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sub eqing tips anyone?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:55 pm
by dub man warrior
just having few problems with my sub distorting any have any eqing tips i usualy push my sub at 50hz to about 135 hz
any advices would be helpfull
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:58 pm
by james fox
personally i hardly ever boost my EQ at all.
if you are having problems with your sub distorting then i would suggest hi passing everything else in your track (even things like hi hats) to make room for the sub. then you won't get build ups in a certain frequency range that will cause clipping.
audio clip would help too
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:17 pm
by FSTZ1
less is more
turn down your mix
cut off the low freq's for EVERYTHING but your bass
and dont go crazy with your EQ
it's also a possibility your monitors / speakers / headphones are blown so render your best mix and listen on other speakers
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:14 pm
by fiziks
james and fstz are right on. highpassing or low cutting everything that isn't your sub is crucial. A spectral analyzer is an absolute necessity while doing this. Some DAW's have them built in and there is a really good free one out there by Roger Nichols.
As fstz stated, your cans or monitors maybe distorting, not the track.
Also, 135 seems a little high for subs man. That's right around where your kick should be hitting. My subs are always under 100. It's possible your kick and sub are clashing. Like I said, spectral analyzer. Then you can see exactly where everything is sitting and what's spiking possibly causing distortion.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:32 pm
by FSTZ1
on a related note...
I started running a LPF on my sub and with the Q at juuust the right freq...
INSTANT BANGIN SUB BASS!
I wish I could show you the curve, but I'm at work...
and the sub police might come after me for giving away guarded secrets
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:36 pm
by dub man warrior
big ups to every all the wisdom has helped alot
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:25 pm
by Sharmaji
lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:36 pm
by black lotus
+1 on lowpass.. around 100hz
also, TURN IT DOWN. just because you have trouble hearing it doesn't mean it's not there. if you put that shit on a bangin system with good subs, i guarantee you will hear that low end especially if the system has a good x-over.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:38 pm
by fiziks
TeReKeTe wrote:lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.
lowpass the sub that is. not your tune man.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:05 pm
by FSTZ1
fiziks wrote:TeReKeTe wrote:lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.
lowpass the sub that is. not your tune man.
HAHA!!!
I can see the responses of someone that didn't already understand that
"all I got was this low rumble"
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:57 pm
by black lotus
FSTZ wrote:fiziks wrote:TeReKeTe wrote:lopass and don't do fuckall else to it.
lowpass the sub that is. not your tune man.
HAHA!!!
I can see the responses of someone that didn't already understand that
"all I got was this low rumble"
"yo i make bass music"