Simple EQ moves can go a long way as far as mix clarity is concerned.
Getting your various tracks tracks playing nicely together within a dense mix can seem like an unsolvable audio jigsaw puzzle.
All of the conflicting opinions out there on this topic doesn’t help make it any easier to solve.
Some engineers claim you should boost specific frequencies on certain tracks while simultaneously cutting those same frequencies on others..
And my favorite myth of them all:
That you need to be mixing on an analog console or use analog summing to create proper “separation” within your mixes.
Well, in reality, neither one of these pieces of advice makes any logical sense:
1) All source sounds are different, so arbitrarily boosting and cutting specific frequencies won’t work across different pieces of source material.
2) Analog summing introduces subtle nonlinearities (distortions and frequency response colorations) that can help with separation. The thing is that these colorations have been achievable within plugins for over two decades at this point.
Also, subtle coloration is no way near as important as solid EQ moves and fader balance when it comes to actual mix clarity.
In this tutorial, I demonstrate my dead simple eq moves for making room for all of my main instruments within my productions.
No overly complex EQ presets or analog summing necessary.
Also, be sure to download my free quick EQ guide. It contains my starting settings on all of the main instruments within a rock or metal mix.
