6.3.2 BOOSTING EQ
: The EDB-2 H.E offers active boost
as well as cut on its EQ controls while some alternatives
offer merely passive or cut functions on controls.
However, boost functions can only work effectively if
there is a significant amount of the frequency already
there in order to be able to increase it.
The Harmonic Enhancer can apply high end content
above 1 kHz that would otherwise not be present
which can then be fine tuned, cut or further boosted via
the Treble and Presence Control
For critical applications, EQ is generally thought to sound
better where cut rather than boosted
6.3.3 WHAT DETERMINES TONE?
There are a lot of
overlapping influences. At the top (treble) end alone, they
include reflectiveness and brightness of the room, what
fixtures, fittings and people are in it, the size of the space,
the instrument type and what it is constructed of, strings
type and condition, tuning, player style, type of pic or
fingers used, pre-amplifier, effects, power amplifier,
speaker drivers and speaker cabinets as well as the
direction the speakers are set at. EQ can compensate for
a lot of these influences
But most important of all with EQ is to USE YOUR EARS!
6.3.4 EQ CONTROLS - ROTARY POTS
i)
BASS
CONTROL: +/- 12dB centred broadly,
approximately @ 120Hz, or +/- 16dB if measured @
45Hz....and before you ask, YES, this figures are both
correct!
P.30
