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EQ Cheat Sheet

The document provides recommendations for equalizer settings to boost or cut different frequency ranges for various instruments and vocals to improve their sound quality. It suggests boosting low and low-mid frequencies to add body and fullness to instruments like kick drum, snare, toms and bass, while cutting muddy low frequencies. Higher frequencies are recommended to boost for air, presence and attack, while cutting may reduce harshness, boxiness or other unwanted sounds.

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EQ Cheat Sheet

The document provides recommendations for equalizer settings to boost or cut different frequency ranges for various instruments and vocals to improve their sound quality. It suggests boosting low and low-mid frequencies to add body and fullness to instruments like kick drum, snare, toms and bass, while cutting muddy low frequencies. Higher frequencies are recommended to boost for air, presence and attack, while cutting may reduce harshness, boxiness or other unwanted sounds.

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Gabriel Allgårdh
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INSTRUMENT

BOOST CUT
•  More bo3om end: 60Hz - 125Hz •  Remove muddiness: 400Hz
KICK DRUM •  More body: 80Hz - 100Hz •  Reduce boxyness 400Hz-600Hz
•  Add a3ack: 2.5kHz - 5kHz •  Reduce boom: 800Hz and below

•  Deep sound: 80Hz •  Reduce boxyness 800Hz - 1kHz


•  Add body/fullness: 150Hz - 250Hz
SNARE •  Add more depth: 250Hz
•  Add a3ack: 3kHz - 5kHz
•  More crispiness: 8kHz - 10kHz
•  Add clarity: around 5kHz •  Reduce muddiness: 200Hz
HI-HATS •  Add air: around 12kHz •  Reduce ‘gong’ sound: 200Hz
•  Reduce ambience: 400Hz
•  Add body: 100Hz - 300Hz •  Reduce boom: 150Hz - 320Hz
TOMS •  More a3ack: 3kHz - 4kHz
•  Add Sizzle: 7kHz - 8kHz •  Reduce shrillness/harshness: 12kHz -
CYMBALS/CRASHES •  More Brilliance: 8kHz - 12kHz 20kHz (narrow cut)
•  Add Air: 15kHz

•  Add bo3om end: 80Hz and below •  Reduce boom: 125Hz


•  Create a woody sound: 300Hz - 500Hz •  Reduce muddiness: 200hz - 300Hz
BASS •  Add punch: 500Hz - 1Khz •  Reduce thinness: 1kHz
•  Create a growl/bite: 600Hz
•  Add a3ack: 2.5Khz - 5Khz
•  Add body: 200Hz - 400 Hz •  Remove plosives/vocal pops: 80Hz and
•  Add clarity: 3kHz and above below
•  For a big full sound: 8kHz •  Reduce boom: 125Hz
VOCALS •  Remove nasal sound: 1kHz
•  Scratchy/shrill: 2kHz
•  Reduce sibilance: 7kHz (use a decent
DeEsser to help with this)
INSTRUMENT BOOST CUT
•  Add warmth and body: 120Hz - 200Hz •  Reduce boom: 200Hz
(for a solo guitar, not a guitar in the mix) •  Reduce aniness: 2kHz - 3kHz
ACOUSTIC GUITAR •  More thickness: 200Hz - 400Hz
•  Add sparkle: above 5khz

•  Add warmth: 125Hz •  Cut below 100Hz as standard to remove


•  Add thickness: 150Hz - 200Hz unwanted low frequencies and clean up
ELECTRIC GUITAR •  Add more life/energy: 300Hz - 1kHz the mix
•  More presence/shimmer/clarity: 3.2kHz
- 3-8kHz
•  Add bo3om end: 100Hz •  Reduce boom: 300Hz
PIANO •  Add clarity: 3kHz •  Reduce aniness: 1.2kHz
•  Add presence: 5kHz
•  Lush and full: 400Hz - 600Hz •  Too muddy: 120Hz and below
STRINGS •  Add clarity: 2kHz •  Reduce shrill: 3kHz

•  More thickness: 400Hz - 600Hz •  Reduce muddiness: 250Hz


•  More bite: 1kHz - 2kHz •  Reduce sharpness: 7kHz
SYNTHS •  Add presence/clarity: 1kHz - 6kHz
•  Create pluck: 5kHz

•  Add clarity: 2kHz •  Less muddy: 120Hz and below


•  Add brightness: 4kHz - 10kHz •  Less honky: 1kHz
BRASS •  Create a big sound: 8kHz - 12kHz

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