thanks so much for not introducing pauses between playing the different mixes. in many "tutorials" they stop and they talk and then play the different version which makes it hard to catch the difference. keep up the good work !
While this was a fairly informative video--- I'm deeply upset about clicking the link to get the balance sheet, giving my email address, and seemingly being forced to watch another 16 minutes of rambling sales pitch about making money with music...only to never be given access to the "free" balance sheet. I checked my email and there was only an email about how to sign up with your company to make money...but no balance sheet. I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt for the last 30-40 minutes, but this is quite frustrating and annoying.
This is the best video I've seen on this topic. Really appreciate how you actually demo'd what you were talking about about thin, balanced, and muddy so that I know we were on the same page with the terminology - and we were.
Thanks for this tip man when ever I compare my track spectrum with the other the low end between 100Hz and 300Hz was looking empty now I know how to fix it ❤️
I'm interested in that FREE EQ Balance Sheet. However the link goes to some video wanting me to schedule a free strategy lesson instead. I'm actually now interested in both. Unfortunately the eq sheet isn't there and none of the times to set up an appointment via phone call am i available.. Please message me with some good news if possible please and thank you!
This makes good sense because that 100Hz to 300Hz contain the fundamental frequencies of that musical range. When you adjust those, all of the harmonics that are factors of those frequencies are ALSO dipped/boosted. So, the entire spectrum of the mix or guitar track or whatever will be affected by this very subtle change.
always keep in mind, if you mute something and the issue goes away, think if you actually need it. sometimes it’s not doing much for the track and it’s just there to cause you issues
I find a lot of times my muddy mixes are caused by harmonics on the low notes of the bass. To remedy this I through a multiband compressor on the bass and compress from around 100k and below by a decibel or two.
The balanced mix is still muddy the way tracks are muddy in a realistic way... your "muddy" mix is just ridiculous. What you should be doing is considering your balanced mix as muddy and trying to fix that.
In my experience, a track can sound muddy or clean with the frequency balance being equal. There's a type of muddiness that cannot be fixed with EQ. Room ambience, phase relations, harmonic purity, noise levels, pitch, definition of the transients, jitter and shimmer all seem to contribute. But it can be fixed by working on the quality of the sound source, room acoustics, mic choice and mic placement. Absolutely agree with your advice on highpass filters. Even if they are set below the fundamental frequency of a track, cutting off the low frequency tails too aggressively creates a pretty thin and unnatural sound.
