Parametric EQ's versus Graphic EQ's... what's the difference? Which is better?
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2016
- In the video I'll discuss a few of the differences between parametric EQ's and graphic EQ's, when used in a guitar chain on a pedalboard. I'll also explain a bit of how and why to use each one. Note that this isn't an exhaustive academic version of how they work electronically, rather it's a "how to" for those interested in using them to shape guitar tone.
Also, sorry about the lack of the guitar display at 7:45... I didn't notice until after it was too late.
The "too long didn't watch" version is that they both can do the same thing, but the parametric eq allows for a wider range of frequencies as well as pinpointing frequencies a bit easier. However, the graphic can be a bit simpler to use. 
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Bless you for this. Seriously.
It's alway felt like we're supposed to just 'know'. Which means they are frequently used wrong, or with no frame of reference.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :)
this is in all subjects. There is always the geeks and the guy that knows one or 2 things more, that tries to make you feel like crap, when you start to learn something, and tries to totally shut you down, right at the beginning, and get rid of you, and keep you out of the "learning club" or whatever the hell is going on, be it a sports team, a band, a class, whatever.. there is always those asshats that try to kick you down mentally. I used to know this guitarist that was naturally really good at figuring out stuff by ear, and I was total crud at learning by ear, still cant do it...and he was always coming over showing off playing all kinds of Rush songs..the hard complex ones, and he had only been playing for like 3 years. He was always smarting off to me, finally I told him, "Look man, you may play better, but I can throw you down the fucking stairs". He got real wide eyed, and said "you would", packed up his shit and boogied on out..any time after that he was always much more humble and cool. I am the same way now.. I am just not buying this bullshit from people that I am just supposed to "know" already, the bullshit I have been abused with all my life..and kept out of the in crowd of everything. I do know how to kick serious ass, and sometimes must mention that fact, to equalize things and get respect, so the asshats shut the fuck up!
Wampler Pedals are you guys gonna ever make a guitar eq? That would be so awesome!
@@TheCandyman316 The only way he could improve the Empress is to make the Q fully variable width and add a Q shape if you really want to get crazy, a 4th band might help too. I own the Empress and find it very handy.
@@michaelcraig9449 It's not just the snobs who want to look down on others for not knowing what they do, but also experts who fail to understand that some people don't know what they do.
So someone may demo a product and use a lot of technical jargon (because that's what they use around the office) and then the uninformed layman like myself has no clue what's going on.
I love these videos man, you explain things so well, and you're just an awesome dude. Much appreciated man thank you for sharing🙌🤘🙌
Thanks for this.
I've been paying attention to the players/bands/tones that I like and taking notice who uses graphic and who uses para, or both, on their board.
I like the idea of setting the "center" eq on a para and tweaking that.
"A ten-band equalizer has sliders for ten fixed frequencies - typically the ones previously mentioned along with other values in between those. More bands means wider control over the frequency spectrum. Each of the fixed frequencies can be boosted or cut to a maximum/minimum degree. The range could be +/- 6 dB or perhaps +/- 12 dB, all depending on the make and model.
But there is one main thing to understand about using a graphic equalizer; when you adjust a slider, it also affects the neighboring frequencies. Think about what happens when you poke a finger into plastic wrap that's covering a bowl. As the finger presses down into the plastic, it creates a slope effect. The areas closest to the finger are more affected by the sloping than areas further away. Pushing harder also intensifies the sloping versus a light poke. This same principle applies to how graphic equalizers handle frequency adjustments when boosting/cutting bands.
Simple and intuitive operation
Fixed frequency adjustment
Broad range of effect
Ideal for general use
Typically less expensive than parametric equalizers
Parametric Equalizers
Parametric equalizers are more complex than graphic equalizers, since you can make additional adjustments beyond volume.
A parametric equalizer lets you control three aspects: levels (boosting or cutting decibels), the center/primary frequency, and bandwidth/range (also known as Q or quotient of change) of each frequency. As such, parametric equalizers offer more of a surgical precision when it comes to affecting overall sound.
Like the graphic equalizer, each frequency can have an increase/decrease to decibels/volume. But while graphic equalizers have fixed frequencies, parametric equalizers can choose a center/primary frequency. For example, if a graphic equalizer has a fixed control at 20 Hz, a parametric equalizer can be adjusted to control frequencies at 10 Hz, 15 Hz, 20 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, and so forth."
-Lifewire
Matt Gilbert *thank you for quoting this excellent article!* 🤗
But Lifewire got something wrong there: the *Q means "quality",* as in how "sharp" a filter cuts and does *not* stand for "quotient".
For example, a Moog synthesizer uses filters with 24 dB per octave instead of just 12 dB, which makes the synth sound much more dramatic; same would apply to a WahWah-the higher the Q, the more drastic is the effect, in essence.
And it's named quality because you actually need better components for higher Q factors in analog filters.🤓
Thanks a lot for this "class". You got my like at 2:20-3:02! A very straight-to-the-point explanation of how the Q-control works!
You’re the man Brian, thanks for spreading knowledge and helping find those sweet tones in so many ways
Great video, although my biggest takeaway as mentioned by other comments... the boss blues driver sounds awesome!
Best explanation I have heard ever between para and graphic. Thank you!
Love your vids, Brian, and have found them very helpful. Thanks!
10 years.. And you explain it so I can get it. Thank you bro. For everyone else Pay attention at 2:30 in the video.
Thankyou so much for clarifying the differences, this is the first time I've understood the difference :)
Very informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping people create better tone.
I got one of those Empress ParaEQs on the way. This video is where I first saw it... Wanted a good graphic/parametric EQ and what sold me was the great reviews and the boost feature. And I saw in an article about EQ pedals someone say that most guitarists only end up buying 1 EQ pedal so you may as well get a good one.
Thanks for this. I picked up a Bass Equalizer, brand new, for half the price of a Guitar Equalizer a couple of months ago for shaping my other pedals.I looped it through my H.R. Deluxe, for the volume control trick, today and the thump I get out of pushing up the 50 hz is fantastic. The Bass gives you the 10k, and starts from 50 to 250 and the rest in the middle is the same as a guitar Equalizer.
i watched 2 non-talking videos on this pedal and a talking one by a very famous demo-er! two did not use the toggles and one used two lower band toggles . . you showed us!!!! . . thank you!!!! :-)
So glad I found this. Trying to get stryper tone. He used to use a rack parametric EQ before distortion.
Great job Brian!
If you're looking for video ideas in the EQ series; pre & post overdrive/distortion pedal equalizer. You have total control over your tone with that kind of set up.
Man those equalizers are pretty sweet! I like how they changes the tone of any overdrive/distortion pedals :)
I like that you are not always out to sell your own pedals. thanks for the infos
Thank you for more EQ info. This can be so great for shaping your tone. I'm guessing you still have the bright cap connected in your Deluxe Reverb which may be part of the reason some drive pedals sound harsh. My Deluxe Reverb clone has no bright cap in either channel, but I may have one installed with a pull switch on the volume knob for certain situations. Other mods I have include a mid EQ where Input 2 used to be, the channels are wired in phase to each other, and the Normal channel also goes to both the reverb and vibrato. Oh, and it has a Weber speaker. These mods make the amp very useful for a variety of situations, especially live.
love my empress para eq :) it's very useful on stage.. It helps cutting those rumble frequencies and the boost features is very useful too :)
Great vid thanx,not an easy thing to explain but you have done the best I,ever seen in my research.Still don,t know which one to buy.think Parametric best but more complicated to learn with more options and wider scope.Thanx again.peace
Thanks a lot, man. This was a big help!
awesome vid man , you guys make some great pedals ! thanks
Beautiful explanation. Thank you.
Great video, really helpful!
First of I Love this intro jam like to hear whole song Nice to see your comparison with guitar. I'm a fan of having multiple signals for a wide over all sound. Parametric Eq's. are great. 1 of the Clubs I set up for DJ & Live some years back I used several Parametric EQ's and with Graphic EQ's (No Crossovers) for the many ranges of raw speakers. The Parametric EQ's were the heart of the system. Amazing depth providing exactly what anyone would be looking for from a room. You can certainly get the tone your looking of with a Parametric EQ. I would like to see you compare some different ones Brian. Thanks
+john silva thanks john! Unfortunately that intro is just something I recorded for these videos, it's not an entire song 😕
Thanks, I never really understood what a parametric eq did, your videos have been a big help!
I have a boss katana 100 which in it's standard form is a rotten sounding thing, it has a ge7 and a parametric EQ built in each "patch" also a global parametricl EQ that I sent to calm this amps awful ice pick treble, haven't had much luck on those patch EQ s it's so fiddly programming them by computer, now I'm using a ge7 pedal in the effects loop and programming it on or off which is much easier and easy to make changes on the fly too, all the drives on the amp have that awful nasal boxy tone that sounds like a cocked wah , I put a nice v in the EQ to get rid of it. Thanks for the great Q explanation!! Very helpful.
Which one will help give way huge Jimi- SRV type tones? I want to use those general type of tones. I got a US Strat, good classic Fender amps, TS-9 turbo, Fuzz face, etc.. also thinking about this eq stuff and what I might put in th eguitar as far as onboard boosts, pickups, etc.. Any suggestions Mr Wampler?
Brian you are a good man.....thank you!
I have an unrelated question I hope you can help me out .. I have a Boss me-80 .. & a bad back so I keep the me 80 on a table where I can read it & push buttons etc . it goes into tape or mixer or amp .. but I have wah plus vol & more pedals that i want on the floor . I cannot easily adjust ( bend over ) .. my question .. do I put them in front of or after the Boss me 80 ? I am a pedals novice & only learning now at age 62 .. partially sighted & Fractured spine that healed crooked .. no sympathy required . But advice much appreciated .. I do love your channel just joined last week but I am learning a lot . thanks anyway Ben
This was very helpful! 🤙👍
I like using an EQ as a frequency booster before the amp to overdrive the preamp with more precision than a treble booster. The major drawback is EQs are for the most part clean unlike most good treble boosters. What would be a good mod to an EQ to get something like variable Q and\or frequency RangeMaster. Such as germanium transistors in key positions or add feedback through diodes.
Just looking for a starting point to mod something like that Boss EQ. I just love to do things differently !
So, can I use the PARA EQ to remove fizziness from an amp?
Two takeaways..well three maybe :), 1. I want that Empress para-EQ pedal for detailed studio tone sculpting 2. I had no idea how awesome of a rocklike sound the BOSS blues driver pedal can make and 3. Nice relic tele :)
Yeah, boosting the mids into the Blues Driver gives you a hell of a bite.
without the keeley or wazacraft mod, the blues driver sounds kinda crappy to me. i used to own the original and pawned it since it is a tone sucker
Scott Cohen weird, I like the buffer in the blues driver, it makes my clean tone more alive. The boss sd-1 suck tone, but not the blues driver.
HM-2 all you need.
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Hey Brian, my faux tape echo has started to sound weird, theirs a white noise on the decay notes it gets louder and drops off kinda like a tremolo effect, it's the old big model , I've checked power supply amp guitars cabs leads amps , it's part of my live rig driving me nuts , i brought it from eBay a while back its been fine until my last gig Friday, I haven't got funds to replace it , whot could it be any ideas please help , fantastic pedal really warm my all time favourite echo pedal need it for my sound 😂
After seeing this video, I kept my eye out for a used Empress paraeq. I lucked out and found one for $100. I use it globally for my Mesa Boogie Nomad 100 head to sculpt the overall sounds. I use the Nomad's graphic for solo boosts only.
I just found one for $750 so yeah I’d agree with saying you lucked out haha
Mind blown dude! Thanks a ton
Thanks for an Amazing Demonstration
I'm looking for an eq that will get an AM radio sound. I wanna scoop out all mids and low end to use for intro parts where the guitar is pulled back before it jumps in full fuzz. Will the empress paraEQ do that? Looks like a decent candidate for this kind of thing.
Do you think the biggest benefit of having a para is that you can use it to make your tone sound "right" in the various rooms you play at different venues? Thanks. :)
there is nothing more frustrating than not understanding this...i've been working with parametric eq a lot, and it left me scratching my head...this vid actually makes "sense"...
i guess that why i like my 32 band EQ thing i guess one could rig that up to guitar easy..that could get annoying but it at lest its only half if used on guitar sense it`s 1 channel for that task ..thank for letting me know what that parametric eq was as i seen one fer sale on ebay and was like whats that i felt dumb as i been fooling with vintage receivers for 25 years i guess i just ignored them
For metal music parametric eq's can be used to remove ugly noises from your signal. You put it on the narrow q then raise the gain to the max and move it back and for until it hits a horrible whistle sound or other nasty noise and then pretty much drop the gain to the lowest and it will clean up your tone. Its part of why album tones sound different than your actual tone when your using an amp.
THIS is what I do with the Pro Tone Cor Mid Boost Pedal.
I'd like to remove some pick attack of when I do palm mutes in the 3rd string with high gain alla Michael Romeo, Symphony X- Inferno . Would this help with taming the ice pick back? Thanks!
Thank you
Great video
Empress Parametric EQ ? or the Tech 21 Q Strip ? Both sound great. Curious to hear other opinions & experiences. In the demo's that I have heard, I prefer the Tech 21 for versatility.
The Empress was around first, the Tech 21 copied and added. The best compliment is mimicry. Empress makes outstanding quality gear.
Silly question for owners, at low frequencies values (5:15) it doesn't seem to do anything to the sound because amp (speakers?) can't reproduce those frequencies? Or is that the amp can't capture those? Or is the pot working backwards?
Either or both. Guitars dont generally make much sound at really low frequencies, I know the metal guy will disagree even if they are stepping all over the bassist and making a mess of the mix. That extended low range is better used on basses and the extended highs might only be useful to remove hiss or to make a pass slap more pronounced but both controls can be set in more effective ranges to more usefully affect your sound.
This may sound like a dumb question but would it be possible to use both? Like have a graphic eq in the front of the amp set to a mid boost, so when clicked in it gives you a solo sound, while using a parametric eq in say the fx loop to dial up your rhythm sound
sure, lot of people use multiple EQs. Wouldn't be the greatest idea to use them both simultaneously. But switching from one to another, sure. There are also some digital EQs that allow you to store multiple pre-sets and switch between them.
Dime used both types BEFORE the amp input, both on at the same time.
Jim Foster I always thought he used the MXR 6 Band graphic in the front as a boost & then used the Furman PQ3/PQ4 Parametric in the loop to cut some frequencies? He may have switched his setup around from time to time though.
@@windlecraft8030 I've heard both were run in front of the amp to get more gain out of them. He was still probably cutting certain frequencies on the furman though.
Any chance you could do a video with acoustic guitars?
How much difference do you think fretboard material makes,the whole maple v rosewood question in getting the Brent nineties sound? Nice picking there, B.
I should have put my last comment in the video on getting a Brent Mason tone. Oops
What is the name of the video that shows what order to put the eq, the one with before or after distortion, etc? Would like to see that.
Is it this one? 6 ways to use an EQ pedal for better tone, & Fender Hot Rod amp tips
ruclips.net/video/hypn6uA6RPs/видео.html
I heard the Boss EQ200 can change the center frequencies for each band. Is that true or am I inferring the information incorrectly?
To any of my fellow guitarists with more knowledge than me, is there any negative impact or redundancy of using an eq pedal with a multi effects pedal like a boss gt-1?
there is an eq in my gt -10 gotta be one in the gt-1 also
Would a graphic eq be good to put some mids into a big muff with tone wicker?
+RonnIE O. Yes it would!
what voltage are you using 9 or 18 ?
Since the empress has a boost, would I even need to get a separate boost pedal? I was just looking at buying one but I decided to do some research on other pedals that brought me here. Since the empress costs so damn much, would it be better to just save up and buy that, instead of getting a separate boost pedal on top of it before hand?
Often times you can use the level or output volume of an eq or compressor pedal to act as a boost.
Stock the boost can only work in conjunction with the EQ but since this is an analog pedal with some digital functions (as all Empress FX are) you can set the boost to operate seperately from the EQ if desired.
Should I spend the extra money and get a Boss GE-7 modded EQ or should I just get a cheaper used one? They say they are noisy but I don't know if the difference is negligible enough. Was yours modded?
This one is not modded. Some mods will indeed make it a little bit quieter
Can I use a parra at the same time as normal eq
VERY HELPFUL. THANX
after seeing your last video and this one it makes me want to put an EQ on my pedal board. Would the Empress or Boss be your first choice over others? I see MXR has a 10 band EQ as well. Your tones sounds fantastic on this video as well!
For live use, the Boss EQ works fine, and is quick. The parametric style is a bit more exact, but sometimes that's not necessary. The MXR is good as well, but the frequencies are slightly different. End result is that they all would work just fine, it's more of personal preference than anything :)
+Wampler Pedals thanks! I don't play out much so I may just look into the empress but ultimately will come down to funds. Thanks! Enjoying your videos very much.
I find having an EQ pedal in the fx loop AND in front of the chain is the power move.
I like a parametric EQ to zero in on specific problem frequencies, such as boominess when I hit a note that corresponds to the resonant frequency of a speaker cab. I can then do a narrow (high Q) cut at that frequency to eliminate the boominess. A graphic EQ may or may not have a slider at the right frequency, and even if it does, it will have a wider Q, so there's a wider frequency range affected and collateral damage to your tone. I find a graphic EQ more useful as a tone shaper than a problem solver, while the parametric EQ is more versatile, since it can do both well. Love the Empress Para EQ used on the video. Can't understand why they discontinued it. Brian - how about building a clone?! The Equator comes close, but doesn't give you the variable Q or the ability to zero in on specific frequencies below 238 Hz (the lower range of mid 1), which is where most cabinet resonances occur.
good video. i woild suggest of someone need more understanding to try some free software like in reaper to get a better handle on which they need.
u and that pedal show are my favorite nerd gear channels js :)
I love that guitar’s worn out look
Why not use the EQ on your amp? How do you set the amp EQ if you decide to use an external one? Thanks
I usually set them both similarly, depending on what amp I'm using. If I am running an amp that's more bassy then I will set it cleaner and embrace those low frequencies and use the eq to boost the higher ones. And when running a hotter amp I'll dial its bass back and crank the treble more and keep my eq at the same settings, so when I run these 2 amps in stereo I get a very full sound. I have the empress paraeq as well and, as mentioned, I keep it set the same for both amps. so its helpful as you can use the eq pedal as a general tone shaper and use it to influence the amp, because without the EQ pedal on you will notice a drastic difference, no matter how good the sound of your drives and amps are, the eq pedal makes worlds of difference.
Are you ever going to develop your own EQ pedal, parametric or graphic? I know they're not really big sellers, but it would be nice to have some more choices from smaller pedal makers. The Boss EQ, while useful, could be a bit more hifi and would benefit from a true bypass. My wish list includes an all analog pedal with two EQ channels, where you could switch between two different settings, either for different guitars or different effects.
Go get the boss EQ 20 you will love it because you can program it you have 11 Banks. I have a black star ID 260 combo amp solid-state amp stereo. It have a beautiful wet section consist of chorus tremolo flanger and phase. It's a good sounding amp you really don't need any foot pedals look it up check it out. But with my boss EQ 20 it sounds great. With the EQ pedal it sound like a tube amp. I have a very simple pedalboard consist of boss 20 EQ pedal OCD foot pedal compressor pedal a booster pedal and a wah pedal. The tones I get out of that amp is amazing the best combination of amp and pedals that I ever owned. Simple but very effective set up.
@@2122banks its not cheap but i just recently got the next iteration, the boss eq200. Stereo with 4 programmable presets, graphic display and analog sliders. Loving it. Worth checking out.
Where can I find info on that "WAMPLER" Amp?
We don’t make them any longer but here is info:
www.wamplerpedals.com/products/amplifiers/bravado-head-40w/
for the win 'parametric equalizer'.
I use a graphic EQ for general shaping and a cheap 1 band parametric EQ to pinpoint a specific frequency I might be looking for.
this help me
Can we expect a Wampler EQ pedal in the near future? You know you want to Brian!
+Robert Taylor maybe 😉
Is "Q" bandpass or impedance? #2 what is the difference?
It’s explained in the video
6:20 , You should create a pedal (a kinda wah pedal) ,
nice effect , combined with the Boss BD-2 & clean in One-Box , Hot Stuff !!!!
Wampler , not Boss ;)
Nice video , as always !!!!
More details , better image: i.imgur.com/9ZRo87k.jpg
ALL in one pedal , bypass-clean + distortion + wah ,
With a button to switch from distortion & wah to wah & distortion
manual wah-pedal (+ on/off) + a tone , wah depth and drive button
Amp - (your) pedal (DW-WD) - guitar
@@rottingemptiness Dunlop Slash Wah+Distortion...wah only, or distortion+wah, no distortion only mode.
Maybe , you never know , I like to experiment with sound-effects 😊👌
White slightly worn teles look so good.
can a good eq like the paraeq remove the low mid boom and remove the fizzy high gain of an amp? i have a peavey triumph 120 6l6 3 channel amp that needs focus in the lows and removal of fizz.
Michael Allen Honestly man, high gain amps, especially with 6l6 tubes, are usually gonna have that fizz to them. Some have built in noise gates but for me that kinda takes away authenticity in the feedback (or lack thereof).
It's just a side effect of high gain amps, that's why a lot of us tend to use pedals to dirty up clean amps to avoid any of that insane hiss.
Michael Allen But to be more direct to your question, I've ran this pedal even into a high gain amp with 6l6's and your best bet would be to just cut the gain down on your amp and try using the paraeq to reboost certain gain values that may have been cut out, alternately, it may be used to try and cut back your gain (leaving the amp cranked and then using your paraeq strictly to cut back the frequencies), that you would have to experiment with though. That hiss can be hard to remedy.
BOSS !!!
if that pedals ice picky then the DRRI is a bad option because of the always on bright cap
correct, the problem is that sometimes a person doesn't have the ability to get another amp, so an EQ pedal can be an inexpensive option.
Will the paraeq serve as preamp instead dig into my bass to for an on board preamp which give much less control?
Could you do a demo how to change the tone on a vox ac30vr amplifier some of my guitars sound good tele and strat's sound good but some of my guitars like my hallmark guitar
sound like no bottom end would a equalizer pedal fix that or any other pedal help
I own an mxr ten band so noisy and popping sounds, i have research that is normal with eq pedals. I believe i will swap to parametric. :/
So what are the advantages or disadvantages between the 2? The parametric just seems to do the same thing in a more complicated way O.o
No, the parametric allows you to narrow an offending frequency that a Graphic probably cannot, at least until you get into 31 band rack units and they still are sort of a blunt hammer where a pin might do better. However the parametric can come close to what a graphic might do depending on just how much you want to cut and add.
Think of the graphic equaliser as a butter knife, and the parametric as a surgical knife. One gives you far, far more precision (should you require it), while the other is simpler to use.
0:51 show that guitar who's boss 😂
Why I love my paranormal cercomesizer, I mean parametric equalizer...
Yeah, I agree. Very similar to my endoplasmic extrapulator.
The gain is not a volume knob Carl!
hehe, just had too! sorry BW
0:07 , I'm drooling , so much pedals , damn !!!!
rottingemptiness I know I was like 😳
The word your looking for in 2:15 is width... youre welcome:)
The best sound in the whole video was that Tele, the Blues Driver into the Deluxe Reverb.
No EQ at all. Great sounding guitar and very basic equipment that works as it is
supposed to. Truly, sometimes less is more, imho.
larry geetar in a band mix it would be even more glorious
i mean he did just boost the mids which is the opposite of the norm lol given the fletcher munson curve
They help dial things in don't they Or Expand the parameters of your OD's Dist's or Simply Anything and every thing ... you may just like them on but +/- Flat ... 8>)
I bought the Empress, SA EQ2 and the MXR 10 band. I kept the MXR. No way those other two are worth what they are charging. $350 for the new MKii Empress is nuts. I actually prefer the way the $100 MXR sounds. Technically, I am sure it is not as good but it works great and I can live with $100. I liked the presets on the EQ2 but that was about it. It is digital and I did notice some tone suck...as others had also written about. That is why I bought to try all three (3) of them. Most of them were quiet especially the Empress.
Also, EQ'ing is most efficient to master the final mix- not just to adjust your guitar tone by itself. You can, but that is not really what they are for.
I have generally found that I like graphic EQ's to provide a quick alternate tone as they can be set quickly and the curve is visual. I prefer parametric EQ's for their surgical precision. For instance, on Sundays I play a gig amp less going completely direct. I use a parametric to add some presence, cut some of the muddy mids and shave just a hair off the low end. It makes such a HUGE difference in my in-ears, but it's always on and is part of the fundamental tone. I would say it takes 2-3 times as long to dial in than a graphic, but is much more precise.
In the studio, parametric all the way!
now that's a helpful comment right there
boost before or after eq ?
+Eddie George after if you can, but as long as you aren't boosting enough to make the EQ distort you may be ok. I run volume boosts last in line if I'm using it for louder vokune
I boost volume at the end - is that boost on there independent?THanks
Eddie George
yes it is
its switchable before and after ?
Eddie George
no, i don't think so. I think it's just a post boost
Parametric only makes sense with a visual readout of exactly how wide the Q is. Otherwise you’re guessing infinitely whereas graphic EQ gives more clues
The only thing i could ever see you really needing a Parametric is if you used a hollow body guitar live all the time. or even part of the time, really only if you have a single channel amp or a very tricky room. Too much trouble for a any normal situation i think. Useful for sure but a little complicated.
Hey, I am not a tech geek.. can you slightly simplify the terms..what the hell is "Q"?? what does parametric mean? I am not very geeky about gear yet. I have been playing for a long time, but could not afford much gear most of the time..I am getting into researching it now..so which is better? It seems like you were trying to show that the parametric is way better than the graphic one..anyway, would this help me get a way huger tone? I am looking for a gigantic Hendrix-Stevie ray tone.. not necessarily distorted, hell, any kid can turn the distortion up to 11, and that sounds like garbage.. I am talking about a way huge tone, but still want to hear super thick high notes and monstrous growly Marshall tone. I have a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 40 watt combo. It has great gain, but small tone. Not much bassy growl at all, I want to change that to what I described, on the cheap, of course, as I am a piss poor struggling musician. I do not have any EQ at this time yet...I do have a Fulltone Fat boost, analog delay, digital delay, chorus, big muff..so how can I best maximize things to get a gigantic tone? Will any kind of eq do it at all? Or do I just need a head and cab combo instead? (which I can not afford now, anyway)
The Q is a measurement of how much the EQ band affects a range
of frequencies. Basically, it is just the width of the band, the LF/MF/HF sets the middle frequency of the band, and Gain sets the cut or boost of the band.
I have owned both the pedals in the review. The ParaEQ is way more powerful, but ParaEQs are a bit more difficult to use, as you need to learn a bit about which frequencies do what.
I know you mean well... but this is as clear as mud.. where can I get an understanding on this stuff from the beginning. I am no dunce. I understand music theory, and many other things very well, but this electronic stuff, well I never understood much about it. Never messed with it much..I always had real simple gear, I am just now trying to learn the geek terms and higher understanding of it...so, where to start, so I can actually use this stuff to the maximum advantage?
Maybe this might help Michael: www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=419087
Funny enough the ice-pickiness people complain about on the Boss BD-2 is 100% the amp/speaker they’re using and where they’re setting their treble. Blackface Fender’s get bright and shrill! This is why TS9’s work so well ok Blackface amps as they chop off some top. The BD-2 is eq’ed like a Tubescreamer but I suspect it has a little more presence to it to make it sound more transparent but this would easily be fixed if people learned how to turn knobs.
This isn’t a wampler pedal?
nsc217
He likes to show other pedals.
What is with people doing comparisons with distortion? If you had left out the blues pedal,this could have been useful.
If only there were a way to click off the video, eh?
Next day metallica goes on to play metal with blues driver.
I just heard _digital fizziness_ somewhere. With my magical ears that match the dumb in my head.
You cant hear it on YT. I have the Empress, the 20k is just too high to be very useful to most people but some bass active pre (delano) use it for slap frequencies.