Acoustic guitar and vocals make for a very intimate and classic combination, and when they account for the entirety of the “mix”, you don’t need to worry about frequency conflicts like you would when you have dozens of other elements fighting for the same space. That said, there are some things to keep in mind, […]
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De-essing plugins are useful for controlling vocal sibilance (those annoying transients on “S” and other consonant sounds) on vocals. A good de-esser softens sibilance on vocals with transparency without further affecting the tone. While I love FabFilter’s Pro-DS for being able to smartly identify sibilance in particular for ultra transparency, there are plenty of good
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Rock bass EQ in many ways is a lot less sculpted than you’d opt for with say pop or rap. In the latter genres, you’d generally focus on the low end and sub and attenuate the rest to create a cleaner mix for the other elements. With rock, you want those low mids to assert
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Live vocals are a very different beast than recorded, studio vocals. They tend to be a lot more low-mid and bass heavy in part because of the reflections at those frequencies which travel better around the room. There’s also bleed from the rest of the band to account for. As such, you can’t simply apply
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As I covered in my overview of parametric EQ, this is the most detailed form of EQ processing which gives you the most control of your audio. While some guitarists like graphic EQ by comparison, I prefer the fine control you get with guitar parametric EQ. Let’s talk how to use guitar parametric EQ in
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