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In Reply to: The best way to set up a graphic equalizer is . . . posted by Opus 104 on April 6, 2010 at 10:25:48:
..but I don't like to use it.
HOWEVER
I read a rather disturbing thread on a mastering forum (I'm sorry if this is new to most people here, but I am going to be mastering something for vinyl soon and I need to know what it going on) - concerning the frequency roll offs that are used when cutting vinyl, and one person said they roll off the top at 16kHZ! Seems very low - the reason given is it is a compromise between the sibilance/distortion that they EXPECT vinyl listeners to hear on playback.
I wondered - why not add the top end back with an EQ, to taste, or to the degree to which you can tolerate the 'sibilance', if it occurs - the benefit being perhaps a more open and airy sound overall. - More detail/recovering some elements which have been EQ-supressed.
As I say I prefer not to use it because as has been stated before most records go through a lot of EQing and at the mastering stage it is usually 'corrective' EQ - so I like to trust the final product so to speak
But if there are people rolling off at such frequencies it seems it is not taking advantage of the full spectrum offered by vinyl on the assumption that, for most listeners, if it is left as it is it will simply sound bad?!
Jim
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- RE: I dont think EQ should be dismissed. But I digress... - jimmyjim 08:30:19 04/09/10 (0)
- RE: I dont think EQ should be dismissed. But I digress... - jimmyjim 08:31:29 04/09/10 (0)
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