sub eqing tips anyone?

dub man warrior · Post by **dub man warrior** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:55 pm

just having few problems with my sub distorting any have any eqing tips i usualy push my sub at 50hz to about 135 hz

any advices would be helpfull

james fox · Post by **james fox** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:58 pm

personally i hardly ever boost my EQ at all.

if you are having problems with your sub distorting then i would suggest hi passing everything else in your track (even things like hi hats) to make room for the sub. then you won't get build ups in a certain frequency range that will cause clipping.

audio clip would help too

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:17 pm

less is more

turn down your mix

cut off the low freq's for EVERYTHING but your bass

and dont go crazy with your EQ

it's also a possibility your monitors / speakers / headphones are blown so render your best mix and listen on other speakers

fiziks · Post by **fiziks** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:14 pm

james and fstz are right on. highpassing or low cutting everything that isn't your sub is crucial. A spectral analyzer is an absolute necessity while doing this. Some DAW's have them built in and there is a really good free one out there by Roger Nichols.

As fstz stated, your cans or monitors maybe distorting, not the track.

Also, 135 seems a little high for subs man. That's right around where your kick should be hitting. My subs are always under 100. It's possible your kick and sub are clashing. Like I said, spectral analyzer. Then you can see exactly where everything is sitting and what's spiking possibly causing distortion.

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:32 pm

on a related note...

I started running a LPF on my sub and with the Q at juuust the right freq...

INSTANT BANGIN SUB BASS!

I wish I could show you the curve, but I'm at work...

and the sub police might come after me for giving away guarded secrets

dub man warrior · Post by **dub man warrior** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:36 pm

big ups to every all the wisdom has helped alot

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:25 pm

lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.

black lotus · Post by **black lotus** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:36 pm

+1 on lowpass.. around 100hz

also, TURN IT DOWN. just because you have trouble hearing it doesn't mean it's not there. if you put that shit on a bangin system with good subs, i guarantee you will hear that low end especially if the system has a good x-over.

fiziks · Post by **fiziks** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:38 pm

TeReKeTe wrote:lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.

lowpass the sub that is. not your tune man.

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:05 pm

fiziks wrote:
TeReKeTe wrote:lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.
lowpass the sub that is. not your tune man.

HAHA!!!

I can see the responses of someone that didn't already understand that

"all I got was this low rumble"

black lotus · Post by **black lotus** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:57 pm

FSTZ wrote:
fiziks wrote:
TeReKeTe wrote:lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.
lowpass the sub that is. not your tune man.
HAHA!!!

I can see the responses of someone that didn't already understand that

"all I got was this low rumble"

"yo i make bass music"

sub eqing tips anyone?

sub eqing tips anyone?

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