From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016121200504966174-email@nowherecom...   
      
   On 2016-12-11 23:09:47 +0000, Ouisie said:   
      
   > Right. Things are never gonna be all neat and crisp as far as overlapping   
   > tho.  We did this a lot when I was doing studio work. It's amazing how   
   > much low end you can chop off a guitar track before you notice it  - while   
   > the whole song is playing !   
      
   Not only that, but the fact is that when playing with other instruments and   
   voices, you really don't Need much low end.   
   Now on the other hand, if you're solo, or a duo, it's a very good idea to   
   have as full a spectrum as possible because not only will you not be   
   competing with other instruments, you'll need the richer sound that would   
   otherwise be provided by an entire band.   
   That's what I'm up against right now, I've got my piano eq'd very nicely,   
   lots of deep, rich bass with some really nice 'crisp' mids, and nice   
   'tinkling' highs, because I'll be playing our first duo gig and because mine   
   will be the only instrument that plays specific notes and chords, I'll have   
   to play it in such a way as to make our Music sound as full as possible,   
   which is a *very* *demanding* style because the playing is far more involved   
   than it would be with a band, a real challenge...such as playing what would   
   usually be melody notes using full chords while walking the bass notes   
   around, and singing lead, harmony, or other backing vocals all at the same   
   time.   
      
   > Of course that eq would be easy to hear in isolation.  But in the mix, it   
   > wasn't hearable as any sort of a loss, it just cleaned things up. Kinda   
   > cool.   
      
   When playing together, there is no isolation, so no problem!   
      
   > Even our little Mackie mixers we use live have a 75 Hz high pass filter   
   > button on the mic channels.  Push that in, get rid of all sorts of low   
   > rumbly garbage coming in thru the vocal mics.  I engage those all the   
   > time, as a matter of habit.   
      
   jim   
      
   That's cool! Who needs those lows on the vocals? But I still prefer 1/3   
   octave band eq - it's pretty Awesome!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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