears
another question while i'm thinking... is it better to boost certain frequencies or cut the unwanted ones? is it better to boost/cut with an active EQ.. or is it better to boost/cut with a passive EQ?
is overdriving software EQ's a viable effect? is it anywhere in the same ballpark of the effect of boosting a hardware EQ?
do fixed filterbanks (hardware) act as good solution to EQing from a sound design standpoint?... there is a fixed filter bank i saw that has like 16 freq bands.. high quality and high praise... i can't remember the name.. i think the maker was mam but i'm probably wrong.. i'll have to find it again.. but the price/performance ratio seemed out of the roof and very drool worthy
