EQ Explained - Sound Basics with Stella Episode 2

What is EQ? When and why do we use it? How can it change the sound of a single instrument or a full mix? Watch audio engineer Stella Gotshtein explain the importance of EQ in audio mixing. Watch all episodes: www.waves.com/tag/sound-basic...
This is the second episode of Sound Basics with Stella, a series of videos about the very basics of sound engineering and music production, hosted by musician, sound engineer and producer Stella Gotshtein. Stay tuned for the next episodes, and if there are any topics you’d like to see covered, let us know in the comments!
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[@unknowna7114]

her voice is sooooooo pleasing to hear

[@MrImportantperson]

She used EQ to make it sound so pleasant :p

[@AbelTorres1]

She’s pleasant to look at.

[@airbornemike380]

I agree with you but I think the magic ingredient is the cute european accept. Overall, perfect combination, cute face, cute voice and very good and informative content.

[@pauls064]

@@airbornemike380 Israeli, not European

[@mayssamhadhbi8897]

@@MrImportantpersonong I thought of the exact same thing

[@BookooZenny]

What a terrifically clear & informative basic tutorial!

[@mejustbeingme1207]

Stella is definitely my new teacher. She's calm, doesn't talk too fast, straight to the point. Most of these teachers on youtube are cool funny and all but sometimes you want to feel like you're in a class room where you trust that your teacher will help you get it. This is Stella for you. Whoever dislike her method and preferred commedy sessions is not serious about mastering the arts of music

[@ciaracorr6015]

such a well done series thank you from one female engineer to another!

[@Gay-rh7yz]

Lol nah

[@ankitkhadka38]

@@Gay-rh7yz 😂

[@BehindTheBush96]

Angry incel alert.

[@insurancesailors]

Every thing is ok....on its place.....but STELLA.........herself is very beautiful piece of MELODY.....which we can hear for life

[@artbluevibe6629]

Im in love..... Never stop these series,: very professional and Awesome!!!! Waves - give her the raise!

[@charliewayne220]

This Sound Basics series is exactly what I needed. I've always fucked around with different settings and knobs when making my own music, looking up specific tutorials if I wanted to do a specific thing without necessarily understanding why it should be done. But I was too intimidated to actually sit down and learn the basics. This is completely reshaping how I'll approach mixing going forward. Thank you.

[@gabehinman6917]

We greatly appreciate your easy-to-understand lessons. Thank you Stella!

[@a3s1r1986]

I just understood more about EQ from this video than I have from asking questions over the last 20 years. I just gotta learn the part where I adjust it to get the best out of my listening experience. Thank You!

[@HansGreen]

even though i know most of these basics and played with them for a while, i still want to watch all these episodes, because you explain so clearly that it shapes even clearer the knowledge i already posses. thank you so much!

[@musheershaikhind]

Thank you very much, you made lot of things very easier to understand, I have watched tons of videos but none of them were so easier in explaining basics, you got very good graphics, Please keep posting the basics of Audio editing, thanks once again.

[@awesome5990]

Your voice is music and your videos, movies! You are just... Wow! thanks Stella.

[@ricardush2982]

I could watch these videos all day.

[@pontius.]

5 seconds in, i like her

[@potatopotato3284]

@kiyonexus ohhh someone wasn't paying attention to the video ;)

[@pudeongi]

All these videos are so helpful omg

[@nwaowav]

this is best series ever, thank you so much.

[@Elodian]

Excellent videos Stella. We need more from you!

[@eduardosarmiento8985]

You explain everything so good!!! Thank you for sharing your work is greatly appreciated!!!

[@tarinojunior6462]

I like your enthusiam Stella, You explain really Good with your smile. Can't get enough of you!

[@jameshutchins7042]

I learn more in 5 mins with her then in most of these 30 40 min tutorials. This woman is awesome!!

[@davidr1719]

cap

[@Sykologist_Music]

Wow Stella, you do such a great job at making everything easy to grasp. I wish I had been taught like this when I first started learning about audio engineering. The instructors were very technical that I barely understood when they were talking about. I'll definitely adapt to your way of explaining things, and perhaps use your videos for the workshops I'll be having soon. I'll follow you on social media and everything.

[@unkelsmoove4173]

STELLA YOUR AWESOME. GREAT TUTORIAL. THE BEST I'VE HEARD ONLINE IN REGARDS TO THE BASICS. VERY IMPRESSED. THANKS

[@amorx36]

im taking notes thank you much. I love that you also trying to explained it and at the same time demo it for us. :D

[@fsands69]

you summarized it so good. Thanks!

[@nikolamirosavic7548]

Thank you so much! You explain so good, and also you are great educator.

i think many beginners will be very happy about these videos. Well done!

[@taiyabkamaal681]

Simple and easily understandable. Thank you!

[@pmoney8701]

Simple and straight to the point❤️

[@alteredanimesh]

I love the way you talk and thanks for the lesson. Love you Maam

[@pavankumar-hk1ch]

I have not heard such a beautiful voice quite for a while. Amazing 😍

[@emmahattesohl1382]

Thanks for making this information so accessible!

[@pariasfolkpunk7892]

Awesome series, thanks a million!

[@marc_leblanc]

Stella got her groove back with some EQ. 😁

[@izio4408]

Thank you so much, this was super helpful

[@fletchermusician3365]

Stella you are just wonderful and I'm always learning.. thank you for this video :-)

[@josiahmurdoch4829]

Best music production video on KZbin

[@glorian4339]

Thank you so much, Stella. Could you cover compression next time?! Thanks in advance!

[@waves]

Yep, already in the works :)

[@ijyoyo]

Thank you ! Very useful explanation and has me excited to discover more about this!!!

[@bathmountainnewtestamentch3352]

I really appreciate your videos, they are very detail and easy to follow. Your a very great teacher

[@tnegit]

That was amazing, thank you so much

[@rollandjoeseph]

This was a perfect👌 basic explanation of what I was looking for, you've earned a new sub, thx !!

[@nahomjosi7762]

thanks for your clear and to the point tutorial stella GOD bless you

[@kozzak80]

Love your tutorials- plain language, minimum technobuble. Like and subscription.

[@maylightbewithyou]

This is very helpful. Thank you!

[@thebarf9235]

Stella you've made a perfect series for beginners. More please. Other instructors appear not to understand that beginners need even the most basic concepts and tools explained to them. They too often seem to assume the beginning pupil has some understanding of audio mixing that he or she does not yet possess.

[@Themaine44]

WELL SAID!

[@SuperSamsosa]

Finally sth a beginner can understand. Thx

[@LoveKayee]

love the way you teach!

[@nitinmistry6280]

very clear explanation. Thank you so much.

[@michaelkelly6583]

Thank you Stella, much appreciated. I really like how you took to time to use specific instruments and adjust their EQ so we could hear the differences. Like Glorian below, I'd love to hear your take on compression. EQ may be the most basic tools for sculpting sound, but compression is one of the most difficult to master - at least for me. Cheers.

[@cassinaus]

Thankyou for these videos, I've been a music lover person but only recently discovered my curiosity for wanting to create it and I know next to nothing about the basics of sound so i'm starting from the beginning.

[@lucypurvis2757]

That was awesome. I learned a lot.

[@Evil_moorthy]

Loud and Clear !

[@Gordman]

This was really good, thank you!

[@TheMasterDan7]

Very well explained. Thanks.

[@rahuldevlenka505]

Thanks for this awesome explanation of Equalizer

[@jagdishyadav667]

Best lesson of my life

[@tomvoh]

Excellently put! Thanks

[@gabebarmerii]

You’re the best teacher

[@philiaanaclet730]

Thank you very much for the tutorial.

[@bethskillings4992]

Got a music gig tech rehearsal today, really needed this 😅

[@DawidWoot]

Beautifully explained.

[@williamb6845]

very clear. Thanks!

[@bboymac84]

Well done girl!! Loved it!

[@albertscheichstein4242]

it never hurts from time to time to come back to the basics!

[@KikoMarinho]

Loved these tutorials.

[@hlqa7938]

Stella's delivery is robotic, yet I love it!

[@dylantaylor422]

Definitely a great period of instruction man she teaches better then instructors 🤣🤣

[@lianbaite1995]

excellent learning material. thanks a lot

[@weedeeohguy]

Amazing information!

[@thabangmoswetsi9757]

Learnt a lot , thank you

[@utilisateur166]

It was a very good tuto we have to see more like this on internet

[@kaushikkhan7104]

thank you nicely explained !

[@oswalddehnert7691]

you're awesome! I learned a lot

[@cooliefm3528]

Stella holds a great episode on this waves audio channel. I wish that she could demonstrate using the techniques she shows to mix vocals on a premixed beat, or a video of that sort could be done

[@julianvargas9978]

Very informative video thank you!

[@imashishraj]

Really informative . Much love from india 🇮🇳❤️

[@ancientbeing3161]

Thank you for this knowledge

[@perrypelican9476]

Don't stop making videos. Your popularity will grow at a great rate.

[@alanamartin7]

Excellent explanation.

[@edouardphilippe5271]

waww you're gonna make my dream come through. my journey as a mixer starts today. thanks keep up with the good work.

[@montylemon9445]

How's it going?

[@robmlisanti]

Stella is Steller!! :) thank you

[@WynnBastianelli]

LOVE THIS

[@EllyValentini]

this sounds like butter 👏

[@sircalifosterthefirst1898]

Excellent!

[@satyaofficial07]

Nicely explained...thanku

[@Questary]

This is amazing

[@pmtv1gh219]

new subscriber, i love ur presentation. GOD BLESS U

[@Zyswest]

this vid made me hyper aware of how hard i smack my keys on my keyboard lmao. but awesome video, thx

[@murayakimani1359]

That was too short ! I was really getting into the explanation. Thank you so much !

[@4ashtek]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@makingwavesproductions]

I wanna see how to make my music more colorful please! Amazing video, I learned a lot.

[@moapellegrinipersson435]

This was way easier to understand than my uni books, haha!

[@HAPfilm]

love Stela tutorials - please cover all De Essers , Gane , attack , release , different between aux, bus, send etc as I can not see any better tutorials on the internet except you

[@imthimode3085]

FANTASTIC

[@jordanwoods7272]

What is distortion? I feel like I have an idea of it based on what I've heard, but I feel I am lacking in true understanding. Thank you for making this video. It was very clear and concise and made me finally have an 'aha' moment when it comes to understanding sound!

[@davidmukalazi]

Thanks you Stella

[@phongpagong]

Subscribed for the bangs!

[@enochernandezls]

Estela! Muy buen video!

[@thinkofparis]

I think Timbre is pronounced like Tam-Bur. I only know because I said it incorrectly for years. 1:33

Adam Neely loves making fun of that quite common mistake :D

[@rohan6780]

really helpful