Thinking inside the box: A complete EQ Tutorial
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Thinking inside the box: A complete EQ Tutorial
Hello,
first post in the production section and all that..
I had a search to see if a thread had been made about this before, but couldn't find one - if it has, feel free to ignore me!
I have recently come across an article about EQ'ing, which has helped me out massively and think it will help other make sense of what actually EQ'ing is, how it works and what it can do for for your tracks.
If you've ever wondered why maybe your tracks aren't quite loud enough, or the snare doesnt cut through the mix like you'd hope it did, you must read this! Mix downs become less of a chore after reading this.
Anyway, enough rambling, im not even doing good job at selling this! But please everyone who is Producing music, read this;
http://www.dnbscene.com/article/88-thin ... tutorial/1
first post in the production section and all that..
I had a search to see if a thread had been made about this before, but couldn't find one - if it has, feel free to ignore me!
I have recently come across an article about EQ'ing, which has helped me out massively and think it will help other make sense of what actually EQ'ing is, how it works and what it can do for for your tracks.
If you've ever wondered why maybe your tracks aren't quite loud enough, or the snare doesnt cut through the mix like you'd hope it did, you must read this! Mix downs become less of a chore after reading this.
Anyway, enough rambling, im not even doing good job at selling this! But please everyone who is Producing music, read this;
http://www.dnbscene.com/article/88-thin ... tutorial/1
Re: Thinking inside the box: A complete EQ Tutorial
Big up!!!!
Im quite sure this, or a very very similar EQ piece like this was posted on DOA 2-3 years ago and i lost the pdf.

Im quite sure this, or a very very similar EQ piece like this was posted on DOA 2-3 years ago and i lost the pdf.

Re: Thinking inside the box: A complete EQ Tutorial
Sure right man - Straight off DOA Grid! I was never claiming i discovered this, it's a known gem on the Grid, thought I'd share it with those who may not have read it.Echoi wrote:Big up!!!!
Im quite sure this, or a very very similar EQ piece like this was posted on DOA 2-3 years ago and i lost the pdf.

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Yo guys
Marc from dnbscene here. First of all, thanks Panleft for posting this on here. Secondly, just to clear up that this was originally published on dnbscene back in 2003, then when the site went down in 2006, Steve zipped it and put it on DOA so that it wouldn't get lost forever. That's why there's a couple of mentions of dnbscene in the PDF/zipfile, in case anyone gets confused about that.
It's still a cracking tutorial even after 7 years! And I'm going to try and get the infamous compression part of the tutorial out of him. A few drinks should help...
Marc from dnbscene here. First of all, thanks Panleft for posting this on here. Secondly, just to clear up that this was originally published on dnbscene back in 2003, then when the site went down in 2006, Steve zipped it and put it on DOA so that it wouldn't get lost forever. That's why there's a couple of mentions of dnbscene in the PDF/zipfile, in case anyone gets confused about that.
It's still a cracking tutorial even after 7 years! And I'm going to try and get the infamous compression part of the tutorial out of him. A few drinks should help...
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Yes please dodnbscene_marc wrote:And I'm going to try and get the infamous compression part of the tutorial out of him. A few drinks should help...
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[referencing for later- nice post, mate]
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This was an incredible read, thank you!
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Thank you so much! 

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Please do. This tutorial is the best one i've come across untill now.dnbscene_marc wrote:Yo guys
Marc from dnbscene here. First of all, thanks Panleft for posting this on here. Secondly, just to clear up that this was originally published on dnbscene back in 2003, then when the site went down in 2006, Steve zipped it and put it on DOA so that it wouldn't get lost forever. That's why there's a couple of mentions of dnbscene in the PDF/zipfile, in case anyone gets confused about that.
It's still a cracking tutorial even after 7 years! And I'm going to try and get the infamous compression part of the tutorial out of him. A few drinks should help...
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I've actually dug up another article about basslines in general from the same writer. Needs some editing but should be on the site in the next day or so.
Glad the EQ tutorial is proving so useful
Glad the EQ tutorial is proving so useful

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Re: Thinking inside the box: A complete EQ Tutorial
can you link it here? I mostly don't have time to search through everything. 
Thanks man.

Thanks man.
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This article lays everything out in a simple and easy to understand way. I can't wait for the compression article....
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Remember seeing this somewhere before, maybe even on here, but thats not the point. It's an amazing tut 

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That's a great article - nice one!
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Great read, recommending this to a few people.
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thanks a ton
. that is the most simple yet helpful thing i have ever read on eqing. Everything else i have read has overcomplicated eqing. thank you!

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paravrais wrote:Hypefiend wrote:If anyone here is having trouble eq'in there songs just download Izotope Ozone 4 it is the best mastering vst imo.

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