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11.5 EQ Setting Suggestions
StudioLive™ Series III
Owner’s Manual
Table 2
11.5 EQ Setting Suggestions
Included with your StudioLive is a library of Fat Channel presets. Section 5.8 discusses
how to load these presets onto a channel or bus and how to create your own presets.
For an idea of where to start, check out the following generic EQ settings for several
different instruments. As with the compression settings in Section 11.3, the right EQ
setting for any given instrument will depend upon the room and the tonality of the
instrument.
Vocals
Pop Female Vocals
LOW ON/OFF LOW SHELF LOW FREQ (Hz) LOW Q LOW GAIN LOW MID
ON/OFF
LOW MID
FREQ (Hz)
LOW MID Q LOW MID GAIN
ON OFF 130 0.6 -2 ON 465 0.6 -2
HIGH MID ON/
OFF
HI MID FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH MID Q HIGH MID GAIN HIGH ON/OFF HIGH SHELF HIGH FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH Q HIGH GAIN
ON 2.4 0.4 +2 ON OFF 6.0 0.3 +8
Rock Female Vocals
LOW ON/OFF LOW SHELF LOW FREQ (Hz) LOW Q LOW GAIN LOW MID
ON/OFF
LOW MID
FREQ (Hz)
LOW MID Q LOW MID GAIN
ON ON 155 N/A +4 ON 465 0.4 +6
HIGH MID ON/
OFF
HI MID FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH MID Q HIGH MID GAIN HIGH ON/OFF HIGH SHELF HIGH FREQ
(kHz)
HIGH Q HIGH GAIN
ON 1.4 0.6 +6 ON OFF 4.2 0.5 +2
•
bass “pluck”
•
acoustic/electric
guitar attack
•
lower piano register
attack
•
vocal clarity
•
decrease muddiness in
vocals and mid-range
instruments
•
decrease long bass
overtones in cymbals
•
enhance background
vocal breathiness
•
disguise vocals and
guitars that are slightly
out of tune
•
adds distance to
background
instruments
•
softens a “thin” guitar
•
breathier vocals
•
brighten cymbals,
string instruments,
flutes
•
more realistic
samples and synths
•
brighten vocals,
acoustic guitar,
piano
•
harder cymbals
•
vocal presence
•
kick & tom attack
•
more finger sound
on bass
•
piano and acoustic
guitar attack
•
brighter rock guitar
•
kick & tom attack
•
percussion attack
•
reduce vocal dullness
•
more finger sound on bass
•
sharpness to:
synths, rock guitars,
acoustic guitars, piano
•
bass line clarity
and punch
•
decrease kick and
tom dullness
•
decrease dullness
in guitars
•
vocals: reduce
“s” sound
•
vocals: reduce
“s” sound
•
bass line clarity
and punch
•
bass line clarity
(especially for softer
playback levels)
•
vocal fullness
•
hard hitting snare
and guitar
•
fullness to low
frequency
instruments
(kick, tom, bass)
•
decrease bass
“boom” to increase
clarity in the mix
•
decrease guitar
thinness
•
lessen overly
bright guitar
overtones
•
increase guitar clarity
•
lessen guitar “boom”
•
harder bass to low
frequency
instruments (kick,
tom, bass)
•
guitar and snare
fullness
•
piano and horns
warmth
50 Hz 100 Hz 200 Hz 400 Hz 800 Hz 1.5 kHz
BOOST
CUT
3 kHz 5 kHz 7 kHz 10 kHz 15 kHz