Would appreciate any words of wisdom regarding FOH and monitor mix guidelines for the following outdoor gig I am helping put together. Our band is playing in the backyard with the equipment and sound facing away from the house to a large open area with a row of tall trees about 75 feet back. We'll be using a couple of JBL 925's (2 way 15") with a powered sub for FOH.

What's the rule of thumb when it comes to getting a "good" setting on your EQ for bass guitar and drums? :w:

It is my understanding that boosting frequencies with an EQ will cause phase problems. Cutting frequencies will not cause these problems.

I don't understand the physics of this.

Is this due to time delay's in the EQ's filter?

Does this happen with all EQ types?

Is the phenomemon just ostensible? or related to specific sound cycle lengths?

Have you guys compared Focusrite, TC Eq Sat, Waves Q6 and Pultec EQP1?
I am a big fan of the Q series and now evaluating the others.
Hope to hear ya!

Asus more reliable then I guess the writers of EQ MAG DON'T NO WHAT THERE SAYING .I AGREE ASUS HAS MORE OPTIONS FOR THE BIOS!But that spells a lot more option for confrontation between all other elements in the computer chain .And I must admit the chips they use are of cheaper variety on the motherboard it self.

I have a question. If there is a song that is completely made out of AKAI sample instruments (kick, snare, hat, cymbals, bass), akai loops and vocals then how to EQ this? What I mean is: aren't those samples already been eqd? Should we treat them as real instruments?

tnx,

chris

I bought the ASC EQ after seeing its flexibility and talking with Vince Poulos.

I also decided to check out the MicPre 5.0 which seems like absolutely the most SS bang for the buck. I've never actually seen a pre with this kind of routability/features, so I'm giving it a spin. I can either keep it or send it back--Vince'll do that for you.

If I'm mixing two distorted guitars, panned hard left and right, would I run into any problems (phase etc...) by busing them to a stereo master fader and applying EQ and or compression on the master instead of each gtr track? The only reason I would do it would be to save DSP.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Hello,
I'm wanting to get some more channels of decent pre for my studio. I've got an API lunchbox now, which is great, but not enough. I may have a line on a TAC Scorpion 24x8. What are the Pre's and EQ's like on that bad boy? Would it be worth doing for a low price (under $1K?)

I'm sure this has been asked before, but how many of you track WITH EQ? I know mic and preamp preamp choice in addition to placement should cover most of this, but how many of you EQ it up some as it goes to Tape? How much typically? I would also ask how many of you compress (By processing, not natural or tape saturation) to tape and on what and how much typically?