Some Nutter Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I thought I'd write a little trick I've found that the match EQ can be used for, im sure you purest will be horrified at its stupidity, but i've gotten some good results with it. So what do i do. Well, apart from matching two sounds to get them sounding similar, you can also use it to cut out one tracks frequencies, say vocals, out of anothers, say drums, to give it more room and make it stand out more. Step 1: Put the Match EQ on the required track that you want to reduce conflicting frequencies out of. Step 2: In the top right hand corner choose in side chain box the track you want to stand out more. Step 3: Click the learn button under template and leave it playing for a while so Match EQ gets a good idea of frequencies. Step 4: Now skip the next step that you normally do with Match EQ of learning current material and click match. Step 5: Turn down Apply to a negative value. (I never go passed -10 as it is quite sever, but do too taste.) Step 6 Variables to apply to taste. -----I find it handy to click the little triangle in the bottom left hand corner and click on fade extremes. You find that it cuts a lot around the bottom and top of the frequency chart. -----Smoothing is something i turn all the way down to 0 as this gives a much more complex frequeny map. Anyway give it a go and see what you think. ----- Ohh Ohh Heres an exeption. I have somnetimes done the oppisite to good effect. I found that when trying to get my guitar to cut through a bass line that sometimes it pays to have apply in the postive value and exentuate the same frequencies in the bass as the guitar. Hope this helps someone. I had to post something after all the good help i have got on here. So thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMKid Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Wow, thats a dirty trick! I love it! I just used it on a mix that I was having trouble getting the bass guitar to come out from hiding. Thanks! Little extra note: I used it after my channel strip eq that I had already used one the track. Seems to work great. Didn't have to loose the main feeling I was getting from the bass. I was able to make it pretty subtle. Very neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwlkr Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Good LORD! This actually worked! Thanks so much for this tip! I just used it and it worked great. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagen Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Cool tip!! Is there a way to copy the "final" settings into the Channel EQ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillo jr Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice. Just tried this on some BGs that the lead vocalist sang. Works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinloops Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice one. Thank you for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenwolf Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 great tip .... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrodouche Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Very cool handy trick, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javamad Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Way to go!! Saved a mix in 5 minutes Like you said though .. not to be over used (-10 is a good level not to go beyond ) as the playback on different sound systems can exaggerate the effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enertron Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 awesome! quick question... say i have one midi track that i want to put the match eq on, but the vocals are on 2 different audio tracks. should i put 2 "Match EQ" plugins on the same track, one for each side chain? or will the matched eq from the first sidechain also be applied to the 2nd track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinloops Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I would sum the two vocal tracks by sending them both to an auxiliary bus (both to same bus). Then you can use this bus as the sidechain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enertron Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 gotcha, i ended up putting separate Match EQ plugins on the same track and automating them on and off at the corresponding sections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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