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Post by stormymondays on Nov 23, 2016 15:20:10 GMT -6
I have a Warm Audio EQP-WA (Pultec style EQ) and I thought of a way I could use it to EQ a stereo mix. Let me know what you think:
I could collapse the mix to mono, insert the hardware EQ, EQ to taste. Then, bounce the left channel through the EQ, and afterwards bounce the right channel. The settings should be even more exact than if I got matched units.
Any downsides to this, besides the awkward workflow?
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 23, 2016 15:27:03 GMT -6
I have a Warm Audio EQP-WA (Pultec style EQ) and I thought of a way I could use it to EQ a stereo mix. Let me know what you think: I could collapse the mix to mono, insert the hardware EQ, EQ to taste. Then, bounce the left channel through the EQ, and afterwards bounce the right channel. The settings should be even more exact than if I got matched units. Any downsides to this, besides the awkward workflow? Wouldn't you have your full mono mix on theeft and right? That's not what you're looking for. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 15:39:38 GMT -6
Not sure with other DAWs but works easily with Reaper - forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=33002. Tried it and it works like a charm. There's a Kenny Gioa Vid on You tube too goes in to more depth. |
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Post by LesC on Nov 23, 2016 15:42:27 GMT -6
I have a Warm Audio EQP-WA (Pultec style EQ) and I thought of a way I could use it to EQ a stereo mix. Let me know what you think: I could collapse the mix to mono, insert the hardware EQ, EQ to taste. Then, bounce the left channel through the EQ, and afterwards bounce the right channel. The settings should be even more exact than if I got matched units. Any downsides to this, besides the awkward workflow? Wouldn't you have your full mono mix on theeft and right? That's not what you're looking for. I believe he means to use the mono mix just to determine the EQ settings. Then route the left and right channels separately through the EQ using those settings. It seems like it should work, though I've never tried it. |
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Post by topshelfmg on Nov 23, 2016 15:55:05 GMT -6
Wouldn't you have your full mono mix on theeft and right? That's not what you're looking for. I believe he means to use the mono mix just to determine the EQ settings. Then route the left and right channels separately through the EQ using those settings. It seems like it should work, though I've never tried it. Sounds feasible to me, unless something unexpected happens with the phase. A pain in the butt, but feasible. I'm going to most likely be selling a pair of Warm EQP-WAs pretty soon, with the output trim mod of the back of each, allowing them to be matched on stereo sources. Picking up one or both would also work on a stereo mix.  |
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Post by stormymondays on Nov 23, 2016 16:01:09 GMT -6
[I believe he means to use the mono mix just to determine the EQ settings. Then route the left and right channels separately through the EQ using those settings. It seems like it should work, though I've never tried it. Yes, that's what I meant. Do the adjustments in mono, then bounce the separate channels. I guess I'll have to give it a try! |
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Post by EmRR on Nov 23, 2016 16:44:48 GMT -6
If you're going there, you can also consider processing mid and side separately.
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Post by ChaseUTB on Nov 23, 2016 23:49:38 GMT -6
In PT, you can split your stereo file to mono ( split to mono then pan faders on each mono track before or after you process, which ever sounds better. There where there will be a .L ( left channel mono file ) and .R ( right channel mono file ) to designate and you print ( record each file ) to its respective audio track. Then select each file and hit shift command k and select interleaved ( stereo ) and either reimport into session for further stereo processing in the mix or leave exported as final mix/ stem/ group print file etc
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 11:37:45 GMT -6
How good the "collapsing to mono to determine settings" method works depends on the mono compatibility of the stereo mix.
The less mono compatibility, the more you may have to expect problems in the resulting stereo mix.
But well, it is always a good idea to have good mono compatibility and check this with a goniometer....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 7:09:55 GMT -6
[I believe he means to use the mono mix just to determine the EQ settings. Then route the left and right channels separately through the EQ using those settings. It seems like it should work, though I've never tried it. Yes, that's what I meant. Do the adjustments in mono, then bounce the separate channels. I guess I'll have to give it a try! sorry to dig this up - just curious to how successful it was. also with m/s do you keep the processing freq the same for both or does the side image need tweaking? any other tips / banana skins? thanks. |
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Post by stormymondays on Dec 13, 2016 14:12:12 GMT -6
Sorry, I didn't get around to testing it, but I don't foresee any problems.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 16:22:37 GMT -6
no probs.. played with splitting stereo to l/r and m/s through a comp, but wasn't sure how an eq would play ... hopefully got one arriving tomorrow so will have a go ....
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