The Best Way to Quickly Add Clarity to Your Mix: Inverse EQ Matching

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[@adamsmith7058]

Having just seen a video on this by Dan Worall, I've been being trying out this function on Q2 after owning it for ages and not knowing about this. Amazing how quickly and dramatically this allows you to clear things up and get rid of mud without resorting to more dramatic eq or compression that buries one sound in favour of another. Great technique. Also, I should maybe RTFM a bit more...

[@sageaudio]

Hey Adam! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Dan Worall is great, and gives a really helpful explanation about this technique in one of his plugin walkthroughs.
I agree - this technique is incredibly helpful! Especially when you're trying to mix quickly and don't want to spend too much time switching between corrective EQ settings. I always find it helps me get to the creative part of mixing much faster.
Thanks again for watching!
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[@robertoquimi1349]

Is like automatically avoid frequecy masking issues. Thank you

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for the comment Roberto! That's right - it's super helpful when trying to add some clarity. Especially between the kick and bass.
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[@shirifshirif9506]

Wow. That was smart and very creative. I'll definitely give it as try. Thank you so much

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching!
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[@rafahaddad4803]

I will comment because i enjoy this video 🎸☕️🎧🍿

[@saahassarithabala2630]

Nice technique man! Thank you

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching!
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[@Tom-tv4ok]

This is amazing!

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching T J!
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[@ToddBeal]

That rocks! Thank you.

[@sageaudio]

It looks like my previous comment got deleted - thanks for the comment! Hope this effect works well on your mixes.
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[@Asyouwere]

If you match them in loudness first too, the end result will be even more audible.

[@carldock5223]

Right, very important

[@beatgeekmuzic]

Wow!!! Thank you!

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for the comment! Happy you enjoyed the video!
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[@alexandersorbas1881]

Ufff this is clever

[@sageaudio]

It's a good trick!
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[@frankiebq5604]

Thank you so much

[@sageaudio]

Hey Frankie! Thanks for your comment - it looks like my previous response got deleted.
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[@darbomusic]

I will try it 👌

[@papito2lindo]

Great tip

[@sageaudio]

Hey thanks for your comment - it looks like my previous response got deleted. Glad that you liked this tip!
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[@carldock5223]

VERY IMPORTANT! Match the loudness of the two tracks before using this technique

[@sageaudio]

Very true!

[@kmzdrg]

Hi, sorry, for instrumental/vocals, I should add the eq tot the instrumental or vocal chain?

[@realbluec7641]

Add it to any of the 2, it will work just fine..

[@dr.doodle8974]

Will this work for everything?
(when two instruments of the same type are layered?)

[@prodsamper]

Tnx for the tip. Is there a specific order to do this in vocals + music bus? Like, I can make either a vocal sidechain or a music bus sidechain?

[@sageaudio]

There's benefits to doing it at the beginning or end! I prefer starting with it to get a clean slate so to speak.
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[@ugurkaracay1]

thank you

[@sageaudio]

It looks like my previous comment got deleted - thanks for watching!
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[@AlvinPresley1]

Great tip Thank you! Does this affect the phase in any way?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! It does. I'd recommend using a low latency linear phase setting when using it.
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[@AlvinPresley1]

@@sageaudio great! thank you :D

[@IAMKRITAGYA]

Sir can i Use this method if i Am Mixing on Just a 2track and my Vocals😊😊😊

[@oswaldokatz2523]

Any way to do this with logic included plugins?

[@sageaudio]

Not that I know of unfortunately. I'll check! Thanks for watching!
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[@TheKatchutes]

Yeah mate, Logic has an EQ match plug-in that works pretty darn great too! Go to EQ then Match EQ :)

[@SoneczKnote]

How will I be able to apply this to multiple leads and chords that's share the same frequency. I make big room.

[@sageaudio]

The quickest way would be to send the multiple leads and chords (or whatever 2 groups you'd like to separate) to 2 separate busses. Then, insert the EQ on one bus, and side-chain the other bus. Follow what's shown in the video and the 2 busses should be separated a good amount.

[@ephraimjaye7647]

Great video! Is there a way to do this to get more clarity in a lead vocal?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! if you match your lead vocal to the full instrumental mix, and then invert is very subtly you'll separate the two really well, and add a lot of clarity to the vocal.
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[@thegroove2000]

Nice.

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching!
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[@lukewilliams7020]

Could you do this by sidechaining Soothe ?

[@sageaudio]

I haven't tried that - I'm not sure if there's a match function on soothe though. Thanks for watching!
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[@germanortizdj]

Hi from Spain. In cubase is not possible match directly from sidechain, i need to insert another stand of ProQ3 and when i matching one of the sounds, disapear. Can u explain this technique on Cubase 10??? is it possible? i search on google, youtube etc but nobody do this technique on Cubase. Thanks!!!

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for your question! I'm sorry but I can't give you a direct answer either, as I've never used that DAW with this technique before.
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[@robelnegash4382]

Can we use this on dense mix?

[@wagnergarcia2011]

Oooooooh my God

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching Wagner!
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[@soyAmadorMx]

Be carefull with the frecuencys you boots, you have an ugly harmonic there

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for the advice!