Glad to have found someone who doesn't shy away from getting a bit technical in his explanations but doesn't lose the focus on practical applications. That's rare.
This guy is straight up brilliant. He clearly has an extremely deep understanding of music production and explains it in very understandable terms. I learned a lot from this video.
Holy crap, I actually get it now. And I've been doing it literally backwards and never understood the idea behind why it wasn't working. I am so excited to rework some things now, especially on a multitracking level, holy crap!
I love also that you’re not OVERTLY “quirky” and waste time joking like many vids, you add some nice funny humour but don’t stray away from being fast moving, clear and technical. Pls don’t change ur style it’s so mint
Brother I’ve been recording and mixing my own music for ten years and can hear the different regions of the frequency distribution but you blew my mind with the bit about loudness. I just put out my last project and I’m punching the air cause everything I do always sounds quieter than everything else I listen to. Thank you G
I haven’t mastered EQing yet, but, this confirms what I have learned, so far by, trial and error. I got braver with cutting frequencies on an instrument. I’ve notice a bit more clarity in my mixes. There is a lot of theory here, but this video is Gold for understanding what to do to make it work. Thank you so much of this. Great job of laying all out for us newbs.
There are good teachers and then there are naturally great teachers. The only difference in effectiveness, is the naturally great ones possess the natural ability to convey information in a easy to understand and absorb manner. It's as if they can always recall their state of mind when they first began to learn about a topic or subject, so it's easy for them to reanimate their absorption process to new beginners, or even intermediates. This was a great video and taught me a lot about EQ that I haven't previously been presented with. Thanks again mate and keep up the great work! I'll 100% be back for more
Exactly what a tutorial video should be. Learned more from this than I did from the 50 other EQ tutorials I watched. Also I have some conversation material for my next date.
Your video was just the last one I wanted to watch today, as I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why my EQ is just not working even with all my understanding, and I think the best thing in this entire video was your addition of the exercises with playing with professional tracks, white noise, the saw wave and just overall tracks. I never thought about that and I think and hope it will be effective for my success. Great video
As someone who studied Fourier Transform, convolution and the likes, I salute you for explaining those concepts quite clearly to your audience. Also - actually useful tips some of which I've never come across in the many youtube videos on production I've watched.
Hey me too here! I was suprised how much of math and physics is re-used in this. Crazy how all technical stuff has so much in common right. Only I suck at playing the guitar, and play piano better. Besides I produce music, hence i'm here
these are genuine gold nuggets of information that many of the pro producers on youtube don’t give the time of day to. i’ve been looking so hard for this kind of info and the algorithm blessed me today
It's totally awesome that you went through the relationship between FIR and IIR filters and how they affect EQ and then on top of that giving actual principled advice to help someone get good at listening. Hearing, "just listen to songs you think are well done" doesn't compare to the detail in this video. Great job.
WOW man. Thank you for making this video. Honestly, I put off getting an audio engineering degree because I figured all the information probably exists online somewhere. Not only has this video shattered my ignorance, but, strangely, I am not left with the feeling that I got away with something for free. I am deeply inspired to pursue a degree in this field. No hyperbole. I genuinely appreciate having my ignorance shattered. Thank you sincerely.
This is the best EQ tutorial I’ve ever seen and real things that will help me. Everything about your editing is great as well. I feel if it had examples of how sound was effected would be a great addition to the video.
Dude, you nailed this. Best EQ tutorial I've seen and instant inspiration to go through some of my tracks and strip them back to the premix state and just figure out how much can be done with EQ alone. Definitely going to try out the white noise exercise. Would love to see more content like this with all of the major mixing techniques. Subbed.
You just explained why my mix eq always works and I have never seen it presented anywhere. Yes people do say I.E: Lets cut 250 from the Cello and Boost it on the Bass to get them to sit better in the mix, but I never boost the frequencies I cut, I just listen to the whole mix and cut what makes more room and compliments everything. What you said about the complimentary cuts around 300hz instead of boosting it makes so much sense and I have been doing it and eqing with my eyes closed the whole time without knowing exactly why it works, thanks!
Wow, this channel will take off. Zero time wasted, amazing tips that are very rare on the internet, great explaining. Wish you good luck, I'm subscribing and switching the notification button as well.
I just gotta say I have learned so much from these videos I watched every one of them today. And I spend hours every day watching music and audio videos have and like to think I’m knowledgeable. Your knowledge and expertise is completely off the charts. Thank you for these videos, they’re all 10/10 no question.
This wasnt even something I was looking up, but as a nerd I listened to the whole thing. very engaging and well presented without dumbing things down too much.
i have full confidence, as of right now this channel being 1.2k subs, it will grow to 100k+ easily if the content keeps up like this. it's not just the info which is niche as well as relevant, but the presentation and the flow of the video as well and straight to the point
Bro the distorted layer on your voice in this video is wild 💀 jaw dropped once i realized how clean that was? Idk if you were just hot on the mic but it sounded so clear with a heavy distortion under it. Sounded nice
musician since a young age, studied electronics engineering, hifi audio, recording studio, music production hobbyist, etc etc., and I have NEVER heard/watched a better explanation of what an EQ actually does to an audio signal/wave in my life brilliantly explained/outlined; what a great find youtube has sugested today, wow! great job!
First of all I wanna say thank you because it feels like I just learned something that takes thousands of dollars to learn. Unfortunately I still don’t understand it perfectly but you just opened up a whole can of worms that I never even thought about. This information seems invaluable in terms of music production. I feel like if I’ve been focusing too much on the sounds together but not on the actual frequencies and how they mix. Even though I don’t understand the technical stuff yet because I am fairly new to music production, I appreciate it wholeheartedly. thank you for this and I hope that if I am subscribed I will learn a lot more. One more thing of note, the whole thing of doing the equalizer with your eyes closed it feels like something that I would’ve told my students back when I taught photography. Sometimes the best way to do something is to do it through instinct not your actual senses. You’re actually a great teacher and I hope that you consider teaching kids because you would actually change lives.
Damn! First, I have to say that I am a signal processing researcher with major in analog electronics, Ph.D. in multidimensional data analysis, audio production enthusiast and musician. I am only saying this because I think that in this context, it seems like I should know a little bit about this stuff. However, with my "supposed knowledge" I am amazed how revelatory this video is for me, you drop life lessons every 10 seconds. I should remember half of this knowledge from the university, but I really don't. I am amazed how you can make your explanations deep and extremely technical, but also informative and practical in the same time. This is not an easy stuff, but extremely useful if you inherently understand signal theory. Thank you for this, we need more people like you.
Dude you crushed it! Your videos are amazing! Thank you for taking the time for all this. Do not stop what you are doing. You are by far one of the best tutorial and online educators i've seen.
I learned some great things from this video and can't wait to use this info on my own mixes. One thing I've figured out that I think would help new producers is to make sure you take the time in the very beginning to find sounds that already work great together. Put together a mix that sounds great BEFORE eq and you will be set up for success.
yes many people stick to the first few sounds they pick... go through presets and see if anything will fit better... just like swapping drum samples later into your productions. you may notice some presets fit VERY well together before surgical eq if required
7:58 cracked me up haha, love the little jokes interspersed between the extremely clear explanation: finally made the things I learned about waveforms and convolution make sense in the context of EQ (and why EQ has phaseshift or latency in the first place). Hope you make more of these insanely high quality videos!
This has a good healthy level of technicality and is a great refresher for those who come from more of an electronics background or training (like me) and want to tackle sound in a more hands-on way.
10:25 Tip1 - EQ parts create definition 12:29 Tip2 - Understand which parts of the sound you *need* and which parts you *dont* 13:30 clever thing with the guitar XD 14:28 Tip3 - Boost to find where the sound should sit in your mix 14:57 Tip4 - Listen 15:33 Have a good folder structure XD 16:56 Bonus Tip - EQ with your eyes closed Thanks for the informative video man! Also I really appreciate those subtle jokes XD
The problem with boosting freqs to "sit in a mix" is that you end up with melodic instruments that sound like ice-picks in your ears. There are a couple of RUclips videos directed at guitar players out there which explain the success of productions and bands who have music you can blast without getting a migraine, and they show by EQ (ProTools, Amplitube, etc.,) demonstrations what some familiar songs would sound like with the range of about 2500-2700 bumped as opposed to scooped out, as they are on the LPs. So if you want a good listening experience, arranging your instruments by frequency isn't the most commercially or aesthetically viable path. It's an amateur pitfall? So if you want to make a sonic distinction between the melodic instrument, vocalist, the bass player and some of the drums/keys/horns, then you do it with variations between chords/keys/modes. That's what I'll do once I finish learning to read and play music, then start my own band!
definitely wanna see more videos about other topics that are is in depth & informative as this one. i like the editing as well, it was very concise and helped with your explanations. im certainly subscribing to see what else you put out
I just used some of the subtractive eq techniques in this video and I got my melody sample sounding louder without increasing the output vol. Good stuff fam!! Hope you return with more great videos again soon. If we can help in any way please let us know
great video. i've been studying this stuff for a few decades and i've not had anyone (teacher, mentor, colleague) ever go that deep on the eq. fascinating.
This video was exceptionnel. I didnt understand everything in the « neardy technical » part and I will have to watch it over and over, but we need more adventurous popularizer like that. As someone who’s trying to learn Smaart, it’s important to understand the physics of sound to be able to make more informed decisions / to understand what you’re doing. Unfortunatly, I see that all his videos are two years old. If you read this comment Sseb, I’d like to know if you’re planning to continu this channel. By the way I’m french so sorry if my english isn’t the best. Thanks!
By far, the best and most informative video about EQ I have found. The only exception was when I had an experienced elder try to explain to me how a sound board works with high and low noise, filtering out what wasn't needed for the clearest sound possible - and that was in real life.
You are a genius! I want more. Thank you for all this solid information. Stuff like this is so hard to find here. And i watched mixing videos for so many years.
Very helpful video! Covered a few things that I currently struggle with. If you are looking for video ideas, I would love one about low mids/mud. Its something that when I see people talk about it it tends to be 'if it sounds muddy, cut somewhere between 150/200-about 400, maybe a little higher...'.
You made me remember things I'd forgotten. I must be getting old. Nice to see these explained well for people without going to deep but giving the info needed. You've done it so well that it will encourage a lot of people to go deeper and learn more. Great job.
This is super dope and in depth. Thank you so much! Could you please talk about compressing? I imagine it's an important topic as well. Thank you in advance. Big fan!
This is exactly what we have needed. Someone not holding back from getting technical. also i just noticed that you stopped uploading a year ago. all of us would actually love to support you & watch your content. Continue again.
That's a nice set of basic stuff you need to be aware of when equing sounds. I would like to contribute a couple of tips I have figured out during my career. 1. If you like cutting low-end rumble by HPF, try not to do that right before the fundamental frequency; cut one octave below that. For example, if your sound has a fundamental around 100 Hz, imagine where the fundamental could be while the instrument is playing an octave below, and cut there. If you really need to cut right below the fundamental, try a notch or high-slope peak. 2. Master using low shelves and high shelves to do three jobs at once, utilizing one band. If you pull a low shelf on hi-Q, you can boost the desired part of the spectrum by taking advantage of the boost that a low shelf creates when Q > 1. This technique sounds much better than HPF. Also, you can find EQs that allow you to shift shelves, which makes more bumps if you want them, or trade this bump for more cut right after (or before) shelf frequency. 3. If you like cutting resonances on vocals, try to keep your peaks in even order. I found that resonances mostly come from certain parts related to the construction of the microphone, such as capsule resonances and the body of the microphone. The same happens in speaker drivers and contributes to a parameter known as distortion. These points you want to cut in the upper mid/high spectrum of vocal recording are, for the most part, quite a periodic pattern (i.e., resonances appear at a fixed distance from each other). This helps with cutting out what really makes your vocals sound bad and keeping phase response relations between bands organized. 4. Properly managing the output of EQ helps the digital side of things preserve a good representation of your sound. 5. As a starter, try to use separate EQ instances for different approaches. Keep your cutting resonances separate from broad boosts; digital EQs can handle that much better. 6. Think of low frequencies as highways for everything above(or as a highway for other instruments). If your low-end sounds solid, every detail in the highs will be represented much more clearly. Sometimes while doing stem mastering, I see how the mixer tried to compensate for the lack of highs on vocals with boosts, where I can hear that bass is having quite a resonance in the highs, even if there's not much musical information in there and you can't hear resonance clearly. Eq on bass can drastically change how your other instruments sound. 7. If you're claiming yourself as a pro and you haven't utilized FIR eqs in free phase mode on critical sounds yet in your workflow, try it. DMG equilibrium is a killer in this type of approach. I'm able to shape sybilants not only by volume but also by phase, which is like time-managing certain sybilans.
Nice! I have a feeling that tip about cutting either side of a frequency is going to be worth its weight in gold, subscribed for that. Could you do a video on compression? I struggle to do it nicely on vocals without them starting to sound like the microphones are super cheap... Thanks!
I love this! This was great. I know you have time stamps but can you also add the Chapters in the progress bar to make it easier to go to the part the viewer might want to watch
I used to think that I could deal with the theorical part, but I couldn't BUT, I can AFFIRM I have a life before this video and another after watching it. Amazing work!
I really loved seeing the nitty gritty about how the EQ worked! - if you do any more of these, i'd like to hear them! - (maybe reverb or formant shifting?)
Thanks for putting this together, I got a lot out of the technical part of the video. Question regarding Linear Phase EQ. Does that delay still occur when you print/commit/render a clip with Linear Phase EQ? Is that delay an inherent quality of linear phase or is the delay only part of real time processing?
this delay is part of both: realtime process and rendering/printing, but it's compensated by your DAW internally, so your project is always in sync. For instance, if you work in Cubase the number of miliseconds the delay provides is shown in the mixer right above the fader panel.
I think he's probably just using a cheap, hidden, lapel mic instead of a truly good quality one in front of him... Either that or he's just using his camera's built in mic instead of a good quality separate one, because it's the distortion in his voice that kinda makes it sound so "rough"... EQ alone cannot really fix this problem because the input signal itself, from whatever cheap mic he's using, is just badly distorted to begin with, not necessarily just a tonal imbalance, but rather a "muffling" of his voice, due to the mic distorting the lower end of his voice... He really needs a cleaner, better quality microphone to improve this aspect of his audio quality.
@sseb_music I also hate the analog purity, as if you have to do that to make peak quality music. I think it's better to appreciate the aesthetic of analog as it's own thing, and appreciate the digital as it's own thing. Each have their own reality.
if you're cutting the frequencies in one place, you're effectively boosting them in the other areas, and vice-versa: if you boost a frequency in one place, you effectively cut out the other areas, that's the simple explanation i learned as a beginner
Probably the best EQ video I've ever watched. I have never heard ANY of these tips, usually people are telling us the opposite (boost & sweep to identify sounds to cut), which I stopped doing a good while back because it never helped! Yes, PLEASE keep making these, you have my sub, man. Great work!
I really thought the title was click bait and I felt like a sucker for not being able to help myself. I am pleasantly surprised and grateful. Nice job sir.
As a professional mix engineer for the last 25 years. This makes me happy! I wish everyone will follow this advice! And then come to me when it doesn’t work!
Glad to have found someone who doesn't shy away from getting a bit technical in his explanations but doesn't lose the focus on practical applications. That's rare.
aye he def did that lol i love it #theprofessor
Yes man University knowledge for free plus with at home at 4am😂
yeah on god
Yes so good
❤
This guy is straight up brilliant. He clearly has an extremely deep understanding of music production and explains it in very understandable terms. I learned a lot from this video.
Holy crap, I actually get it now. And I've been doing it literally backwards and never understood the idea behind why it wasn't working. I am so excited to rework some things now, especially on a multitracking level, holy crap!
I'm betting he has an engineering degree or something.
I love also that you’re not OVERTLY “quirky” and waste time joking like many vids, you add some nice funny humour but don’t stray away from being fast moving, clear and technical. Pls don’t change ur style it’s so mint
Though i laughed hard when he dragged Rebecca Black Friday into his DAW to study a song he loves
Exactly
There's one music production RUclipsr I won't name who annoys the hell out of me with all his cutaways to memes. Not necessary.
I do agree.. carefully placed, the E -note plane in back of the piano was funny!
@@rome8180was it edwan?
I have never found anyone who could explain this so comprehensively and break it down in a way I could appreciate it. God bless you, sir!
EQ is a style, not a necessity. Don't use it.
Finally somebody who knows his stuff and can explain it clearly! Would LOVE a video on how to properly master a song
Thank you! I will make a video about mastering
@@sseb_music I second this. Would appreciate a video on what exactly mastering does and basics and how to do it. Liked and subscribed.
Ye my Dude I instantly subscribed
@@sseb_music well, upload videos now then. We're waiting & looking forward to it. & so excited to learn valuble stuffs from u.
@@sseb_music yesss
Brother I’ve been recording and mixing my own music for ten years and can hear the different regions of the frequency distribution but you blew my mind with the bit about loudness. I just put out my last project and I’m punching the air cause everything I do always sounds quieter than everything else I listen to. Thank you G
Wow
god i'm no professional but this was a revelation to me as well
10 years? Im close t 8 years in and now I'm terrified about things i don't know i don't know when it comes to producing music.
I haven’t mastered EQing yet, but, this confirms what I have learned, so far by, trial and error. I got braver with cutting frequencies on an instrument. I’ve notice a bit more clarity in my mixes. There is a lot of theory here, but this video is Gold for understanding what to do to make it work.
Thank you so much of this. Great job of laying all out for us newbs.
There are good teachers and then there are naturally great teachers. The only difference in effectiveness, is the naturally great ones possess the natural ability to convey information in a easy to understand and absorb manner. It's as if they can always recall their state of mind when they first began to learn about a topic or subject, so it's easy for them to reanimate their absorption process to new beginners, or even intermediates. This was a great video and taught me a lot about EQ that I haven't previously been presented with. Thanks again mate and keep up the great work! I'll 100% be back for more
Exactly what a tutorial video should be. Learned more from this than I did from the 50 other EQ tutorials I watched.
Also I have some conversation material for my next date.
100% same situation
Who'd you go on a date with, Quincy Jones ???
Dan Worrall has slept with 80,000 supermodels.
It's been 3 year man! We all just gotta know, did the date work out??
Cuz if she found EQ interesting, you found a keeper
Your video was just the last one I wanted to watch today, as I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why my EQ is just not working even with all my understanding, and I think the best thing in this entire video was your addition of the exercises with playing with professional tracks, white noise, the saw wave and just overall tracks. I never thought about that and I think and hope it will be effective for my success. Great video
As someone who studied Fourier Transform, convolution and the likes, I salute you for explaining those concepts quite clearly to your audience. Also - actually useful tips some of which I've never come across in the many youtube videos on production I've watched.
Those concepts did not grasp here. Everything pretty much tho sank the n
Yeah lol, he didn’t go over those..
As a mechanical engineer and lead / rhythm guitar player, your explanation was incredibly awesome and insightful. Thankyou!
Hey me too here! I was suprised how much of math and physics is re-used in this. Crazy how all technical stuff has so much in common right. Only I suck at playing the guitar, and play piano better. Besides I produce music, hence i'm here
Yeah this is absolutely a cut above what we'd normally find in "production tips" youtube.
ive been producing for like 5 years and never heard anyone explain EQ in such a detailed manner, very much appreciated! Keep creating :) 💜
He blew an awful lot of transiesnts to learn all this, you can tell from his voice.
5 years ! Wow . Didn't learn much now , did you ?
@@TNT-km2eghe connected a lot of the dots for me regarding the physics and math behind the EQ
these are genuine gold nuggets of information that many of the pro producers on youtube don’t give the time of day to. i’ve been looking so hard for this kind of info and the algorithm blessed me today
I went to grad school for music tech and have several years of education in signals, and you're helping me understand things I didn't in school.
Great stuff!
almost lost the last of my 2 braincells while watching this video 😵still a cool and informative video nontheless
Ily " rami"
Aye, the guy who produced soft boy
This guy is a god tier music educator
It's totally awesome that you went through the relationship between FIR and IIR filters and how they affect EQ and then on top of that giving actual principled advice to help someone get good at listening. Hearing, "just listen to songs you think are well done" doesn't compare to the detail in this video. Great job.
WOW man. Thank you for making this video. Honestly, I put off getting an audio engineering degree because I figured all the information probably exists online somewhere. Not only has this video shattered my ignorance, but, strangely, I am not left with the feeling that I got away with something for free. I am deeply inspired to pursue a degree in this field. No hyperbole. I genuinely appreciate having my ignorance shattered. Thank you sincerely.
this tutorial is amazing and DEF fills a much needed niche in the community. 10/10
2 years later and you just taught a newbie something so effective and in a great way bro, thank you
This is honestly the best eq vid I’ve ever watched
This is the best EQ tutorial I’ve ever seen and real things that will help me. Everything about your editing is great as well. I feel if it had examples of how sound was effected would be a great addition to the video.
Dude, you nailed this. Best EQ tutorial I've seen and instant inspiration to go through some of my tracks and strip them back to the premix state and just figure out how much can be done with EQ alone. Definitely going to try out the white noise exercise. Would love to see more content like this with all of the major mixing techniques. Subbed.
Dude pick proper sounds and use an eq as little as possible.
This is an absolute goldmine of information.
Instantly got my respect when referencing a Noisia track in the same example pool as Justin Bieber. This guy knows his stuff.
Rebecca Black was also in there and I can't even.
You just explained why my mix eq always works and I have never seen it presented anywhere. Yes people do say I.E: Lets cut 250 from the Cello and Boost it on the Bass to get them to sit better in the mix, but I never boost the frequencies I cut, I just listen to the whole mix and cut what makes more room and compliments everything. What you said about the complimentary cuts around 300hz instead of boosting it makes so much sense and I have been doing it and eqing with my eyes closed the whole time without knowing exactly why it works, thanks!
Wow, this channel will take off. Zero time wasted, amazing tips that are very rare on the internet, great explaining. Wish you good luck, I'm subscribing and switching the notification button as well.
I just gotta say I have learned so much from these videos I watched every one of them today. And I spend hours every day watching music and audio videos have and like to think I’m knowledgeable. Your knowledge and expertise is completely off the charts. Thank you for these videos, they’re all 10/10 no question.
Top quality 10/10
This wasnt even something I was looking up, but as a nerd I listened to the whole thing. very engaging and well presented without dumbing things down too much.
Guy just comes right out of the gate with a perfect video.
Damn.
I am absolutely blown away at the level of detail and helpfulness in this video
i have full confidence, as of right now this channel being 1.2k subs, it will grow to 100k+ easily if the content keeps up like this. it's not just the info which is niche as well as relevant, but the presentation and the flow of the video as well and straight to the point
sadly he just popped up, saved all of us and just disappeared...
@@k9nevienna A true hero. Hope he's doing well, whatever he's up to.
This is the best breakdown of EQ that I have come across.
Bro the distorted layer on your voice in this video is wild 💀 jaw dropped once i realized how clean that was? Idk if you were just hot on the mic but it sounded so clear with a heavy distortion under it. Sounded nice
musician since a young age, studied electronics engineering, hifi audio, recording studio, music production hobbyist, etc etc., and I have NEVER heard/watched a better explanation of what an EQ actually does to an audio signal/wave in my life
brilliantly explained/outlined; what a great find youtube has sugested today, wow! great job!
First of all I wanna say thank you because it feels like I just learned something that takes thousands of dollars to learn. Unfortunately I still don’t understand it perfectly but you just opened up a whole can of worms that I never even thought about. This information seems invaluable in terms of music production. I feel like if I’ve been focusing too much on the sounds together but not on the actual frequencies and how they mix. Even though I don’t understand the technical stuff yet because I am fairly new to music production, I appreciate it wholeheartedly. thank you for this and I hope that if I am subscribed I will learn a lot more.
One more thing of note, the whole thing of doing the equalizer with your eyes closed it feels like something that I would’ve told my students back when I taught photography. Sometimes the best way to do something is to do it through instinct not your actual senses. You’re actually a great teacher and I hope that you consider teaching kids because you would actually change lives.
Keep talking
Damn! First, I have to say that I am a signal processing researcher with major in analog electronics, Ph.D. in multidimensional data analysis, audio production enthusiast and musician. I am only saying this because I think that in this context, it seems like I should know a little bit about this stuff. However, with my "supposed knowledge" I am amazed how revelatory this video is for me, you drop life lessons every 10 seconds. I should remember half of this knowledge from the university, but I really don't. I am amazed how you can make your explanations deep and extremely technical, but also informative and practical in the same time. This is not an easy stuff, but extremely useful if you inherently understand signal theory. Thank you for this, we need more people like you.
Dude you crushed it! Your videos are amazing! Thank you for taking the time for all this. Do not stop what you are doing. You are by far one of the best tutorial and online educators i've seen.
Really appreciate it. The deeper you know your work the easier it is to fix problems in the way.
I learned some great things from this video and can't wait to use this info on my own mixes. One thing I've figured out that I think would help new producers is to make sure you take the time in the very beginning to find sounds that already work great together. Put together a mix that sounds great BEFORE eq and you will be set up for success.
yes many people stick to the first few sounds they pick... go through presets and see if anything will fit better... just like swapping drum samples later into your productions. you may notice some presets fit VERY well together before surgical eq if required
As kind of a corollary to that: If you're having trouble fitting a sound into your mix, consider using the mute button 😆
7:58 cracked me up haha, love the little jokes interspersed between the extremely clear explanation: finally made the things I learned about waveforms and convolution make sense in the context of EQ (and why EQ has phaseshift or latency in the first place). Hope you make more of these insanely high quality videos!
This has a good healthy level of technicality and is a great refresher for those who come from more of an electronics background or training (like me) and want to tackle sound in a more hands-on way.
10:25 Tip1 - EQ parts create definition
12:29 Tip2 - Understand which parts of the sound you *need* and which parts you *dont*
13:30 clever thing with the guitar XD
14:28 Tip3 - Boost to find where the sound should sit in your mix
14:57 Tip4 - Listen
15:33 Have a good folder structure XD
16:56 Bonus Tip - EQ with your eyes closed
Thanks for the informative video man! Also I really appreciate those subtle jokes XD
The problem with boosting freqs to "sit in a mix" is that you end up with melodic instruments that sound like ice-picks in your ears. There are a couple of RUclips videos directed at guitar players out there which explain the success of productions and bands who have music you can blast without getting a migraine, and they show by EQ (ProTools, Amplitube, etc.,) demonstrations what some familiar songs would sound like with the range of about 2500-2700 bumped as opposed to scooped out, as they are on the LPs. So if you want a good listening experience, arranging your instruments by frequency isn't the most commercially or aesthetically viable path. It's an amateur pitfall?
So if you want to make a sonic distinction between the melodic instrument, vocalist, the bass player and some of the drums/keys/horns, then you do it with variations between chords/keys/modes. That's what I'll do once I finish learning to read and play music, then start my own band!
Thanks
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Lol. Yeah, that is, the author simply listed a banal routine approach that everyone uses anyway. Secret, wow!
big fan from korea here. thankyou for great video. feels like i got an great text book. me so lucky. again. thankyou. you deserve more.
definitely wanna see more videos about other topics that are is in depth & informative as this one. i like the editing as well, it was very concise and helped with your explanations. im certainly subscribing to see what else you put out
I haven't come across a more rigorous analysis than this. THANKS👍👍👍
I just used some of the subtractive eq techniques in this video and I got my melody sample sounding louder without increasing the output vol. Good stuff fam!! Hope you return with more great videos again soon. If we can help in any way please let us know
great video. i've been studying this stuff for a few decades and i've not had anyone (teacher, mentor, colleague) ever go that deep on the eq. fascinating.
Fantastic video. Its great to have a tutorial that actually gets in depth instead of just surface level!
I loved this video. Please dont shy away from explaining the mathematical groundwork, its very eye opening how the signal REALLY gets processed
This video was exceptionnel. I didnt understand everything in the « neardy technical » part and I will have to watch it over and over, but we need more adventurous popularizer like that. As someone who’s trying to learn Smaart, it’s important to understand the physics of sound to be able to make more informed decisions / to understand what you’re doing. Unfortunatly, I see that all his videos are two years old. If you read this comment Sseb, I’d like to know if you’re planning to continu this channel. By the way I’m french so sorry if my english isn’t the best. Thanks!
By far, the best and most informative video about EQ I have found. The only exception was when I had an experienced elder try to explain to me how a sound board works with high and low noise, filtering out what wasn't needed for the clearest sound possible - and that was in real life.
You are a genius! I want more. Thank you for all this solid information. Stuff like this is so hard to find here. And i watched mixing videos for so many years.
Honestly this is the perfect video a lot of people don't go in depth to wat eq actually does and is
‘Casually scrolling reddit and came across your video. I found this helpful and felt compelled enough to leave a comment lol
me too!
I have never seen a music production video so informative! It's honestly like a discrete signal processing lecture. Thank you very much 😁
15:34 those folder names got me dead hahahha
I had forgotten about Rebecca Black's Friday till this guy reminded me again. Sheeeeeeet...
Lmao same Huge Corn Collection *6TB* xdd
And then there is Shrek Soundtrack lol
Bruh he visually rick rolled us
Clearing my ears with EQ-Tips
Very helpful video! Covered a few things that I currently struggle with.
If you are looking for video ideas, I would love one about low mids/mud. Its something that when I see people talk about it it tends to be 'if it sounds muddy, cut somewhere between 150/200-about 400, maybe a little higher...'.
You're amazing. Hope you come back man. Found you today and instantly subscribed. Music appreciates you bro.
bru this is so nice to watch when u watched all of 3blue1brown's videos about the fourier transform
Tutorials like these are always great to have
This is some top quality content! Helpful and very deep, visuals are well done, and you put a few jokes here and there
You made me remember things I'd forgotten. I must be getting old. Nice to see these explained well for people without going to deep but giving the info needed. You've done it so well that it will encourage a lot of people to go deeper and learn more. Great job.
This is super dope and in depth. Thank you so much! Could you please talk about compressing? I imagine it's an important topic as well. Thank you in advance. Big fan!
This is exactly what we have needed. Someone not holding back from getting technical.
also i just noticed that you stopped uploading a year ago. all of us would actually love to support you & watch your content.
Continue again.
That's a nice set of basic stuff you need to be aware of when equing sounds. I would like to contribute a couple of tips I have figured out during my career.
1. If you like cutting low-end rumble by HPF, try not to do that right before the fundamental frequency; cut one octave below that. For example, if your sound has a fundamental around 100 Hz, imagine where the fundamental could be while the instrument is playing an octave below, and cut there. If you really need to cut right below the fundamental, try a notch or high-slope peak.
2. Master using low shelves and high shelves to do three jobs at once, utilizing one band. If you pull a low shelf on hi-Q, you can boost the desired part of the spectrum by taking advantage of the boost that a low shelf creates when Q > 1. This technique sounds much better than HPF. Also, you can find EQs that allow you to shift shelves, which makes more bumps if you want them, or trade this bump for more cut right after (or before) shelf frequency.
3. If you like cutting resonances on vocals, try to keep your peaks in even order. I found that resonances mostly come from certain parts related to the construction of the microphone, such as capsule resonances and the body of the microphone. The same happens in speaker drivers and contributes to a parameter known as distortion. These points you want to cut in the upper mid/high spectrum of vocal recording are, for the most part, quite a periodic pattern (i.e., resonances appear at a fixed distance from each other). This helps with cutting out what really makes your vocals sound bad and keeping phase response relations between bands organized.
4. Properly managing the output of EQ helps the digital side of things preserve a good representation of your sound.
5. As a starter, try to use separate EQ instances for different approaches. Keep your cutting resonances separate from broad boosts; digital EQs can handle that much better.
6. Think of low frequencies as highways for everything above(or as a highway for other instruments). If your low-end sounds solid, every detail in the highs will be represented much more clearly. Sometimes while doing stem mastering, I see how the mixer tried to compensate for the lack of highs on vocals with boosts, where I can hear that bass is having quite a resonance in the highs, even if there's not much musical information in there and you can't hear resonance clearly. Eq on bass can drastically change how your other instruments sound.
7. If you're claiming yourself as a pro and you haven't utilized FIR eqs in free phase mode on critical sounds yet in your workflow, try it. DMG equilibrium is a killer in this type of approach. I'm able to shape sybilants not only by volume but also by phase, which is like time-managing certain sybilans.
Best explanation I’ve ever seen! and I’ve been EQing for over 35 years! Really great!!! Thank you
Nice! I have a feeling that tip about cutting either side of a frequency is going to be worth its weight in gold, subscribed for that. Could you do a video on compression? I struggle to do it nicely on vocals without them starting to sound like the microphones are super cheap... Thanks!
All these years I've understood the gist of subtractive EQing but you just helped me really understand it! Thanks!
I love this! This was great. I know you have time stamps but can you also add the Chapters in the progress bar to make it easier to go to the part the viewer might want to watch
That's weird, they show up for me.. maybe try refreshing the page?
@@sseb_music AHh I see them now! Great! Literally perfect video now
I used to think that I could deal with the theorical part, but I couldn't
BUT, I can AFFIRM I have a life before this video and another after watching it. Amazing work!
I really loved seeing the nitty gritty about how the EQ worked! - if you do any more of these, i'd like to hear them! - (maybe reverb or formant shifting?)
As a graduate student from a degree in music tech. This guys channel and daily practice will be just as valuable as a degree in aspects of tech.
15:34 would love to see a tutorial on how to use that toaster
I'm always intimidated when I use my EQ. This helped me feel more confident, thanks.
Thanks for putting this together, I got a lot out of the technical part of the video.
Question regarding Linear Phase EQ. Does that delay still occur when you print/commit/render a clip with Linear Phase EQ? Is that delay an inherent quality of linear phase or is the delay only part of real time processing?
this delay is part of both: realtime process and rendering/printing, but it's compensated by your DAW internally, so your project is always in sync. For instance, if you work in Cubase the number of miliseconds the delay provides is shown in the mixer right above the fader panel.
The true mark of intelligence can defined by the ability to explain a complex subject in such a way that anyone can understand
Anyone else notice at 15 35 when he opens his "Best Songs" folder and pulls up Rebecca Black Friday? Hahahaha
Yes, that was genius!
@@Karlush yea brother, I thought the same
15:35 😅😅 had to pause and rewind to make sure i wasn’t tripping. Great video man thank you!
bro voice need some eq adjustment 💀
True. If you do mixing content I think the audio of the videos should be super well mixed for reputation purposes.
I think he's probably just using a cheap, hidden, lapel mic instead of a truly good quality one in front of him... Either that or he's just using his camera's built in mic instead of a good quality separate one, because it's the distortion in his voice that kinda makes it sound so "rough"... EQ alone cannot really fix this problem because the input signal itself, from whatever cheap mic he's using, is just badly distorted to begin with, not necessarily just a tonal imbalance, but rather a "muffling" of his voice, due to the mic distorting the lower end of his voice... He really needs a cleaner, better quality microphone to improve this aspect of his audio quality.
He has a gravel voice. I can't listen to him.
Yeah, cut out some of the fry, bro.
Lamo 💀
The whole video is like a massive big up to EQs and that's awesome, thanks
bro need to eq the audio for this video
sounds like he cut the fundamental frequency of his voice
His speaking voice is muddy af.
Buddy sound like bass and treble solo’d 😂
describing timbre that way opened up my mind, instant subscribe
"Dirty analog purists" LoL.
Digital till I die 😎
I bet you have a computer in the corner of the room with some Yamaha HS8 monitors and you offer mastering services. 😂😂😂
@@domdraper3221 who me? I just write songs. I watched this video because the premise was correct. I just liked the turn of phrase. :)
@sseb_music I also hate the analog purity, as if you have to do that to make peak quality music.
I think it's better to appreciate the aesthetic of analog as it's own thing, and appreciate the digital as it's own thing. Each have their own reality.
I have no idea why I watched all of this. I have no use for this information, but you did a nice job explaining it
nope cant do it. that vocal fri. speak up and clear my guy
EQ is so hard to get right, thanks for the clarity.
Ur “cool guy voice” got so annoying I had to leave
if you're cutting the frequencies in one place, you're effectively boosting them in the other areas, and vice-versa: if you boost a frequency in one place, you effectively cut out the other areas, that's the simple explanation i learned as a beginner
FINALLY someone who explains things with no fluff!!!
Thanx for a clear take on EQ.
My experience agrees with you.
Live Long and Prosper.
FINALLY a well knowledgeable person! Gold for my ears, not those youtubers pretending to be pro! Bravo!
Probably the best EQ video I've ever watched. I have never heard ANY of these tips, usually people are telling us the opposite (boost & sweep to identify sounds to cut), which I stopped doing a good while back because it never helped!
Yes, PLEASE keep making these, you have my sub, man. Great work!
I really thought the title was click bait and I felt like a sucker for not being able to help myself.
I am pleasantly surprised and grateful. Nice job sir.
that part with EQing white noise to learn what frequency sounds like when boosted/cut/notched is so good!
As a professional mix engineer for the last 25 years. This makes me happy! I wish everyone will follow this advice! And then come to me when it doesn’t work!
Out of curiosity, which part/parts?