If you had only two bands to equalize, what would you do?

[Excelsior]

That's the situation I may be in with my attenuator. I'm adding simple EQ controls (2 band) and I need to know what frequencies you guys would split it at?

 

I want a bass eq and a treble EQ portion, what Frequencies (in KHz) would you do?

 

I can do:

 

Treble at any frequency

+9dB

+6dB

+3dB

0

-3dB

-6dB

-9dB

 

Same goes for bass.

 

So, if you only had two bands, how would you split them up?

[Excelsior]

Well, anyone?

[Seth Carmody]

Well, my Para EQ has the bass from 20-400HZ and the treble from 1k-16kHz...

Though with a guitar you could probably raise the bass to 100Hz-400Hz or something...

[seifukusha]

Originally posted by Seth Carmody Well, my Para EQ has the bass from 20-400HZ and the treble from 1k-16kHz... Though with a guitar you could probably raise the bass to 100Hz-400Hz or something...

 

 

good thread. i like it. real food for thought, but seth took my answer! the guitar is really middy, raising the treble could be annoying so mid highs and the bass sound decent (if your amp doesnt have a presence knob) I tend to be purist with my guitars, i take them as they are (makes it more fun to try out other ones!) but on my pearl overdrive, Ill raise the bass sometimes wheni throw the dirt on, makes it sound like its exploding (if thats what you want)

[ssslayer]

For me the most important EQ controls are mids.

I would put two of them centering the spectrum at:

1. 500 Hz - for warmth and fullness
2. 800 Hz - for honkiness/scooped metal tone



Otherwise:
Bass - anything from 100 to 150Hz
Treble - anything from 2500 to 3500 Hz

(not really necessary) Presence - 5000 - 6000 - (10000?) Hz.

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by ssslayer For me the most important EQ controls are mids. I would put two of them centering the spectrum at: 1. 500 Hz - for warmth and fullness 2. 800 Hz - for honkiness/scooped metal tone Otherwise: Bass - anything from 100 to 150Hz Treble - anything from 2500 to 3500 Hz (not really necessary) Presence - 5000 - 6000 - (10000?) Hz.

Well, the thing about attenuation is [supposedly] that at lower volumes the treble/bass part is the only hard part to hear,or one is usually mismatched [high amount of treble to a lack of bass]. Hence, the THD Hotplate doesn't have any boost for the mids.

The caps/inductors will only amplify/boost from one value up or down.

Also, due to feasibility, I'm going to only be able to boost or reduce one dB setting. So this is what I'm thinking, tell me if it's decent enough:

Bass Boost: 0-400Hz:
+6dB
0dB
-6dB

Bass Cut: 0-400Hz:
+6dB
0dB
-6dB

Treble Boost: 1KHz+
+6dB
0dB
-6dB

Treble cut: 1KHz+
+6dB
0dB
-6dB

Think I should go with something less drastic for the dB values?

Again, remember, this is ONLY for some fine tuining after attenuating the signal from an amplifier. The amplifier will still have an equalizer on it that I can use, or something from the effects loop

This is just for some rough balancing, if something is seriously off: e.g., way too much treble coming through.

[PhallOut]

from my understanding of EQ if i could only have 2 bands i would choose 250 hz and 800 hz the 'meat and bones'.

can we have a roll off too? rool off at 65hz and 10k so you dont get washy noises i woudlnt just chose 2 bands if i couldnt have rolloff

[ssslayer]

I guess it OK, as per your set-up.

But remember the frequencies around 1KHz are neither guitar mids nor treble.

They sound very much like listening to guitar over a telephone or AM radio.

Dunno if you would really want it.

How about having a wide treble range doing from 1000 to 3500 Hz?

with the +-6dB