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EQ Chart
- Cut frequencies to take away the descriptions listed below
- Boost frequencies to add the descriptions below
- Boost and sweep left & right to find an unwanted freq or desired freq, then cut or boost
if you need more or less
-Subtractive EQ (cutting out the bad to reveal the good) is a good practice

20Hz 60Hz 200HZ 2KHz 6KHz 20KHz

Sub Bass Bass Low Mids High Mids High Freqs

"Feel It More Than "Warmth" (250hz-400hz)

"Boomy/Punch(100hz-160Hz) "Crunchy/Edgy/Grit" (1k-4k)
Hear It" "Sibilance"(4k-
"Honky" (400hz-1KHz) 10k)
AC Rumble (50hz-60Hz) "Harshness" (1k-4K)
"Thump/Chest"
(20hz-50Hz) "Smack/Whack" (1K-5k) "Air"(8k-20k)
"Bottom/Warmth"(60hz-200Hz) "Tiny/Thin"

"Muddy/Fullness"
"Smack/Whack" (1k-5k)
(200hz-400hz)

**All of these ranges are estimates and will be slightly different on a track by track basis**
 Kick
Bottom/Punch 40Hz-80Hz
Fatness/Full 100Hz-250Hz
Honky/cardboard 400Hz-600Hz
Attack/Beater 2k-5k
Floor Tom
Fullness 80Hz-300Hz
Honky/cardboard 400Hz-500Hz
Attack 3Khz-5khz
Rack Toms
Fullness 100Hz-400HZ
Attack 4khz-7khz
Snare
Fat/Fullness 120Hz-240HZ
Attack 2khz-5khz
Cymbals
Presence High Mids
Shimmer High Freqs
**These are generalized frequency ranges to get you in the ballpark**
**Getting rid of all freqs around 100hz and below on all non bass instruments can help clean up your mix and let your low end breath**
Bass Guitar Male Vocal Piano
Bottom 50Hz-100Hz Fullness 100hz-220hz Boomy/Warmth 100hz-200Hz
Main Freq/Fundamentals 80Hz-200hz Muddy/Boomy 200Hz-400Hz Presence/Air 3khz & Above
Attack 600Hz-1khz Honky 500hz-1khz
Finger/Pick noise High Mids Presence/Bite 2khz-4khz
Sibilance 4khz-9khz Rhodes (Electric Piano)
Acoustic Guitar Air 10khz-16khz Mud/Boomy 100hz-200hz
Fullness/Boomy 120Hz-400hz Bark/Harsh 800hz-2khz
Presence/Harsh 1Khz-3khz
Sparkle/Shimmer 7khz-12Khz Female Vocal
Fullness 240hz-400hz B3 Organ
Muddy/Boomy 240Hz-400Hz Boomy/Bassy 80hz-200hz
Electric Guitar Honky 500hz-1khz
Fullness/Boomy 150Hz-220hz Presence/Bite 2khz-4khz
Presence/Harsh/Honky 1khz-2khz Sibilance 4khz-9khz Synths
Shimmer/Shine 3khz-8khz Air 10khz-16khz Mud/Thick 400hz-600hz
Bite/Growl 1khz-2khz
Presence/Air/Harshness 3khz-4khz
Saxophone Brass (All brass in general)
Honky/Woofy 300hz-400hz Muddy/Boomy 100hz-200hz Fiddle
Harshness/Squaky 1Khz-2khz Brighten up/Harshness 4khz-10khz Woofy 150hz-250hz
Reed Noise 5.5khz-6.5khz Full 300Hz-500Hz
Natural 600Hz-800Hz
Harsh 1khz-5Khz
Airy 6khz-8khz