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SR Series EQ’s
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT APPLICATIONS
A. Putting an equalizer in line with a musical instrument allows you to modify
the sound of the instrument. You can brighten the sound, add body to a thin
sounding instrument, or you can give the sound a totally different character.
B. An equalizer allows you to eliminate unwanted sounds, such as the 60 cycle
hum from a badly grounded sound source.
STUDIO APPLICATIONS
A graphic equalizer is one of the most useful tools in the sound engineer's bag.
DOD equalizers offer the features and the flexibility to deliver uncompromising
quality in the studio.
A. Fix a track that doesn't sound quite right. Put the equalizer in a channel
insert.
B. Create an artificial stereo image by splitting a monaural signal and equalizing
the split signals differently. Pan one signal to the right and the equalized signal to
the left.
C. Shape the sound by changing the frequency response of the track.
D. Special effects like telephone sounds are done by cutting off the low end at
200 Hz and the high end at 6 kHz.
Also, when used with other pieces of equipment, you can do some real signal
processing magic. Emphasizing the high frequencies of a signal and feeding the
modified signal to the side chain of a compressor creates a de-essing effect. By
emphasizing the low frequencies and feeding the signal to the side chain creates
a de-thumper. You can also reduce unwanted frequency-dependent noise in a sig-
nal by cutting the offending frequencies with an equalizer and letting a noise gate
"key" on the modified signal while letting the original signal pass, gating the
unwanted sounds.
