Hi everybody, I am Giorgio from G&L Studios and today I am starting a series of 3 videos,
I will show how I process my mix-bus.
Today we are going to start by seeing how I use the EQ on my mix-bus.
Here we are and welcome to this video series that consists in 3 videos where I explain
you and show you how I like to process my mix-bus.
So now let's get started, why do I process my mix-bus?
I usually process it after I get my static mix done which is the first thing I do in
every mix, basically I will just play with faders until I am happy with the balance.
Later I start by processing the mix-bus to give some broad strokes and to clean up the
80% of the problems, sometimes I cannot get away with only mix-bus processing, most of
the times I'll need to go in and fine tune the details on the individual tracks, but
I feel that this is a great starting point.
So on this first video I am covering what I am doing on the EQ so let's get started.
I'll let you listen to the track with the EQ in and then I will explain you what I have
done, take note that this isn't the finished mix because every plugin is bypassed so that
you can hear every changes I put in this process one by one.
Ok, now I will pop out all the moves I have done with this EQ and guide you on what i
have done, step by step.
Ok the first thing I have done is a high pass filter with a very steep curve just to clean
up everything below 20Hz.
Below 20Hz you don't really hear it but sometimes you will find some energy down there
that takes up headroom, so I am just clearing it out, this is the lowest my filter can go,
so I don't need to think about it.
Doesn't bring much to the sound because I will highness filter anyway the individual
tracks where I think i can clean up some low end I don't need.
The second move is cutting out a bit of around 400Hz now I let you listen to the frequency
first and then I will explain you why I cut it.
Do you hear when I boost the frequency, how I bring up the busyness in the track and all
the mud?
That's why I am cutting it out, imagine now you have 40 tracks and every track has
some low mid frequency content around 400Hz i find i cut most of the times, eventually
you will have a buildup when you are summing up all these tracks because every track got
some low mid energy that eventually is going to build up.
So I am just cutting it to clean my mix up a bit more, now let's have a listen to this
move, so you can really hear what I am doing.
Do you hear how the mix seems becoming much cleaner and a little bit tighter?
I feel that the drum sound is improving it becomes a little bit tighter, now the mix
is a little bit more clear and I can hear everything better without any buildup, this
is the goal for this move.
As you can see I am just cutting 2.5dB, it's not much but I feel that the difference isn't
subtle at all.
Now let's take a look on what I am doing on the high mid frequency, here as you can
see I am boosting a little bit of 2.5k, 2.6k to be precise, why am I boosting there?
Because around 1.5k all the way to 2.5 maybe 3k, you have the presence of the vocals, most
of the times I find that the problem with the vocals is that they don't come out too
much and they usually sink in the mix so I am boosting here to make the vocals a bit
more prominent, I'll let you listen to the frequency first.
Do you hear how the vocals suddenly take over everything?
This is why I am boosting, but I am not boosting a lot, because if you boost too much especially
on the highs you will get harshness very fast.
So now I'll play you again the track and I'll pop in and out this move so you can
hear exactly what I am doing to the mix.
Do you hear how now the vocals stands out a bit more?
This is just with 1.5 dB of boost.
Now let's take a look to the high shelf I have done at around 6k, this is just to
bring in just a little bit more air to the mix and a little more openness, this will
open up just a little bit more the mix.
Now I will let you hear the frequency and later we will do an AB.
Do you hear how the cymbals suddenly pop out and the vocals become a little more airy?
this is what I am doing to the mix but in a very subtle manner.
Be careful on high frequencies, don't boost too much, especially on the mix-bus because
you can get harshness very fast.
Now let's have a listen to only this boost.
Do you hear how suddenly the mix opens up? this is just with a 0.5 dB boost.
Now let's pop in every move I have done and I will let you hear what the EQ is doing,
so I will bring it in and out, so you can hear all these moves combined together.
Pretty cool right?
Now the mix sounds almost there, I use this EQ as a broad stroke EQ I am just shaping
the sound of the overall mix, why am I doing it and not doing it on the individual tracks?
Because if I find that I am doing the same move on every individual track, let's say
I cut around 400Hz, let's say I have 40 tracks the problem now here is that every
EQ I insert creates a phase shift, that will add up when the track count adds up, so I
can solve this problem by a general curve on the mix-bus and saves me time and gets
me the result without the phase shifts.
Now another reason why I EQ my mix-bus is to, like I said just now, sculpt the sound
of the mix overall and try to correct the most apparent problems in the overall sound
with least moves as possible.
As you can see here I am not boosting or cutting much, but this is definitely helping the mix.
Now when you are processing your mix-bus with EQ remember this, don't go with drastic
moves stay subtle and do very small moves, let every move in your mix add up, rather
than doing 1 big chunk of work because you will have unnatural sounds very fast.
That's all for today, I hope you enjoyed the video, and if you did please subscribe
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