Mixing Music

CHAPTER14

Applying Equalization

In This Chapter

• How EQ effects your recordings
• Ways to apply EQ when mixing
• The most useful equalization settings for various instruments and voices
• Carving EQ holes
• Effective EQ tips—and common mistakes to avoid

The sound of an instrument or vocal stretches across a large band of frequencies. Even if a singer sings just one specific pitch at a specific frequency, that pitch is colored by harmonics and resonant sounds that exist at other frequencies. And of course, few recordings consist of a musician singing or playing just one pitch.

When an instrument or vocal doesn’t sound quite right to your ears, or it ...