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Why are people slamming the dude? use his tricks or don't. Music has no right or wrong. No matter what the producer or engineer does 100 eq cuts or boosts if it sounds good to him then so be it. chill out
I stick to EQ charts with slight adjustments based on my material and I eq with closed eyes. Works wonders if you stop using your eys and only focus on what you hear.
I have a video series which has links to some incredible teaching from video's around TH-cam. Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/VnhF7KHXgYg/w-d-xo.html
nice got tips out of this! what im wonderig is why are there those dots?(this case, orange, black, etc) is like orange giving more boost in the begining? while you can drag it to the end?
I may have missed it but can someone tell me which version of RSN includes this EQ modelling tool? Really love Propellerhead software - outstanding on so many levels.
Hi Mattias, most likely a basic question but... my understanding is that at "0db" we start audio clipping and yet in the spectrum EQ we have the scale from -36 db to +36db. Rex loops (such as drums) frequently register above 0db in the spectrum EQ and yet no clipping peaks listed on the master meter. I guess the spectrum EQ scale is measuring something else ? Many thanks!
+StewartPF dB is a relative value. It's not absolute. That's why you have dBu, dBv, dBm, ...and so on. dBv for example with a measurement to Volt. dBu to RMS. dBm to milliWatt. And then there is dB SPL (Sound Pressure Level), for instance what "dB meters" at a festival say it's 110dB. SPL is usually measured at one meter in front of the speaker, to measure its "power" so to speak. And in measurements at gigs or festivals, they usually measure at the FOH. (Front Of House, where the lucky guy is standing behind the huge mixing desk ;-) hehe) Those "loudness" measurements, let's say then have 3 different weighted curves: dB(A), dB(B), dB(C) Hope this helps. Decibel is a very complicated and misunderstood unit. Simply because on itself, dB has no value. It is always relative to something else (Volt, Watt, RMS,...) So in this case of an EQ, to answer your question: O dB is let's say the sound as it is at the moment. With no increase or decrease. Then you can pick certain frequencies that you can boost or cut. So you can boost +5dB at 1Khz, or cut -5dB at that same 1Khz. Just an example. Tried to explain it in my broken English ;-) Hope it's helpful. Cheers :)
Wow that's pretty heavy EQing with how much you adjust stuff. On phone so difference is so minimal though. I think since I compress the shit out of beats n bass n vocals.... a lot the eq can be affected greatly.
I've watch so many times in pensado's place the same thing all you gotta do is just use it on reason. Ya Michael Brauer way is also is easy to use in reason.
Shaxx I think it sounds more musical instead of boosting little areas which isn’t realistic to our ears. And cutting pieces out takes the least away from an area to still keep it sounding natural.
Hmmm I just realized something I keep forgetting - the EQ controls we're talking about are directly related to the DESK EQ on the board, so that makes sense why the Q is so wide - it's emulating the SSL desk knobs. My bad. I guess what I'm looking for is a new Rack Element
The biggest problem I find with Reason is that it's just not guitar friendly enough. It has yet to match or surpass other DAW's in the guitar area. I love what I see about Reason and I WANT to use it with all my heart. It's just not guitar friendly enough though.
actualy its quite guitar capable ive found. try just recording a clean guitar take that track and direct out into a combinator. in that combinator mess with multiple screams, tube, fuzz, and then a small tape delay... add small echo and reverb to give really give it a full sound, or put into thor and run filter mods using a midi keyboard. then run any effect you can create simply by pressing your midi switch key... or use a kaoss pad kp3 like me and really get interesting
This video is misleading because EQ should not be used as much as he is doing - it doesn't sound very good! An overly-EQ'd mix is obvious! EQ has a "sound", and therefore should only be used to solve problems as a last resort, as it is extremely difficult to do it right! The better strategies in mixing that should be used first are to select the right instruments, use appropriate recording equipment, play the right notes at the right times to avoid crowding frequencies when not desired, high pass to give the bass some room (or sidechain compress), and using the stereo sound stage. As a rule - a good mix that is easier to master has good source material to begin with!
Yes, you are right but this are tips used mostly when you have a crappy or mediocre recording. The objective should always be to record in such a good way that mixing should be easy
You are forgetting that mixing itself is an art form. Mixing is not only about making the sonics sound "correct" but improving the overall sound. I agree that the first principle is to get a good recording - but that is the job of the producer and artists on the day. But achieving good recordings has nothing to do with mixing. And there is no "correct" amount of EQ'ing. So it is nonsensical to say that EQ shouldn't be used as much as he is doing. Most engineers would have EQ'ed everything, if not the majority of what is within a mix. If you mean the amount of cutting or boosting then, generally, large cuts and minimal boosts is better than large boosts and small cuts. Naturally though, in audio recording, you will inevitably get electrical noises - regardless of how good your equipment is. You will always get low-end rumble on kick drums and bass regardless of how well it is recorded. Therefore EQ will clean these errors up.
i guess it's a matter of taste but i can hear an overly EQ'd mix and i prefer clean, gently EQ'd tracks most of the time - including lofi recordings. EQ is certainly a sound shaping tool but it doesn't "move" along with melody or chords so you are not getting a genuinely new timbre, just chopping the spectrum up. EQ can easily lead you to making a big mess and, like i said, is really hard to get right. my point was that it's misleading to tell a person just learning to go to town with the EQ, framing it as a painting brush you can "improve your mix" with just by using it on every track, when that is actually a terrible idea.
Roger Levy You don't use EQ to change the timbre dramatically - if an EQ is used to make changes in timbre you change the tone of the sound the same way you would with bass, mid and treble controls on a stereo system by using the shelfs on the EQ. The low and high cuts are used for removing rumble and high frequency annoyances. The band/notch controls are for tackling specific problem areas which may involve a specific hum, hiss, ringing frequencies etc. you don't need the EQ to "move" along with the notes because the boosts you make with the shelfs would cover at least 3 octaves which is more than enough. And no engineer would be so ridiculous to make boosts that would induce phase issues which is the only problem that EQ'ing induces. Again, majority of the sound engineers that exist will apply EQ to everything, if not the majority of audio tracks. Every track you hear on the radio will at the very least have an EQ applied to the whole mix at the mastering stage. I think the reason you hate EQ is because you have a distorted view of how EQ is applied. The "noise" you refer to that EQ brings are phase issues like I mentioned earlier - there exists linear phase EQ's that are better for these problems (which are the EQ's that are usually used at the mastering stage). And once again, you referred to this as an "overly" EQ'ed mix when this is nonsensical. There is no such thing. Like you said, it is a matter of taste so you cannot use terms like that because you would of contradicted yourself. You say this as though it is true. And to suggest that applying an EQ to every audio track is a terrible idea once again contradicts your first statement that it is a matter of taste. You can't have it both ways.
This has to be the shortest / most informative video about this topic in Reason.
The moment you realize you have chosen the right DAW. (In my case, that was 15 years ago, but I am confirmed again and again.) Thanks Propellerheads / Reason Studios
Here is a good mixing technique set the volume of your sounds before you EQ.
Yes i agree. Gain staging should be first and foremost.
best technic !
Good tip. Also, set levels by slowly bringing them up from -∞db, not by dropping them down from 0db.
im literally bawling over my bed now because of fascination - never knew these before - thanks for these tips!
Love the spectrum EQ instead of using the less visual M class etc equalizers, thanks for the video
Why are people slamming the dude? use his tricks or don't. Music has no right or wrong. No matter what the producer or engineer does 100 eq cuts or boosts if it sounds good to him then so be it. chill out
you’ve gained another follower, good in depth explanation
Glad you enjoyed the video! :)
I stick to EQ charts with slight adjustments based on my material and I eq with closed eyes. Works wonders if you stop using your eys and only focus on what you hear.
Thanks for the HPF tip, i've just thrown it across my 2buss and lost all of the flabbiness and mud.. nice! thank you!
Propellerhead has great tutorial videos.
nice information, very well explained....impressed!!! :)
Thank You! Awesome information!
Thanks Mattias, and Thank you to Ernst Nathorst-Boos for making the Propellerhead REASON App for the iPhone available...BR
This is a fantastic video
I agree. Excellent tutorial.
this seems to be the only thing people teach on youtube about EQ
are the any advanced techniques i can learn lol
Joseph Dee, the reason why is because subtractive Eq is important
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Pretty sure Mattias is a god. He'll be in future Swedish Mythology books.
nice way to explain this!
Very good my friend. When can we have Reason 8 please?
great TIPS !
Mattias please tell me you will do similar video to this but on the subject of "compression"
great tutorial!
will the EQ bands ever get the ability to get more narrow? plus a couple of extra middle bands? would be nice to use it for extra precise cuts
Good stuff. Thanks
Glad you noticed & that it made it's way to us√
I found this useful :]
Simple but useful tips thanks °¬)
Solid tips, love v7
Useful, thanks
That's the new EQ in Reason 7.
nice got tips out of this! what im wonderig is why are there those dots?(this case, orange, black, etc)
is like orange giving more boost in the begining? while you can drag it to the end?
Each color represents a different EQ curve.
Awesome! thanks
I may have missed it but can someone tell me which version of RSN includes this EQ modelling tool? Really love Propellerhead software - outstanding on so many levels.
new feature in reason 7 only
Gotta update too from 6.5, (waiting on a special sale).
Hi Mattias, most likely a basic question but... my understanding is that at "0db" we start audio clipping and yet in the spectrum EQ we have the scale from -36 db to +36db. Rex loops (such as drums) frequently register above 0db in the spectrum EQ and yet no clipping peaks listed on the master meter. I guess the spectrum EQ scale is measuring something else ? Many thanks!
+StewartPF dB is a relative value. It's not absolute. That's why you have dBu, dBv, dBm, ...and so on.
dBv for example with a measurement to Volt. dBu to RMS. dBm to milliWatt.
And then there is dB SPL (Sound Pressure Level), for instance what "dB meters" at a festival say it's 110dB.
SPL is usually measured at one meter in front of the speaker, to measure its "power" so to speak.
And in measurements at gigs or festivals, they usually measure at the FOH. (Front Of House, where the lucky guy is standing behind the huge mixing desk ;-) hehe)
Those "loudness" measurements, let's say then have 3 different weighted curves: dB(A), dB(B), dB(C)
Hope this helps. Decibel is a very complicated and misunderstood unit. Simply because on itself, dB has no value. It is always relative to something else (Volt, Watt, RMS,...)
So in this case of an EQ, to answer your question: O dB is let's say the sound as it is at the moment. With no increase or decrease. Then you can pick certain frequencies that you can boost or cut. So you can boost +5dB at 1Khz, or cut -5dB at that same 1Khz. Just an example.
Tried to explain it in my broken English ;-) Hope it's helpful.
Cheers :)
Good stuff :D
i subscribed.i am using reason and want to mix in reason
Thanks
Thanks for the vid!
What's the song @ 1:44?
Hmmmm ok thanks, I'll give that a shot!
Great vid! What daw is this?
I think is Propellerheads Reason.
Reason
How many bands needed to eq a vocal?
Wow that's pretty heavy EQing with how much you adjust stuff. On phone so difference is so minimal though. I think since I compress the shit out of beats n bass n vocals.... a lot the eq can be affected greatly.
Tip1 Cut don't boost
Tip3&4 Boost here and there
Just kidding Great video!
For me I normally have trouble with a visual EQ. I tend to mix with my eye's and not my ear's.
I've watch so many times in pensado's place the same thing all you gotta do is just use it on reason. Ya Michael Brauer way is also is easy to use in reason.
what is that program thing your using to eq stuff, ive never seen that in reason
very useful! thank you~ N i like the accent
Dont feel bad bro i need to do the same from 6.5
I was always told to boost wide and cut narrow
Shaxx I think it sounds more musical instead of boosting little areas which isn’t realistic to our ears. And cutting pieces out takes the least away from an area to still keep it sounding natural.
Hmmm I just realized something I keep forgetting - the EQ controls we're talking about are directly related to the DESK EQ on the board, so that makes sense why the Q is so wide - it's emulating the SSL desk knobs. My bad. I guess what I'm looking for is a new Rack Element
this is definitely good information, but very basic.
The biggest problem I find with Reason is that it's just not guitar friendly enough. It has yet to match or surpass other DAW's in the guitar area. I love what I see about Reason and I WANT to use it with all my heart. It's just not guitar friendly enough though.
Can someone tell me if I can take out resonant frequencys in reasons eq is that possible
Mastering / EQ tips article: reasonfordummies.blogspot.com/2013/11/mixing-and-mastering-tips.html
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Hi , can anyone share whats the name of the first track? Thnx
Yo, why did you guys make the Q so wide? I can't narrow that thing more than this??
That's Olivia Broadfield
Where can I get this kind of equalizer on Reason 5?
SateDif its not untill reason 6.5
actualy its quite guitar capable ive found. try just recording a clean guitar take that track and direct out into a combinator. in that combinator mess with multiple screams, tube, fuzz, and then a small tape delay... add small echo and reverb to give really give it a full sound, or put into thor and run filter mods using a midi keyboard. then run any effect you can create simply by pressing your midi switch key... or use a kaoss pad kp3 like me and really get interesting
I wish the Q could be narrower. It doesn't get very narrow at all. You can't get very surgical with it. Why not?
I still need to update from 6.5 :(
why the reupload?
This video is misleading because EQ should not be used as much as he is doing - it doesn't sound very good! An overly-EQ'd mix is obvious! EQ has a "sound", and therefore should only be used to solve problems as a last resort, as it is extremely difficult to do it right! The better strategies in mixing that should be used first are to select the right instruments, use appropriate recording equipment, play the right notes at the right times to avoid crowding frequencies when not desired, high pass to give the bass some room (or sidechain compress), and using the stereo sound stage. As a rule - a good mix that is easier to master has good source material to begin with!
Yes, you are right but this are tips used mostly when you have a crappy or mediocre recording. The objective should always be to record in such a good way that mixing should be easy
You are forgetting that mixing itself is an art form. Mixing is not only about making the sonics sound "correct" but improving the overall sound. I agree that the first principle is to get a good recording - but that is the job of the producer and artists on the day. But achieving good recordings has nothing to do with mixing. And there is no "correct" amount of EQ'ing. So it is nonsensical to say that EQ shouldn't be used as much as he is doing. Most engineers would have EQ'ed everything, if not the majority of what is within a mix. If you mean the amount of cutting or boosting then, generally, large cuts and minimal boosts is better than large boosts and small cuts.
Naturally though, in audio recording, you will inevitably get electrical noises - regardless of how good your equipment is. You will always get low-end rumble on kick drums and bass regardless of how well it is recorded. Therefore EQ will clean these errors up.
i guess it's a matter of taste but i can hear an overly EQ'd mix and i prefer clean, gently EQ'd tracks most of the time - including lofi recordings. EQ is certainly a sound shaping tool but it doesn't "move" along with melody or chords so you are not getting a genuinely new timbre, just chopping the spectrum up. EQ can easily lead you to making a big mess and, like i said, is really hard to get right. my point was that it's misleading to tell a person just learning to go to town with the EQ, framing it as a painting brush you can "improve your mix" with just by using it on every track, when that is actually a terrible idea.
Roger Levy You don't use EQ to change the timbre dramatically - if an EQ is used to make changes in timbre you change the tone of the sound the same way you would with bass, mid and treble controls on a stereo system by using the shelfs on the EQ. The low and high cuts are used for removing rumble and high frequency annoyances. The band/notch controls are for tackling specific problem areas which may involve a specific hum, hiss, ringing frequencies etc. you don't need the EQ to "move" along with the notes because the boosts you make with the shelfs would cover at least 3 octaves which is more than enough. And no engineer would be so ridiculous to make boosts that would induce phase issues which is the only problem that EQ'ing induces.
Again, majority of the sound engineers that exist will apply EQ to everything, if not the majority of audio tracks. Every track you hear on the radio will at the very least have an EQ applied to the whole mix at the mastering stage.
I think the reason you hate EQ is because you have a distorted view of how EQ is applied.
The "noise" you refer to that EQ brings are phase issues like I mentioned earlier - there exists linear phase EQ's that are better for these problems (which are the EQ's that are usually used at the mastering stage). And once again, you referred to this as an "overly" EQ'ed mix when this is nonsensical. There is no such thing. Like you said, it is a matter of taste so you cannot use terms like that because you would of contradicted yourself. You say this as though it is true. And to suggest that applying an EQ to every audio track is a terrible idea once again contradicts your first statement that it is a matter of taste. You can't have it both ways.
Agree but these are just basic tips to a novice someone like us is far beyond the beginning stages!
nothing new really..
Don't sweep!
SWEEP THE LEG!
Step 1. Cut, don't boost.
Step 3 + 4... Boost. LOL
sir im sorry but you turn the volume up and down, that's annoys me
that's what happens when you mix music.
Awesome video! Thank you!