Something about EQ

[OfficialDAPT]

I've started to notice something recently when lowpassing or hipassing sounds. When I roll off something at a certain frequency and then put a spectrum right after it there's still something coming up in the range that I rolled off. If I duplicate the EQ a few more times then the spectrum usually shows that there's nothing in that range anymore.

My question is why are there still frequencies being registered there when I just EQed them out? Could be an extremely easy answer but I haven't come across anything yet.

[Gravehill]

I've started to notice something recently when lowpassing or hipassing sounds. When I roll off something at a certain frequency and then put a spectrum right after it there's still something coming up in the range that I rolled off. If I duplicate the EQ a few more times then the spectrum usually shows that there's nothing in that range anymore.

My question is why are there still frequencies being registered there when I just EQed them out? Could be an extremely easy answer but I haven't come across anything yet.

Try using a steeper slope on your EQ, pro-q has a 48 db per octave slope if you have that plug-in

[mthrfnk]

EQ's normally roll off frequencies on a slope at so many dB/octave - normally 12dB/octave or 24dB/octave, meaning you'll still get some of the frequencies coming through. This doesn't mean they're cutting the frequencies, they simply attenuate or reduce them depending on what slope you set.

[OfficialDAPT]

EQ's normally roll off frequencies on a slope at so many dB/octave - normally 12dB/octave or 24dB/octave, meaning you'll still get some of the frequencies coming through. This doesn't mean they're cutting the frequencies, they simply attenuate or reduce them depending on what slope you set.

Yeah I guess seeing the actual EQ curve kinda tricked me because it looks like it's just cutting it right where you want it to and not at 24Db/octave but now that you say that I guess I did know that, it was just at the back of my mind.

[RandoRando]

if you want to cut the frequencies entirely you, try a linear phase EQ

[bkwsk]

Question to Ableton Live users: if you do a Multiband Dynamics on a track, set the Compression to 0%, then frequency divide it and mute one of the bands, does that get rid of all the frequencies altogether or does it work like a normal EQ8/EQ-3?

[Isley]

cutting frequencies that rigidly though will make your sounds not sound natural. especially when doing it to every track in your mixer

[bkwsk]

cutting frequencies that rigidly though will make your sounds not sound natural. especially when doing it to every track in your mixer

It really depends on what frequencies you're cutting. I always use a 48dB per octave HPF on every track (including subs) at 28-30Hz to allow more headroom and energy into the mix. And sometimes I'll even use a High Cut 48dB filter at 19.5kHz if I need a lot of high-end pumping all the time. I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't notice that a lot.

[OfficialDAPT]

cutting frequencies that rigidly though will make your sounds not sound natural. especially when doing it to every track in your mixer

It really depends on what frequencies you're cutting. I always use a 48dB per octave HPF on every track (including subs) at 28-30Hz to allow more headroom and energy into the mix. And sometimes I'll even use a High Cut 48dB filter at 19.5kHz if I need a lot of high-end pumping all the time. I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't notice that a lot.

I wish I had those options on the ableton stock EQ, something to look forward to in live 9 i guess.

[deadly_habit]

if you want to cut the frequencies entirely you, try a linear phase EQ

Or a multiband compressor will do the trick for a dead cutoff. The multiband setup in Izotope Trash does the trick as well.

[bkwsk]

cutting frequencies that rigidly though will make your sounds not sound natural. especially when doing it to every track in your mixer

It really depends on what frequencies you're cutting. I always use a 48dB per octave HPF on every track (including subs) at 28-30Hz to allow more headroom and energy into the mix. And sometimes I'll even use a High Cut 48dB filter at 19.5kHz if I need a lot of high-end pumping all the time. I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't notice that a lot.

I wish I had those options on the ableton stock EQ, something to look forward to in live 9 i guess.

It is coming, man, it is coming. I'm glad too, because even though I've got —and I love— Pro-Q, I love Ableton's native workflow even more.

[didge]

cutting frequencies that rigidly though will make your sounds not sound natural. especially when doing it to every track in your mixer

It really depends on what frequencies you're cutting. I always use a 48dB per octave HPF on every track (including subs) at 28-30Hz to allow more headroom and energy into the mix. And sometimes I'll even use a High Cut 48dB filter at 19.5kHz if I need a lot of high-end pumping all the time. I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't notice that a lot.

I wish I had those options on the ableton stock EQ, something to look forward to in live 9 i guess.

It is coming, man, it is coming. I'm glad too, because even though I've got —and I love— Pro-Q, I love Ableton's native workflow even more.

I always assumed that each filter pole on the EQ8 had a 12 dB/octave slope so you could get a (8*12=) 96 db/octave roll off if you stacked them all.

Am I missing something?

[deadly_habit]

cutting frequencies that rigidly though will make your sounds not sound natural. especially when doing it to every track in your mixer

It really depends on what frequencies you're cutting. I always use a 48dB per octave HPF on every track (including subs) at 28-30Hz to allow more headroom and energy into the mix. And sometimes I'll even use a High Cut 48dB filter at 19.5kHz if I need a lot of high-end pumping all the time. I'm sure 90% of people wouldn't notice that a lot.

I wish I had those options on the ableton stock EQ, something to look forward to in live 9 i guess.

It is coming, man, it is coming. I'm glad too, because even though I've got —and I love— Pro-Q, I love Ableton's native workflow even more.

I always assumed that each filter pole on the EQ8 had a 12 dB/octave slope so you could get a (8*12=) 96 db/octave roll off if you stacked them all.

Am I missing something?

The 8 is just referring to the max number of points you can place on it to articulate.

[didge]

^^^ Lol, yeah I get that, I use Ableton; they just seem a bit unaware that EQ8 can get 48 db/octave slopes (or 60 or 72 etc.)

[OfficialDAPT]

^^^ Lol, yeah I get that, I use Ableton; they just seem a bit unaware that EQ8 can get 48 db/octave slopes (or 60 or 72 etc.)

Ableton 8 has some minor downfalls but I love it to death. It's a part of me.

[bkwsk]

^^^ Lol, yeah I get that, I use Ableton; they just seem a bit unaware that EQ8 can get 48 db/octave slopes (or 60 or 72 etc.)

You're right, actually. It's absolutely doable. Stack them up and you get more dBs per octave. But it's easier to just drop Pro-Q there than doing that innit .

[SUBFLEX]

^^^ Lol, yeah I get that, I use Ableton; they just seem a bit unaware that EQ8 can get 48 db/octave slopes (or 60 or 72 etc.)

You're right, actually. It's absolutely doable. Stack them up and you get more dBs per octave. But it's easier to just drop Pro-Q there than doing that innit .

using the Pre+Post analyzer with Pro-Q has totally changed how I see EQ'ing

watching the changes makes you realize how much (or how little) you might actually be doing by adjusting notches, shelves, and passes

[OfficialDAPT]

^^^ Lol, yeah I get that, I use Ableton; they just seem a bit unaware that EQ8 can get 48 db/octave slopes (or 60 or 72 etc.)

You're right, actually. It's absolutely doable. Stack them up and you get more dBs per octave. But it's easier to just drop Pro-Q there than doing that innit .

using the Pre+Post analyzer with Pro-Q has totally changed how I see EQ'ing

watching the changes makes you realize how much (or how little) you might actually be doing by adjusting notches, shelves, and passes

Well not everyone is rich enough for those PRO PLUGINS!

[atlascesar]

the representational notion of a certain range of frequencies in a signal being eliminated is a falsity in reality. electronic filters, and their software emulations, can modify a signal to emphasize or deemphasize a portion of its spectral content, as well as shift the relative phase of the signals spectral content, for a given range of harmonic frequencies. as there are many types of filters, filter designs, and methods of synthetically emulating these filters, there are countless ways to affect a signal with regard to its phase and magnitude in a given range of frequencies

so much. keep on pumping my friends

[OfficialDAPT]

the representational notion of a certain range of frequencies in a signal being eliminated is a falsity in reality. electronic filters, and their software emulations, can modify a signal to emphasize or deemphasize a portion of its spectral content, as well as shift the relative phase of the signals spectral content, for a given range of harmonic frequencies. as there are many types of filters, filter designs, and methods of synthetically emulating these filters, there are countless ways to affect a signal with regard to its phase and magnitude in a given range of frequencies

so much. keep on pumping my friends

Well the frequency doesn't have to be eliminated completely, I just want to bring it down so that it doesn't show up on a spectrum analyzer and take away my headroom. Compressing the living shit out of frequencies you don't want until they are really low using a multiband compressor should do the trick