Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 5:55:14 GMT -6
Why do bandwidth's overlap on some analogue EQ's - any reason to boost and cut a frequency?
Any tricks and tips?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 8:34:34 GMT -6
Had a bit of a read up - not 100% sure with this but - if I cut 100k with the LF it will reduce the frequency at 6db/ octave. If i also cut 100k with the LMF that will now reduce the frequency at 12db/octave. Presumably it will also act on the other frequencies caught in the q. If the above is correct will this also work when boosting frequencies, and is this how the "pultec" low end attenuation trick works (dialling out/in the other harmonics) ? Oh, and is this what is meant when discussing 3rd and 5th harmonics, and if so is every note a triad  I'm off for a lie down ........ |
|
|
|
Post by ragan on Nov 23, 2016 10:19:41 GMT -6
Well for one thing, say two nobs can both work around 1k, one going higher and one going lower. Sometimes you may want to do something to 200hz and 1k. Or sometimes you might want to do something to 4k and 1k. If that one 1k range was only accessible by one non, you couldn't.
|
|
|
|
Post by pope on Nov 23, 2016 12:12:51 GMT -6
Why do bandwidth's overlap on some analogue EQ's ? I guess for the same reasons that they overlap on software EQs |
|
|
|
Post by indiehouse on Nov 23, 2016 12:39:18 GMT -6
Well for one thing, say two nobs can both work around 1k, one going higher and one going lower. Sometimes you may want to do something to 200hz and 1k. Or sometimes you might want to do something to 4k and 1k. If that one 1k range was only accessible by one non, you couldn't. Yeah, that's one of the drawbacks I've read about the E27. I hear it's a super sweet EQ, but because the bands don't overlap, you can't boost the low end of a Kick and scoop out mud freq's at the same time. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 13:34:51 GMT -6
Why do bandwidth's overlap on some analogue EQ's ? I guess for the same reasons that they overlap on software EQs Hi! yeah , i asked for that  . ........ so why do frequency bands overlap on some software eq's ?  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 13:36:03 GMT -6
Well for one thing, say two nobs can both work around 1k, one going higher and one going lower. Sometimes you may want to do something to 200hz and 1k. Or sometimes you might want to do something to 4k and 1k. If that one 1k range was only accessible by one non, you couldn't. Yeah, that's one of the drawbacks I've read about the E27. I hear it's a super sweet EQ, but because the bands don't overlap, you can't boost the low end of a Kick and scoop out mud freq's at the same time. aha, clues here, thanks guys.... |
|
|
|
Post by jjinvegas on Nov 23, 2016 16:06:44 GMT -6
I think part of this stems from the admiration for equalizers first developed when audio engineering was a white coat profession. I can recall reading maxims like "EQ is for cutting only" in musty books about audio. When the white coat boys found out that some of these crazy producers were actually turning up the knobs, certain companies decided that both boost and attenuation knobs would ensure that the boost knob had a wider bandwidth, as their ears told them that this was a more pleasant result. Although the intended use was to either boost or attenuate, crazy users twisted both knobs and liked the results. Since most software is designed to emulate favored circuits, this thinking extends to many plug-ins.
|
|
. ........ so why do frequency bands overlap on some software eq's ? 
