By Los Teignos on 03/21/2008
EQing on a console
It's the EQ section of a console that will allow us to tweak or correct timbre. Depending on the model, the EQ section is more or less sophisticated and offers different possibilities of adjustment. We won't be dealing with simple high/low EQ knobs or switches that you can find on hi-fi amplifiers or entry level mixers which are only meant to adapt a sound to a specific listening area. We're more concerned with the EQ controls that are found on small modern digital models or part of most major recording software. We must keep in mind that EQ is mainly used for one reason...to correct, and not in the hope of improving the recorded signal: you can never turn a mediocre recorded sound (due to bad placement of the mic or even the quality of the mic itself) into a great sound by just using EQ. Equalizers split the audible frequency range( 20 Hertz to 20 kHertz…) into many sub-ranges. Thus one generally talks about highs, medium highs, low mids, and lows. The first thing to do, then, before tweaking any knobs, is to determine in which frequency range the problem lies, then after that, the nature of the problem. Is it due to too much coloring that wasn't detected during the recording process, a parasite due to the environment, or a masked effect due to the presence of other instruments...

