The Power of High and Low Passing

[@russellwiley7869]

Yes. Recently I was in a situating where I only had an instrumental, so I didn't have the tracks to work with. It was decent, but could use some help in the low end and high end, but any improvement to one end would kill the other end. The solution was to copy the instrumental x3. Low pass 300 on one and beef up the low end on that track. High-pass 500 and low pass 3000 and treat the mid range, then high-pass 5000 and treat that as the upper end. Now you can enhance each range without killing the others. Blend back in with the original track and you can make massive improvements to what was otherwise a lackluster instrumental.

[@niyonsv]

Helpful and informative as always :) I usually do high pass and low pass the signals (like a semicircle shape in EQ graphics) coming to the mixer channel, then give the FX to that (reverb, delay,..) then again do high pass and low pass to the processed ones. I know there's no rules, but I'm very used to this method and do this all the time, so literally can't think of any other ideas. So just curious to know what others do in such situations 🙂

[@LohPro]

HPF is crucial for getting good low end. lower waveforms are larger, so the chances of phase cancellation from 2x or more elements is high without it. the reason is that it takes lower waveforms longer to complete a cycle, thus increasing the chances of having peaks align with valleys, between 2x or more elements & cancelling out. total cancellation= take any sound, duplicate it, then invert one of them & you get nothing.

[@Brutuscomedy]

Love the "rumble" knob on the Tech 21 Boost RVB analog pedal!

[@joeschlicht]

Great tips as always!

[@splashesin8]

😊

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@ralphenz32]

Sounds good, however my question is, high pass at what frequencies?

[@ThyLowZeen]

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[@Producelikeapro]

Marcellus! Glad to be able to help!