EQ in the system
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: EQ in the system
I don’t. To me, a guitar rig is for creating music. It is free from the burden of having to replicate a prerecorded musical signal with high fidelity. It’s the source of the musical sound. Whatever I want it to sound like is what it’s supposed to sound like.
I don’t. To me, a guitar rig is for creating music. It is free from the burden of having to replicate a prerecorded musical signal with high fidelity. It’s the source of the musical sound. Whatever I want it to sound like is what it’s supposed to sound like.
Dave Locher
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Re: EQ in the system
I second that: I used eq to add more of what I liked and take away a bit of what I disliked. Took me maybe 15 minutes to nail the settings, marked them, and didn't change them until I switched to a different style of music. It is correct when it sounds right.
I second that: I used eq to add more of what I liked and take away a bit of what I disliked. Took me maybe 15 minutes to nail the settings, marked them, and didn't change them until I switched to a different style of music. It is correct when it sounds right.
eclecticsynergy
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Re: EQ in the system
Are we talking about a guitar rig or a PA system?
Sound systems carry a fuller frequency range so generally flatter is better. Not so with guitar amps.
Are we talking about a guitar rig or a PA system?
Sound systems carry a fuller frequency range so generally flatter is better. Not so with guitar amps.
Re: EQ in the system
Thanks Mincer.
Unlike my family room where I have a lot of acoustical treatments and run everything through two Equitech 2kva balanced power transformers my little guitar room has tremble acoustics.
I am going to look at another room in the house to see if I can set it up the way I want.
Thanks Mincer.
Unlike my family room where I have a lot of acoustical treatments and run everything through two Equitech 2kva balanced power transformers my little guitar room has tremble acoustics.
I am going to look at another room in the house to see if I can set it up the way I want.
devastone
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devastone
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Re: EQ in the system
Way overthinking IMHO, that will tell me if my guitar sounds good?
Sorry, being a little sarcastic, no, I would never analyze the frequency response of my guitar, it sounds good or it doesn't. If I was trying to design a speaker simulator, which I have thought about, it might be worth doing, but I would want to do that in a soundproof studio, not my house (definitely not my house!).
Way overthinking IMHO, that will tell me if my guitar sounds good?
Sorry, being a little sarcastic, no, I would never analyze the frequency response of my guitar, it sounds good or it doesn't. If I was trying to design a speaker simulator, which I have thought about, it might be worth doing, but I would want to do that in a soundproof studio, not my house (definitely not my house!).
eclecticsynergy
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Re: EQ in the system
25 years ago I had a real time analyzer in my guitar rack, but it was only there because I had two empty spaces to fill and it looked cool onstage. I never tweaked my tones based on the readings, not even once. Frequency analysis is for tuning PA systems and studio control rooms & monitors.
EQ before gain can be used to manipulate drive character. And post/master EQ can be useful if a soundspace is very freaky - like the occasional stage with weird sound anomalies or the OPs terrible sounding guitar room. Even in those cases, I'd rely on my ears rather than measurements of frequency response.
25 years ago I had a real time analyzer in my guitar rack, but it was only there because I had two empty spaces to fill and it looked cool onstage. I never tweaked my tones based on the readings, not even once. Frequency analysis is for tuning PA systems and studio control rooms & monitors.
EQ before gain can be used to manipulate drive character. And post/master EQ can be useful if a soundspace is very freaky - like the occasional stage with weird sound anomalies or the OPs terrible sounding guitar room. Even in those cases, I'd rely on my ears rather than measurements of frequency response.
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: EQ in the system
Well, isn’t that enough?
Well, isn’t that enough?
Demanic
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Re: EQ in the system
Repeatedly.
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Well, yes. With my ears.
Repeatedly.
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: EQ in the system
You can certainly use an EQ pedal in your guitar rig without knowing or caring how the whole thing measures in room. I use mine as fancy tone controls, to try to achieve a particular sound, or to make it a little less this and a little more that. It’s just a tweak-to-taste process.
You can certainly use an EQ pedal in your guitar rig without knowing or caring how the whole thing measures in room. I use mine as fancy tone controls, to try to achieve a particular sound, or to make it a little less this and a little more that. It’s just a tweak-to-taste process.
