Emphasis and de-emphasis EQ tutorial
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
A favourite Reaper trick of mine, which may also be of interest to non Reaper users:
http://youtu.be/H-Gs-o39C5o
http://youtu.be/H-Gs-o39C5o
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
- KVRian
- 715 posts since 3 May, 2007 from UK
That's great Dan
I often use two utilities either side of a saturation /distortion plugin in Ableton in a rack. You simply map a macro to reduce the gain of one while boosting the other.
This works well for finding the sweet spot for any effect that depends on input level.
I hadn't thought to do it with multiple eq bands and shelves though so will definitely try this using Equilibrium
Whacking inflator or Satin between them could be damn cool!
Cheers
Scorb
I often use two utilities either side of a saturation /distortion plugin in Ableton in a rack. You simply map a macro to reduce the gain of one while boosting the other.
This works well for finding the sweet spot for any effect that depends on input level.
I hadn't thought to do it with multiple eq bands and shelves though so will definitely try this using Equilibrium
Whacking inflator or Satin between them could be damn cool!
Cheers
Scorb
I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored...
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
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- KVRAF
- 14658 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
Sorry, but this comment almost made me spill my breakfast over my work desk.thomni wrote:absolute killer tutorials. truly a pro, thanks.
As I already said it in the Tokyo Dawn Labs subboard:
Excellent tutorial as always, Dan.Very interesting - I only wish Cubase would be as versatile in terms of linking parameters.
And as always, Dan is touching areas that not a lot of people are even thinking about. Thanks for bringing this to my/our attention.
I can see a use on individual channels, but I don't think for mastering as well. Unless you want to do some EQ emphasis before broadband compression. Though I'd like to be proven wrong.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
???Compyfox wrote:Sorry, but this comment almost made me spill my breakfast over my work desk.thomni wrote:absolute killer tutorials. truly a pro, thanks.
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- KVRAF
- 14658 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
To me, this sounded like as if you're "new to the game", Dan.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
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- KVRAF
- 14658 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
Let's get back to the Q, if you use the Emphasis/De-emphasis also during mastering, or just during tracking/mixing?
If for mastering as well, for what applications mainly?
If for mastering as well, for what applications mainly?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Well, did you ever saturate a full mix, and like what it did to certain elements but not others...? This technique will allow you to thicken up the guitars (for example) or the vocals while keeping the bass cleaner. Or vice versa.
You could argue that it's more useful on individual channels, and that's probably where I use the technique most often. But you could also argue that fine control over which frequencies are most saturated is more critical when saturating a complex signal like a full mix.
Anyway it's a very useful technique, made far more practical by parameter linking in reaper: totally up to you how you use it!
You could argue that it's more useful on individual channels, and that's probably where I use the technique most often. But you could also argue that fine control over which frequencies are most saturated is more critical when saturating a complex signal like a full mix.
Anyway it's a very useful technique, made far more practical by parameter linking in reaper: totally up to you how you use it!
- KVRian
- 715 posts since 3 May, 2007 from UK
Yeah I am going to set up a bell and two shelves and overall gain for focusing saturation in mastering. Definitely a very useful techinque for mixing too though.
Cheers
Scorb
Cheers
Scorb
I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored...