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5 EQ tips to make your mixes clearer

Do you ever find yourself wading through muddy mixes?

Well now's the time to de-frustrate yourself with 5 top EQing tips to help you make your mixes crystal clear!

1. Find that sweet spot

If you want to make that important sound really stand out, try bringing up a narrow band of frequencies, and sweep it across the frequency spectrum until you find the loudest point. Try bringing that band up by a few decibels or cut it so the rest of the sound can be louder!

2. Cut some slac

Use low pass and high pass filters to cut off the low end and high ends of sounds you don't need - for example, basses tend to be in the 200hz and below area - try cutting below that for the lead instruments to make sure they aren't interfering with the bass!

3. EQ in the mix

I know I used to be guilty of EQing soloed instruments to "perfection" and then, upon re-introducing them into the mix, finding they didn't sit at all - sometimes making the mix even muddier!

Remember that it's okay for instruments to sound absolutely, mind-bogglingly terrible on their own... just so long as they sound awesome in the mix! Apply your EQing whilst hearing the other elements of the track and you're sure to hear the difference.

4. Overlapping is bad!

Make sure you don't overlap your frequencies! If a vocal is taking precedence at 2.5khz, make sure your percussion isn't! Try and think of the mix as a sand pit - the more you add in one place, the muddier it's going to get in that area! If you can give different instruments different frequency bands, they'll have room to breathe and your mix will be (on average) a zillion times clearer.

5. Analyse This!

Grab yourself a Frequency Analyser if your ears aren't well trained in recognising different frequencies! This will show you the points where the mix is particularly muddied so you can jump in with your EQing in the right place! Very convenient. Most good sequencers will have plug-ins for this already, but there are some great free ones available as well! Just have a quick Google and you'll be on your way to mixes clearer than a dodgy P.E. teacher's hard drive when the police come to visit.

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