3 Critical EQ MISTAKES In Metal Mixing That Doom Your Mix (+ Bonus EQ Tip)

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How many times have you searched on KZbin for something like the "best EQ settings for metal?" You're already cutting yourself off at the knees.
Avoiding EQ errors in metal is essential not only in metal genres, but in any genre. The best EQ settings for metal are always going to be what your song needs in that particular moment. Conversely, the best EQ settings might be the exact opposite of that KZbin tutorial you just watched, so what to do?
This video will truly be a metal mixing EQ guide that will help you grow your skills as a mixer because you won't continue to make these common EQ issues in metal, or whatever genre you are working on.
Here are some critical EQ mistakes in mixing metal and some metal mixing EQ tips to help you avoid them.
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00:00 - HOW?! WHY?!
00:19 - Not for you IF...
00:40 - EQ Mistake #1
02:38 - EQ Mistake #2
06:03 - EQ Mistake #3
07:19 - EQ Tip When Mixing Metal (Or Any Genre)
08:49 - HOW Do I Improve?!
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[@musicjustice9330]

Awesome video like last Saturday Workshop ! For the ones who didn’t saw it ! Buy it now! You will not regret it! 🤘🏻

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Thank you!

[@leearmitage]

Great tips, and the workshop is worth every penny

[@Slugcoil]

Great Video! I always enjoy your content. Saturday's Workshop was amazing btw... even though I was late!

[@CCL1603]

The 3rd one has definitely tripped me over in the past, good video!

[@Tonepusher]

GREAT video again, very very good tips and can be applied to multiple genre.

[@PrimaryReasonsOfficial]

Thanks, Scott! Appreciate the honesty that always comes from your videos. Do you think you would ever do a video (or series) on how to program MIDI bass to sound as real/human as one would want from song-to-song, album-to-album? Loved the way you teach within the 'Mixing your first metal song', as well as the programming midi drums course. Thanks, as always!

[@ChrisThegodless603]

Thanks for taking about your play back environment. One thing I learned the hard way !

[@ChernobylAudio666]

We all did, unfortunately!

[@timwilson30]

Number three is definitely me, I have a tendency to sweep like that. I think the only thing that saves me a little bit in that situation is that my ear is usually already locked into what I don't like and I'm just sweeping to pinpoint it. But you're right, jacked up that high everything sounds bad LOL Also number one. I watched your video about the room correction software and one of these days I really want to try that.

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Doing the frequency sweeping thing is like a rite of passage almost haha

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That reverse warlock is so badass

[@CoreyHunter]

I bought the Slate VSX headphones platinum. My levels are getting better.

[@darraghcannon6689]

This is how someone educates you on how to do things, Scott is a diamond of knowledge in a world of coal.

[@aheadofmetal]

Hot take: Once you start seriously using references, you start to realize how masking works, you see what acceptable amounts actually are, and you start to anticipate your own tendencies. For example, I know that love low mids (too much) in my guitar tracks and so I need to watch that against my snare fundamental and bass...

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Wouldn't call that a hot take at all, but just #FaxBro, well said

[@aheadofmetal]

@@ChernobylAudio666 ha ha. My personal war against 200-400hz has become a real game-changer for me lately. I'm finding there are actually WAY less moves needed if i stay extra aware of where the fundamentals of each track are landing. Take care of those... and everything else is (mostly) just taste.

[@PooNinja]

I’m not as knowledgeable but I know the boxy sound on guitar is typically a build up of mids around 2khz. This was super helpful in understanding what frequencies get freeky and why.

[@ChernobylAudio666]

And also around 2kHz is where you can push the guitar in other mixes to make them more 'upfront' and 'louder' in a mix, if that's what you'd need to do... isn't mixing fun!? 😂

[@PooNinja]

@@ChernobylAudio666 unlimited variables ahhh every situation is different but somehow the same!?! Serenity now!

[@Durkhead]

​@@PooNinja you gotta look at it like a scale you may need to lower some freq so others will stand out

[@ChernobylAudio666]

@@Durkhead Great point

[@truckguy3]

There is nothing “boxy” about 2k. Boxyness is the 350-500hz area, there’s no other way to describe this mud zone.

[@joristimmermans5058]

I knew where you were going with the frequency sweeping immediately.... Been there, done that... "why does EVERYTHING sound bad now?"

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Drove me nuts, seriously, unfortunately it took me way longer to figure out why... embarrased to admit that one, lol

[@Todzuum]

Recipes people should know , well maybe it’s not a recipe , but knowing what eq moves do to specific items in a mix. Descriptions like snappy or punchy . Because then you can know If you want that ingredient. Theirs the word, ingredient.

[@ChernobylAudio666]

Yes, when you study the frequency spectrum and the various instruments, you begin to learn like, "Oh, okay, in this section of the midrange, the snare is often honky", and then you can hear it, associate that section with that sound, and then bam. :) It doesn't matter if the snare is tuned to 200Hz or 240Hz, you'll know what a h0nkh0nk is.

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Missed steaks are also a terrible thing! 😂

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It's a bummer when that happens =(

[@Durkhead]

I think im the king of derp on guitar

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I'm right behind you lol

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