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Post by saltyjames on Nov 19, 2019 18:37:21 GMT -6
LPF HPF - Who tracks with them?
I'll go first.
I HPF lots of stuff that I know I'm gonna be like, "I won't need 70hz info on this shaker, lead guitar, harmony vocal, etc part. I basically HPF 80% of what I record. But I also track with a kiss of compression and I don't want any lows triggering the comps. (No, I do not track guitar amps, or shakers etc with compression.)
LPF.. not really. I use thicker darker mics for this. Not true.. I will LPF loud guitar amps so I can drive it a bit more and have a somewhat smoother sound at playback.
Overall I like a finished sound on playback. I love it when the band says it sounds great right after they played.
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Post by thirdeye on Nov 19, 2019 18:53:33 GMT -6
Overall I like a finished sound on playback. I love it when the band says it sounds great right after they played.
I will usually do the same, track it the way I want to hear it on playback. I can't always do this with every track, because I will run out of preamps with EQ, so I will just insert a plugin EQ/channel strip and do it non-destructively. |
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Post by Tbone81 on Nov 19, 2019 19:00:45 GMT -6
I regularly hpf, usually at 50hz on my aml1073's, I think its 40hz on my CAPI's. My floors are decent but still transmit some rumble if the performer wants to tap his foot. HPF helps with that quite a bit...oh yeah...and the rumble from that goddamn train that goes by once an hour.
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Post by notneeson on Nov 19, 2019 20:05:49 GMT -6
I regularly hpf, usually at 50hz on my aml1073's, I think its 40hz on my CAPI's. My floors are decent but still transmit some rumble if the performer wants to tap his foot. HPF helps with that quite a bit...oh yeah...and the rumble from that goddamn train that goes by once an hour. Oh man, years ago my friends and I had a studio in San Bruno, CA. That’s directly across the freeway from SFO. Never ruined a take, but we definitely had the musicians hold for a take off at times. |
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Post by saltyjames on Nov 19, 2019 20:21:59 GMT -6
Yeah, I leave my BAE 1073's on 50HPF..
Notneeson, every time I see your avatar I think you're making the absolute finale adjustment to a mix. Like doing the fade out.
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Post by svart on Nov 19, 2019 20:27:38 GMT -6
Never track with them, but I use them on most everything during mixing.
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Post by EmRR on Nov 19, 2019 20:39:41 GMT -6
Track with HPF, usually set an octave under the bottom of a noted instrument. Conservative, usually leave room to get closer in post.
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Post by notneeson on Nov 19, 2019 21:41:49 GMT -6
I’ve used the HPF on the way in when recording interviews on location for various projects. Not so much on music.
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Post by sean on Nov 19, 2019 23:06:28 GMT -6
HPF, on microphones and preamps if they have it
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Post by shoe on Nov 20, 2019 0:09:37 GMT -6
I use HPF often when tracking. LPF not as often, but sometimes if something is obviously too bright or if the source is noisy (like my tape echo can be).
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Post by ragan on Nov 20, 2019 0:25:45 GMT -6
I track with the HPF on the GR Harrison 32EQs on almost everything. Different spots depending on the thing of course. On vocals or acoustic guitar it's as high as 150 Hz, though I only like it that high on that filter. The Harrison filters sound particularly good to me.
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Post by Blackdawg on Nov 20, 2019 0:44:19 GMT -6
Depends.
Classical stuff I do mostly these days. Never.
Other stuff, certainly in some situations
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 9:11:08 GMT -6
I HPF conservatively pretty often on guitars (same idea as EmRR), vocals, snare drum, overheads.... stuff like that. Never LPF, but that's not a rule or anything, just haven't felt the need.
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Post by saltyjames on Nov 20, 2019 9:28:50 GMT -6
Super definitive responses.
And I get it. Tracking is very personal!!
I HPF toms when tracking because I don’t want to wrestle through all the Huff and Woof to hear what’s happening in the bottom.
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Post by BradM on Nov 20, 2019 19:59:50 GMT -6
I have HPF and LPF at the ready when tracking everything. My weapon of choice is the Chop Shop 500 series EQ (obviously). I always have it patched in and engage Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, or Focus as needed to shape the track as needed. Because the circit is super transparent I have no qualms leaving it in my overdub chain even if I don't use it. When I'm being lazy I put the Lo-Cut (HPF) knob at 60 Hz and set the Bump to 12:00. I tend to use the Hi-Cut (LPF) less, but leaving it set to the 25 kHz setting never sucks. It's amazing how much closer to mix-ready tracks can be just from some simple cutting and frequency contouring.
cheers,
Brad
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Post by Ward on Nov 22, 2019 15:29:10 GMT -6
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