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EQs are a must-have in almost every audio situation. Musicians use them on their pedalboards to change their sound. Live sounds engineers use them to clean up problem frequencies and match their system to the space they’re in. Recording engineers and mix engineers use them in the studio for both clean up and coloration.
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Your EQ is a Swiss army knife when it comes to making things work in the mix. On their own, EQs are capable of taming harsh frequencies, boosting under-represented bands and all kinds of other issues that can plague a particular sound (or group of sounds). Your EQ equalizes the playing field between various instruments. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
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As mixers and engineers, we get paid to sweat the small stuff. We listen for minute details in a recording that might not be immediately apparent to a listener, or even the musician playing their instrument. We strive to make everything polished and professional, from the clarity of the mix to the pocketing of our instruments. But if you’re not paying attention to your master fader, that just might be where it’s all falling apart.
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A chug is a guttural, bass-heavy sound. It doesn’t necessarily step on the toes of the bass guitar in your mix, but it walks that fine line between the low end and the mid range. A lot of beginners and self-recording musicians want a good chug, but few are able to achieve it without a thorough understanding of common mix techniques.
