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6.4
EQ Setting Suggestions
StudioLive™ 32.4.2AI
Owner’s Manual
Table 2
6.4
EQ Setting Suggestions
Included with your StudioLive is a library of Channel Strip presets.
Sections
4.1.9 and 4.1.10
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 6.2
, the right EQ setting for any given
instrument will depend upon the room and the tonality of the instrument.
Vocals
Pop Female Vocals
LOW ON/OFF
LOW SHELF
LOW FREQ (Hz)
LOW Q
LOW GAIN
LOW MID
ON/OFF
LOW MID
FREQ (Hz)
LOW MID Q
LOW MID GAIN
ON
OFF
130
0.6
-2
ON
465
0.6
-2
HIGH MID ON/
OFF
HI MID FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH MID Q
HIGH MID GAIN
HIGH ON/OFF
HIGH SHELF
HIGH FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH Q
HIGH GAIN
ON
2.4
0.4
+2
ON
OFF
6.0
0.3
+8
Rock Female Vocals
LOW ON/OFF
LOW SHELF
LOW FREQ (Hz)
LOW Q
LOW GAIN
LOW MID
ON/OFF
LOW MID
FREQ (Hz)
LOW MID Q
LOW MID GAIN
ON
ON
155
N/A
+4
ON
465
0.4
+6
HIGH MID ON/
OFF
HI MID FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH MID Q
HIGH MID GAIN
HIGH ON/OFF
HIGH SHELF
HIGH FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH Q
HIGH GAIN
ON
1.4
0.6
+6
ON
OFF
4.2
0.5
+2
•
bass “pluck”
•
acoustic/electric
guitar attack
•
lower piano register
attack
•
vocal clarity
•
decrease muddiness in
vocals and mid-range
instruments
•
decrease long bass
overtones in cymbals
•
enhance background
vocal breathiness
•
disguise vocals and
guitars that are slightly
out of tune
•
adds distance to
background
instruments
•
softens a “thin” guitar
•
breathier vocals
•
brighten cymbals,
string instruments,
flutes
•
more realistic
samples and synths
•
brighten vocals,
acoustic guitar,
piano
•
harder cymbals
•
vocal presence
•
kick & tom attack
•
more finger sound
on bass
•
piano and acoustic
guitar attack
•
brighter rock guitar
•
kick & tom attack
•
percussion attack
•
reduce vocal dullness
•
more finger sound on bass
•
sharpness to:
synths, rock guitars,
acoustic guitars, piano
•
bass line clarity
and punch
•
decrease kick and
tom dullness
•
decrease dullness
in guitars
•
vocals: reduce
“s” sound
•
vocals: reduce
“s” sound
•
bass line clarity
and punch
•
bass line clarity
(especially for softer
playback levels)
•
vocal fullness
•
hard hitting snare
and guitar
•
fullness to low
frequency
instruments
(kick, tom, bass)
•
decrease bass
“boom” to increase
clarity in the mix
•
decrease guitar
thinness
•
lessen overly
bright guitar
overtones
•
increase guitar clarity
•
lessen guitar “boom”
•
harder bass to low
frequency
instruments (kick,
tom, bass)
•
guitar and snare
fullness
•
piano and horns
warmth
50 Hz
100 Hz
200 Hz
400 Hz
800 Hz
1.5 kHz
BOOST
CUT
3 kHz
5 kHz
7 kHz
10 kHz
15 kHz
