Eq Setting Suggestions - PRESONUS studiolive III series Owner's Manual

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11.5

EQ Setting Suggestions

Table 2
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harder bass to low
frequency
instruments (kick,
tom, bass)
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guitar and snare
fullness
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piano and horns
warmth
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fullness to low
•
vocal fullness
frequency
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instruments hard hitting snare
(kick, tom, bass) and guitar
50 Hz 100 Hz 200 Hz
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increase guitar clarity
•
lessen guitar "boom"
• •
decrease bass decrease muddiness in
"boom" to increase vocals and mid-range
clarity in the mix instruments
•
decrease long bass
overtones in cymbals
11.5 EQ Setting Suggestions
Vocals
LOW ON/OFF LOW SHELF
ON OFF
HIGH MID ON/ HI MID FREQ
OFF (kHz)
ON 2.4
LOW ON/OFF LOW SHELF
ON ON
HIGH MID ON/ HI MID FREQ
OFF (kHz)
ON 1.4
BOOST
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bass line clarity
•
(especially for softer bass line clarity
and punch
playback levels)
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bass line clarity
and punch
400 Hz 800 Hz 1.5 kHz
• •
decrease kick and decrease dullness
tom dullness in guitars
•
decrease guitar
thinness
•
lessen overly
bright guitar
overtones
CUT
Included with your StudioLive is a library of Fat Channel presets. Section 5.8 discusses
how to load these presets onto a channel or bus and how to create your own presets.
For an idea of where to start, check out the following generic EQ settings for several
different instruments. As with the compression settings in Section 11.3, the right EQ
setting for any given instrument will depend upon the room and the tonality of the
instrument.
Pop Female Vocals
LOW FREQ (Hz) LOW Q
130 0.6
HIGH MID Q HIGH MID GAIN HIGH ON/OFF
0.4 +2
Rock Female Vocals
LOW FREQ (Hz) LOW Q
155 N/A
HIGH MID Q HIGH MID GAIN HIGH ON/OFF
0.6 +6
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vocal presence
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kick & tom attack
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more finger sound
on bass
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piano and acoustic
guitar attack
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brighter rock guitar
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•
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bass "pluck"
•
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acoustic/electric
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guitar attack
•
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lower piano register
attack
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vocal clarity
3 kHz 5 kHz
•
adds distance to
background
instruments
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softens a "thin" guitar
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enhance background
vocal breathiness
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disguise vocals and
guitars that are slightly
out of tune
LOW GAIN LOW MID LOW MID
ON/OFF FREQ (Hz)
-2 ON
HIGH SHELF HIGH FREQ
ON OFF
LOW GAIN LOW MID LOW MID
ON/OFF FREQ (Hz)
+4 ON
HIGH SHELF HIGH FREQ
ON OFF
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brighten vocals,
acoustic guitar,
piano
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harder cymbals
kick & tom attack
percussion attack
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breathier vocals
reduce vocal dullness
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brighten cymbals,
more finger sound on bass
string instruments,
sharpness to:
flutes
synths, rock guitars,
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more realistic
acoustic guitars, piano
samples and synths
7 kHz 10 kHz 15 kHz
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vocals: reduce
"s" sound
•
vocals: reduce
"s" sound
LOW MID Q LOW MID GAIN
465 0.6
HIGH Q HIGH GAIN
(kHz)
6.0 0.3
LOW MID Q LOW MID GAIN
465 0.4
HIGH Q HIGH GAIN
(kHz)
4.2 0.5
-2
+8
+6
+2
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