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    This document provides an EQ cheat sheet with recommended frequency ranges to boost or cut for common instruments. It lists EQ settings for kick, snare, toms, cymbals, overheads, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, clean and distorted electric guitar, piano, and vocals. The cheat sheet is intended to help achieve the desired sound characteristics by increasing or decreasing certain frequencies based on where characteristics like thump, boominess, sizzle, and clarity occur. Experimentation is still encouraged as recordings can vary.

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    This document provides an EQ cheat sheet with recommended frequency ranges to boost or cut for common instruments. It lists EQ settings for kick, snare, toms, cymbals, overheads, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, clean and distorted electric guitar, piano, and vocals. The cheat sheet is intended to help achieve the desired sound characteristics by increasing or decreasing certain frequencies based on where characteristics like thump, boominess, sizzle, and clarity occur. Experimentation is still encouraged as recordings can vary.

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    This document provides an EQ cheat sheet with recommended frequency ranges to boost or cut for common instruments. It lists EQ settings for kick, snare, toms, cymbals, overheads, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, clean and distorted electric guitar, piano, and vocals. The cheat sheet is intended to help achieve the desired sound characteristics by increasing or decreasing certain frequencies based on where characteristics like thump, boominess, sizzle, and clarity occur. Experimentation is still encouraged as recordings can vary.

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    This document provides an EQ cheat sheet with recommended frequency ranges to boost or cut for common instruments. It lists EQ settings for kick, snare, toms, cymbals, overheads, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, clean and distorted electric guitar, piano, and vocals. The cheat sheet is intended to help achieve the desired sound characteristics by increasing or decreasing certain frequencies based on where characteristics like thump, boominess, sizzle, and clarity occur. Experimentation is still encouraged as recordings can vary.

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    INTRODUCTION

    First of all, a huge thank you to you for


    downloading this free guide. If you haven’t
    already, be sure to join the mixinglessons.com
    mailing list by clicking here. That way, you’ll get
    notified every time a new article or tutorial hits
    the site.

    The EQ settings in this guide are here to help you


    achieve the sound that you want from various
    instruments. By showing you the kind of sound
    characteristics that occur at key frequencies, you
    can either increase that characteristic by boosting
    that frequency range, or lessen it by cutting that
    frequency range.

    Of course, no two recordings are the same. This


    guide offers a great starting point for equalizing
    your tracks. But don't be afraid to experiment and
    alter as necessary to achieve the sound that you're
    looking for.
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    EQ SETTINGS CHEAT
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    KICK

    60-100Hz: Thump
    100-250Hz: Roundness
    400-600Hz: Boxiness
    2-6kHz: Attack
    4-8kHz: Click

    SNARE

    100-150Hz: Warmth
    150-250Hz: Fatness
    800-1000Hz: Boxiness
    2.5kHz: Slap
    3-5kHz: Attack
    8-10kHz: Crispness

    RACK TOM

    240-500Hz: Fullness
    600-1000Hz: Boxiness
    5-7kHz: Attack
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    FLOOR TOM

    80-120Hz: Fullness
    400-800Hz: Boxiness
    2.5-5kHz: Attack

    CYMBALS / HI HATS

    100-300Hz: Clang
    4-7kHz: Crispness
    8-12kHz: Sizzle
    12kHz and up: Sheen

    OVERHEADS

    50-250Hz: Muddiness
    400-1000Hz: Boxiness
    7.5kHz and up: Shimmer
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    BASS GUITAR

    50-100Hz: Bottom
    100-200Hz: Roundness
    200-500Hz: Muddiness
    500-1000Hz: Punch
    2.5-5kHz: Pop

    ACOUSTIC GUITAR

    80-100Hz: Bottom / muddiness


    100-240Hz: Body
    100-400Hz: Boominess
    800-2000Hz: Boxiness
    2-5kHz: Presence
    3-7kHz: Attack
    5kHz and up: Brightness
    8kHz and up: Brittleness
    10kHz and up: Pick noise
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    CLEAN ELECTRIC GUITAR

    50-60Hz: Mains hum


    80-250Hz: Muddiness
    100-400Hz: Boominess
    150-250Hz: Warmth
    240-500Hz: Fullness
    2-5kHz: Bite
    6kHz and up: Sizzle
    8kHz and up: Noise
    8kHz and up: Brittleness

    DISTORTED ELECTRIC
    GUITAR

    50-60Hz: Mains hum


    100Hz: Muddiness
    150-250Hz: Warmth
    240-500Hz: Fullness
    400-1000Hz: Crunch
    2-5kHz: Bite
    6kHz and up: Sizzle
    8kHz and up: Noise
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    PIANO

    30-50Hz: Pedal noise


    80-120Hz: Bottom
    200-400Hz: Muddiness
    2.5-5kHz: Presence
    5-7.5kHz: Shrillness
    10kHz and up: Attack

    VOCALS

    100-400Hz: Fullness
    200-250Hz: Muddiness
    500-1000Hz: Nasal
    3kHz: Clarity
    5kHz: Presence
    7-10kHz: Sibilance
    10kHz and up: Air

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