PRESONUS ADL 700 Owner's Manual page 22

3.2 Equalizers
Table 1
Instrument
Human Voice
80 Hz and below
Piano
Electric Guitar
80 Hz and below
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Bass
String Bass
Snare Drum
Kick Drum
80 Hz and below
Toms
Cymbals
Horns
120 Hz and below
String section
120 Hz and below
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• Your memory is not what you think it is. Comparing a flat EQ and the
curve that you've created allows you to see and hear exactly what you've
done. So be honest with yourself. Sometimes that EQ setting you've
been working on for 15 minutes is not the right choice, so move on.
• Never be afraid of taking a risk. The best EQ tricks were found by mad scientists
of sound. With every instrument, there are frequencies that can be attenuated or
boosted to add clarity or fullness. Altering the wrong frequencies can make an
instrument shrill, muddy, or just downright annoying. The following two charts
suggest frequency ranges that should be accentuated or downplayed for the
most common instruments. These are just suggestions; the frequencies may need
to be adjusted up or down depending on the instrument, room, and microphone.
What to Cut Why to Cut
7 kHz Sibilance
2 kHz Shrill
1 kHz Nasal
Popping P's
1-2 kHz Tinny
300 Hz Boomy
1-2 kHz Shrill
Muddy
2-3 kHz Tinny
200 Hz Boomy
1 kHz Thin
125 Hz Boomy
600 Hz Hollow
200 Hz Boomy
1 kHz Annoying
400 Hz Muddy
Boomy
300 Hz Boomy
1 kHz Annoying
1 kHz Honky
Muddy
3 kHz Shrill
Muddy
What to Boost Why to Boost
8 kHz Big sound
3 kHz and above
200-400 Hz
5 kHz More presence
100 Hz Bottom end
3 kHz
125 Hz Bottom end
5 kHz and above Sparkle
125 Hz
600 Hz
80 Hz and below Bottom end
2-5 kHz Sharp attack
125 Hz and below Bottom end
2 kHz
150-200 Hz
80 Hz
2-5 kHz Sharp attack
60-125 Hz Bottom end
2-5 kHz Sharp attack
80-200 Hz Bottom end
7-8 kHz
8-12 kHz Brilliance
15 kHz
8-12 kHz Big sound
2 kHz
2 kHz
400-600 Hz Lush and full
ADL 700
Clarity
Body
Clarity
Full
Growl
Crisp
Full
Deep
Sizzle
Air
Clarity
Clarity