A Guide To Drum EQ - By Recordeo

A Guide To Drum EQ - By Recordeo


1. High Pass Filter: The engineer suggests adding a High Pass Filter to each and every mic.

2. Cuts vs Boosts: He said you'll get a lot more fidelity if you cut the unpleasant frequencies (freeqs) instead of boosting the parts you like.

Notes:

Even the bass drum can have a High Pass Filter but set it lower, around 30-50 Hz.

It's okay to boost here and there, but there should be more cutting than boosting. Listen for things bleeding through, or things conflicting with each other, or ringing.

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Microphones

All about Microphones.

SHORT recap of the article below. Microphones DO NOT grab sound and bring it in. There is no such thing as distance or range with a microphone. It only hears what is coming to it. Therefore the more noise you don't want to hear the closer it needs to be to the source.

HUGE difference in Omnidirectional v Unidirectional BECAUSE it's either deaf or not to the side noise.

http://www.proacousticsusa.com/blog/2011/12/the-myths-of-microphone-reach/#comment-9827

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