Yes I know everything depends on the song.
But in what instances or instruments do you find yourself generally boosting the low mids (250hz-800hz around) on a track? In other words, in what occasion that pops up from time to time would you find yourself doing it? Of course you would do it if your track sounds like it is lacking some belly or weight, but do you find yourself applying those boosts on some instruments more than others over a large sample of mixes? If so what?
I use an SSL Channel strip to EQ mostly and I find it intuitive to cut low mids just a little around 500hz so prevent some clutter on some of the tracks. I am worried that since the SSL Channel strip is set up that way (blue knob), it is almost subconsciously biasing my mixing decisions in that direction even if I know that you should not cut frequencies just for the sake of it, but let the track dictate to you what needs to be done. I find most of my mixes have a big bottom end and then have less frequency information around 250-600hzish, kind of making a U shape.
Thoughts?
But in what instances or instruments do you find yourself generally boosting the low mids (250hz-800hz around) on a track? In other words, in what occasion that pops up from time to time would you find yourself doing it? Of course you would do it if your track sounds like it is lacking some belly or weight, but do you find yourself applying those boosts on some instruments more than others over a large sample of mixes? If so what?
I use an SSL Channel strip to EQ mostly and I find it intuitive to cut low mids just a little around 500hz so prevent some clutter on some of the tracks. I am worried that since the SSL Channel strip is set up that way (blue knob), it is almost subconsciously biasing my mixing decisions in that direction even if I know that you should not cut frequencies just for the sake of it, but let the track dictate to you what needs to be done. I find most of my mixes have a big bottom end and then have less frequency information around 250-600hzish, kind of making a U shape.
Thoughts?
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