Hihats part 2: EQ & processing essentials

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[@tbag419]

I like the sceintific aproach and not focused on music theroy and if its music theory its techno stuff. He understands music is not just scales and nice mode changes. I dig it

[@TomaszRykala]

@@ErlingGrey unlike the hihat processing

[@Krung0401]

Agreed! I’ve learned a lot from this fella.

[@DKH712]

@@benhall2235 nah you gotta read it in context. Better than other videos trying to do the same thing. Even more context: that I know of. But why write all of that out when most people just understand what you mean?

[@MarkWiseTechno]

I just applied that notch EQ technique in a song I've been struggling to get sounding how I want. Instantly made my hats sound 10x better. Then I decided to give it a try on my ride and crashes, and it instantly made those sound 10x better. Then I thought maybe this could be applied to the high-end on a snare, and it instantly made the snare 100x cleaner and cut through the mix twice as well with barely any volume adjustment required. And now with all the highs being so much cleaner, the entire mix sounds levelled up with hardly any adjustment to the other parts. Game changer! Thank you!

[@SunlightOfTheSpirit]

Then you listened to it the next day and it was destroyed 😂

[@R3BBiT]

On 909 hihats in particular, I actually like to leave the 1,5k area untouched. Thats where that iconic 909 open hihat tone lives! Love the videos, not too complicated and just the info we need to make great music ❤

[@nobbystyles4807]

this has to be one of the best channels ive seen on here and ive been making music for a long time. if you are just getting into making your own music i would stay with this channel its incredible the detail and how clearly he explains stuff. top marks!

[@OscarUnderdog]

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[@samkenny3075]

Agree

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[@MikaD7]

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[@OscarUnderdog]

😭🧡 true words, thank you!

[@DavidFromOuterSpace]

small tip when using Ableton's EQ Eight, especially when processing hihats: right click the top of the device where it says "EQ Eight" and tick "enable oversampling" to prevent aliasing :)

[@lespieces]

Absolutely David. I saved the eq8 as default with oversampling enabled, so every eq8 I load anywhere in Ableton already has this function enabled, for ever.

[@justingoers]

Thanks for reminding me of this tip. I had totally forgotten this EQ has oversampling!!!

[@thomasdeserville]

What is aliasing please - I am new to this...

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

​@@lespiecesyou want to get out of that habit mate or your sound will not develop.

[@franco.cordini]

Dark hi hat sounds awesome to me! ❤️

[@milanosde]

Excellent tips Oscar! You are the best teacher!

[@SamMcEwin]

This tip just transformed a track I was working on today. Thank you Oscar I too am very grateful for your videos. You’re a great teacher and a skilled producer. Many thanks!

[@steevitt6079]

simply the best!thank you

[@electricmoon5402]

Thanks for your channel. My tunes are improving, and your tutorials give me places and ideas to start carving my sound! Thanks again Oscar.

[@patkelly8309]

Hats in general have such a profound effect on a track. A small change in pattern can drastically change the groove whilst a small EQ change, as you demonstrated so effectively here, can totally transform the tone of any track. Nice one.

[@groomy88]

Outstanding.

[@elwazaraza]

Amazing as always. Best teacher ever….

[@josepam0]

WOW! So cool! Thank you for those tutorials! My hi hats sound so nice now! go go go THNX

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[@OscarUnderdog]

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[@OscarUnderdog]

Talk about a quick response 🐩💎I appreciate you.

[@pieterborgh8895]

You are the best Techno tutorial guy I've found and I've watched and looked for them all! You explain things so beautifully, cut through the bull and it feels like your exposing the secrets all the pro's don't want us to know. Thank you so much!

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[@RafFender-Official]

Very usefull, some things i've learned and forgot with the time and how good it is to polish the hats ☝👍👌 very well explained.

[@RhefleX]

This is a good tutorial I feel like most people just throw hi hats on Do a low cut on them and push the frequencies. Cutting out those peaks then do a slight broad eq boost to make them brighter or darker depending on your vibe is very smooth. Then adding the reverb will definitely use these tips in my productions. Thank you

[@matthiaszahler1356]

I just gave this a try! I couldn't imagine that this makes such big difference. Unbelievable! Thank you!

[@alexmoore3051]

I’ve seen this technique done on other channels, but never quite explained with the same complexity or depth of knowledge as you’ve done here. Thank you underdog music school! Thank you oscar!

[@QubeX2]

Thanks, your content is absolutely awesome!!

[@thechampollion]

Man you are absolutely the best ever videomaker teaching anything related to music/audio. Thanks a lot!

[@OscarUnderdog]

Whoa haha. Thanks 😁❤⚡

[@MrEmmzo]

I subscribe to the general feeling in here, absolutely amazing content, clear explanations, nothing boring, such a great teacher, nothing I`ve seen on YT so far. You have rekindled my love for music production after I quit some time ago, because it felt too much information, while I couldn`t understand so much of the basics. Your style of taking it from the simplest things and building it up in a natural flow helped me understand so much stuff I was using blindly. I hope you get the recognition you deserve and go over a million subs, I wish you luck and I hope you will bless us with more knowledge.

[@DEEP_PRACTICE]

I had heard about notching before, but was hesitant to touch it as I heard a counter argument that you could be battling against your room acoustics rather than the sound itself, but I went to my headphones and tried this method, and I actually was blown away when I A/B after notching and altering the overall tonal dynamic after notching too. Night and day. Thank-you!

[@o0converge0o]

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[@OscarUnderdog]

Love that :)

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[@OscarUnderdog]

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[@OscarUnderdog]

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[@unitedspaceoffunkadelica6595]

Again, another great tutorial!

[@Georgemelhem]

lovin your videos papa thanks for all the info!

[@dinovolare]

Thanks for the Hi-Hat content. Clearly to the point. You have the gift to explain things, it helped me so much. Luv it.

[@brendanmetz2306]

idk why, but I always find the best mixing tutorials come from electronic musicians

[@symbioticsystems]

Mostly due to the tools available. you dont see techno being writen in protools. Although i would prefer to see some of these tutorials take the analog desk eq->send send approach for some things as it will give a more consistant feeling of space and save on a tonne of CPU.

[@samlonde]

Excellent, as usual. Thanks

[@jessiedols1]

Thank you so much for all of this information, you have no idea how much this means to us artists!

[@juangrobasgonzalez8380]

I´m not totally agre especially with te notching resonance becouse it kills the esence of the 909 hihat, if you use to create other hihat based on this it´s ok but for mixing, I think you have to be less drastic

[@TheTech1991]

I noticed this as well only solution I found was to lower the gain instead of notching out ressonant frequencies

[@jjkklop]

Couldn't agree more. Can be helpful technique but was wayyyyy overdone in the video.

[@TheOfficialDamefame]

I absolutely agree. The phasing using you receive from this sorry of technique is not worth it.

[@Graincatcher]

Pure gold! Thanks for the knowledge and offering a much needed and well-rounded hi-hat tutorial. Love the level of detail you go into

[@fano72]

High end class here! Always a pleasure to watch.

[@slippyg]

Bro have you done a Fab Filter tutorial? You explain things very clearly.

[@physixz5732]

This is a fantastic tutorial. Really blown away by how consistent you are. Thank you.

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Dang I really needed this video

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[@OscarUnderdog]

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[@zbronstein3901]

Loving these in-depth series on core elements. I really appreciate that you separate sound design and composition. Very stoked for your videos on snare/claps.

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I'm a plus on the comments here,this channel is showing the most valuable things i learn during years of producing music...top content 👌

[@OscarUnderdog]

Thanks Romi :)

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Loving those tutorials, keep rolling !

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[@producedby3am344]

ive been trying to get hi hats right for years and you just took my game to the next level thank you!! subbed

[@vicioussuspicious894]

Fawk, I was aware of the peak eqing, but this tutorial brings it to another level. Pure gold

[@Modude5]

Thank you very much , very helpful

[@mattkaz9604]

Your videos are great. Lots of YT tutorials seem a bit dubious but yours are evidently good info.

[@Barfunkel]

Really good tutorials, watched many of them this weekend. They offer something for beginners but every tutorial has something useful for more advanced producers as well. Often stuff you kinda know already, but don't really pay attention or stuff you do sort of randomly instead of a good reason and logic. The few hours I just spent made me level up as a house producer. Thanks!

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[@mr_smellnice5724]

Mate, another great explanation - thanks for giving these away for free!

[@TeleCS]

Simply Thank You so much for your time in making these awesome tutorials. Brilliant!

[@Mclennnan]

I find the eq method you use actually creates those peak frequencies. I like to turn on the speaker icon of the eq and rather than push the eq band up I pull it down and move slowly from left to right. You will hear the troublesome frequencies pop out and sond like feedback. This also xlnt for low end also as you can here the lower frequency you are notching while still listening to your mix. Cheers for all the tips :)

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[@ashriggs]

Excellent tutorial. You’re a fantastic tutor!

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Thanks for sharing these videos. I find them really, really helpful.

[@TheLeekyFeeder]

Love the way you explain everything. Many Thanks.

[@patspiers]

Hi Oscar! I just discovered your channel in the last week when I was looking up how to create techno rumble - great video on that BTW. I'm loving your aproach and it's helping me integrate the 11 courses I took with Point Blank haha. I like how your videos incorporate elements of everything from genre-specific sound selection, sound design and composition as well as emphasizing the importance of the elements of mixing (EQ, Dynamics, FX, etc) into the composition process. Coming from a Rock/pop background in my youth, now making electronic music, I have been confused about what order to approach this in, and I've neglected the importance of the mixing elements in early stages of composition. It took me a long time to drop my old approach of writing a traditional song with a guitar and a piano like I used to, when it's really all about the chords, melody, performance and arrangement and to conclude that the mixing and audio FX are themselves core elements of COMPOSITION in electronic music and therefore must form part of the process from the very start. It's not to say that melodic elements and arrangement are unimportant, they are also key, but the mixing elements themselves can largely form the backbone of a track (especially in techno). I just have a few comments about the EQing technique you went over for notching out resonant frequencies in the hi-hats. 1. I think this is a good idea, but I assume I should be cautious not to add in too many notches or to cut too deeply because it could profoundly alter the sound of the HH, maybe not always in the best manner. Nevertheless, I like this idea, and I will try using it. 2. For those watching, I think it is worth mentionning that all of this EQ work goes out the window as soon as you change the pitch of your sample. If you want to pitch up and down, either statically, or dynamically with an envelope or LFO, this would have to come after the EQ in the FX chain. OR alternatively, freeze and flatten the sample after EQing and then putting that sample back into the simpler. 3. Another point of caution when using this EQing technique is that it may be a good idea to use a good pair of headphones to do this or at least to double check your choices using headphones. Unless your listening room is very well treated, it is possible that the resonant frequencies you will be hearing and notching out actually belong to resonant frequencies that exist in your room rather than in the sample. As well, if I am not mistaken, if the boost and Q are too high, the filter itself can self resonate and create a tone that comes from the EQ itself rather than from the sample, and you will be tempted to put in too many notches.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Wow nice comment! Everything you say is correct, and you seem really thoughtful and well-considered ☺️💚

[@CONTEMNTheOfficial]

i knew everything you showed here but I really like the way your videos are made so I watched it :D

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[@camillelemoine6903]

This is pure gold tips! thank you

[@ManicMaximus]

Oscar you are very skilled at music AND communication! Thank you for the Ableton centric videos.

[@jgr6955]

Wow, so nice explanation, thanks a lot!

[@mimmomarfz]

Great tutorials man! Make one like this about every element pleez

[@TomaszRykala]

Oscar, once more, you da man! Brilliant content.

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[@eladgorni7944]

Amazing video! I would love to watch a series of EQ and processing on other musical elemnts guided by you!

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I was waiting for this.

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Outstanding presentation. Thank you so much.

[@jaydelux2086]

This is a fantastic video. Thank you.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Thank you!

[@rayygun]

Superb. I'd love to see more of this about the EQing fundamentals of other tracks/instruments

[@megagosy]

thx, Oscar. this is very helpful

[@lamborghinimiura7625]

Thank you for these great videos on hi hats. It has really helped.

[@thejuice1254]

your tutorials are amazing man. Thanks

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Riiight on time! Saw the other one this morning😁🔥❤

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[@pancake8735]

without even knowing it, just what i needed. thanks alot

[@pancake8735]

in all honesty, this changed more than it maybe should have!

[@lonxx9473]

Thank you so much for these tutorials. It really helps me on my productions. Greetings from France 😊👍

[@MrQuentini]

Great advice, really appreciate the advanced knowledge you're imparting

[@paul6925]

Great tutorial that actually explains things instead of just some guy moving the knobs by intuition and not knowing why it sounds better! I saw Umek remove “annoying frequencies” but I didn’t know why 😂

[@loontil]

well played , Sir sophisticated tips

[@brooklynyo8507]

I feel like I've watched most of the audio mixing tutorials on KZbin, with the intention of learning little quick tricks I don't already know. At this point that rarely happens, however, ive seen your videos pop up for a while now but havent checked them out until today because they seem to be geared toward electronic music (a genre I really produce). What a fucking idiot i am for that. Thank you for the content thats relevant to more advanced users as well as beginners. Very refreshing in a sea of tutorials that all say the same things. 😀

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[@DarkLightTechno]

Thanks man, this makes a huge difference and get me closer to the sound i want to make !

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You make really good tutorials. I could swear I saw your videos on another website when I was about 16 though

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This is gold!!! Nice! 🕺🏼

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Thank you for so much useful information 🌻

[@000SilaS000]

Beautiful eq advice. You shall be blessed :)

[@onemanvoin]

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[@patrickgrinch]

I love you man! Im improving so much! Thanks!! If you can make a video with processing claps or snares i ll love it!!

[@biglufik]

Hi, this is great, thanks a lot. This gave me new perspective on drums processing.

[@Ryan-id9rj]

Amazing stuff Oscar! I would love to see a techno hi hats special. Also… in terms of panning, and how have different hi hats sitting across the mix. Any chance of a third video? :) Best wishes from Edinburgh, Scotland.

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