September 30, 2009
Down the EQ abbit Hole
I’ve had a nice couple days of re-visiting EQ, being reminded of how powerful it is, and being shown how fundamentally important it is for making music that feels big, enveloping, properly seasoned and delicious.
Take a listen to the before and after here. This isn’t something I’m all that good at, so the before and after isn’t as dramatic as it could be, but to my ears, the after sounds much better.
Before:
After:
If you’re a music-maker (and Ableton Live user) and would like to see/hear what I’m talking about, download this Ableton Live project. It contains a short drum loop with some EQ I’ve applied. If you think you can do better (and quite likely you can), please let me hear!
I did this in headphones (don’t have any speakes here in Berlin yet), which is probably a very bad thing to do.
Hm - I’m listening on headphones, and am embarrassed to admit that the difference sounds pretty subtle to me.
BTW - i love these sound players on your site. I’ve seen a bunch of other sites with them, also - how do you get them?
I’d download the Live project, but I only have a copy of Live 4, and on my new Mac (with 10.6) it’s really glitchy…
Comment by Jascha Narveson — September 30, 2009 @ 8:04 am
Jascha — yeah the difference is subtle. I’ve done some more work since then, found some more interesting frequencies to focus in on.
Comment by admin — September 30, 2009 @ 11:11 am