Tutorial Mixing: Equalization and Why it's Awesome

[Ant]

When will this tutorial become sticky/pinned?

This is pretty useful to link as reference!

Agreeing with this.

 

[NicolaCola]

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When will this tutorial become sticky/pinned?

This is pretty useful to link as reference!

Agreeing with this.
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Third-ing this! This tutorial is incredibly helpful, it should absolutely be pinned~

 

[Shine]

An awesome tutorial, I'm going to look up to this while mixing!

I just have a little answer...: If I have different singers, I have to do EQs for each one of them, or is Equalizing a thing that "encompasses" the whole mixing project?
I'm just new to this, sorry OTL And thank you!

 

[Ant]

An awesome tutorial, I'm going to look up to this while mixing!

I just have a little answer...: If I have different singers, I have to do EQs for each one of them, or is Equalizing a thing that \"encompasses\" the whole mixing project?
I'm just new to this, sorry OTL And thank you!

In terms of FL Studio:
If you only EQ the master track, the instrumental will become EQ'd with it, and it will sound distorted. You would have to EQ each of the tracks separately.

I think it's the same with other programs, but I'm not an expert at those, so I can't say for sure whether you can and can't EQ two at the same time. Besides, different voices will have different curves that sound best, so even if you wanted to EQ them together it would sound weird.

 

[Cdra]

An awesome tutorial, I'm going to look up to this while mixing!

I just have a little answer...: If I have different singers, I have to do EQs for each one of them, or is Equalizing a thing that \"encompasses\" the whole mixing project?
I'm just new to this, sorry OTL And thank you!

Each voice should be EQ'd separately for best results, because if you put all the voices in the same track you'll have issues with balancing volume and the like.  The same applies for harmonies, because of volume balance issues more than anything.  In Audacity, though, it's probably okay to use the same EQ setting over the different voices (given that they're similar enough voices) and balance the volumes afterwards.

 

[FantasyXII]

Ohh, this tutorial is awesome. Maybe you can help me find a good EQ for soft voice?? I'm having trouble EQing this type of voice. I use Teto Sasayaki (soft) btw :3c

 

[UTAU~Ayume]

A very beautiful Tutorial for every user with different programs, Cdra i'll love you forever for doing this!

I'd like to ask what Ritsu Kire C5 in the song "Babylon" needs, i played with the settings
you have there for Aiko but there is the missing... you know? that MMMHH (uhm, hope you understand what i mean xD)

I play around more but i'd like to hear what you suggest for him

 

[Space Project]

Anyone got a more detailed guide or screenshots on how I could do settings like these on Audacity? I try recreating the curves in the equalizer but it just makes voices sound really buzzy and hissy.

 

[Kiyoteru]

Anyone got a more detailed guide or screenshots on how I could do settings like these on Audacity? I try recreating the curves in the equalizer but it just makes voices sound really buzzy and hissy.

You're better off using actual music software, such as Reaper. This will allow you to listen to the vocals and adjust the EQ in real time, which is a much easier way of finding which frequencies to cut and boost.