Members Dupree21 Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 how do I Begin to use this unit to the best of it's ability?what's a good starting point?what I have is the DBX dual 31 band EQ (231) Unit. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 how do I Begin to use this unit to the best of it's ability?what's a good starting point?what I have is the DBX dual 31 band EQ (231) Unit.thanks 31? Talk about too many options. Everything right in the middle then boost or cut each one depending on the sound source. Are you recording/mastering, or is this in your live rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WWW Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 how do I Begin to use this unit to the best of it's ability? what's a good starting point? what I have is the DBX dual 31 band EQ (231) Unit. thanks 31 bands is a lot. What I normally do is start with all frequencies flat and cut each individual frequency one at a time to your liking. Start with bass freq's, then treble and then tailor the mids to balance it all out. Remember that too much boosting of frequencies will most likely add noise. That's why I prefer cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 Get rid of it, or just use it for post-production or live with the mixing desk. It's a waste using 31 bands in a guitar rig. 10 bands is heaps plenty for a guitar rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danut Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 The absolute first thing you have to do is check out the frequency range of your speakers and make sure you leave flat all the sliders for the frequencies that are lower and higher than the respective range. Also keep in mind this golden EQ rule: CUT if you want to make it sound better and only BOOST if you want to make it sound different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 It's kinda crucial to know what you'll be using this with. For guitar, it will probably be useless. For a PA rig, it could be your best friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 plug a microphone into it and use it to eliminate feedback? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Dupree21 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 31? Talk about too many options. Everything right in the middle then boost or cut each one depending on the sound source.Are you recording/mastering, or is this in your live rig? this is for my PA in a live situation.......mainly moniters Dupree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sideshowlinc Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 this is a kinda random place to be asking this question then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 ...Are you a member of Eisley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 this is for my PA in a live situation.......mainly moniters Dupree Corrective / feedback reduction: Start flat (all sliders in the middle). Insert ear plugs. Crank monitors until they start to feed back. Cut slider at the frequency / frequencies that are feeding back. This can help you obtain more gain / level before the onset of feedback from your monitors. Tonal Shaping: If the monitors are a bit too forward in the mids, or too bright, you can adjust a graphic EQ to compensate somewhat for that by reducing the offending frequency ranges - a "smile curve" EQ to dip the mids, a shelf to attenuate the highs, etc. I'm not really into boosting gain on the bottom to make them sound "bigger" though - not unless you have serious, heavy duty drivers in there, and if you do, chances are you're not going to need the EQ boost anyway - they should already be pretty big on the bottom. "Room" EQ: You can use a 31 band to compensate for the room acoustics, and the way the monitors sound in a particular acoustical environment. This is somewhat controversial subject, although the use of EQ to adjust speakers to the room is more common in live sound as opposed to studios. However, the same "gain before feedback" use I described for monitors can also be applied to the FOH / mains mix. Danut's advice is good IMO - When attempting "corrective" equalization, it's usually better to think in terms of what the sound has too much of, and then subtract some of that, as opposed to thinking about what it needs "more of", and then attempt to boost to add that. There's nothing wrong with boosting, but it can definitely be overdone... but then again, so can subtractive EQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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