EQ Guide

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Guitar EQ Guide

Electric Guitar

For bottom Boost 100 Hz
For warmth Boost 250 Hz
For body Boost 500 Hz
For pick or percussion Boost 1-2 K
For "Cut" (solos, lines, etc.) Boost 3-4 K
For "presence" Boost 5 K
For "buzz" (distortion, etc.) Boost 7 K
For clarity and string decay Boost 10 K and up
To remove muddiness Cut 200 Hz
To remove harshness Cut 1-3 K

Acoustic Guitar

For warmth Boost 250 Hz
For body Boost 500-700 Hz
For pick Boost 1 K
For lines Boost 3 K
For brilliance Boost 5 K
For sparkle Boost 10 K and up
To remove rumble Cut 100 Hz and down
To remove finger noise Cut 7 K

Bass EQ Guide

For lows Boost 80-100 Hz
For tonality Boost 800 Hz
For rhythmic attack Boost 1 K
For string sound Boost 3 K
For clarity Boost 6 K
To reduce muddiness Cut 200 Hz

Synth EQ Guide

Bass sound Power 100 Hz
Muddiness Cut 200 Hz
Warmth Bottom for pads, strings 250 Hz
Tone Horns, reeds, organ 500 Hz
Transient Percussive or plucked sounds 1 K
Upper midrange Leads 2-3 K
Sibilance Distortion, buzz, string bow, esses 5-7 K
Top end Phasing, flanging; cut for noise 10 K

Drum EQ Guide

Kick Drum

For bottom Boost 80-100 Hz
For transient Boost 3 K
For top Boost 6 K

Snare Drum

For boom (tone) Boost 125-250 Hz
For bang (transient) Boost 1-2 K
For buzz (snares) Boost 5 K

Tom-toms

For tone Boost 250-500 Hz
For attack Boost 7 K

Cymbals

For top Boost 10 K
If muddy Cut 200 Hz

High-hat

For heavy rock Boost 500 Hz
Light Boost 5 K
For top Boost 10 K

Really good, but not always the truth... it's very useful to begin an eq job, but the ear is the best tool heheh

nice one! big ,big thanks for that

Excellent. You have a section of tips for vocal?

Thanx!

Thanks alot