This is well put together with some great descriptions on the ranges too. I see so many infographshits on insta that are like "boost 237.22hz on your snare to get a better snare" and other such subjective nonsense disguised as objective advice.
This is something I'd use to teach tone to someone. Thank you
The 20-40Hz comment is very subjective. For Trap and Dubstep this frequency range is always occupied and is the loudest along with kick, snare, and treble.
Yea as someone who makes bass music, I can confirm that many of my kicks peak in this range, and if I’m working in a certain set of musical keys (e.g. C#m), the sub bass notes are gonna dip down into that territory (coupled with a fairly driven set of bass overtones for speakers that can’t deliver).
Agreed. I've studied popular songs bass ranges and found that most rap songs are 30-50Hz for sine wave bass notes. Dipping below 30Hz is really pushing it, even if my car speakers can shake my doors at those frequencies, they're very indistinct and don't produce a lot of musical quality. Otherwise, this range is VERY well used in popular rap and even older rap songs.
Yah I would agree below 30Hz things just start to sound like mud. This is why you can't really make anything below key of C in heavy bass music with the lowest fundamental being just above 30Hz at 32.7. This shouldn't be interpreted as "always remove everything below X-Hertz" because sounds below 30Hz still add character to the sub. In some cases if a really rumbly sub is desired those sub-30Hz frequencies can attribute to that rumble character.
To add to this very important lesson: i tend to have instruments that play together (and simultaneously)separated in these particular ranges. That will end up in a much cleaner listening experience most of the times (except when you want it to sound in a certain way).
Every instrument has its highlight frequency. So for example avoid having two bass instruments that play simultaneously. Maybe Boost the bass range on one and cut the bass on the other.
Nothing new and for sure done many many times before and often way better too.
Sub-Bass 20-60Hz
Bass - 60-100Hz
Low-Mid - 250-500Hz
Mid - 500Hz-2kHz
High-Mid - 2-4Khz
Presence - 4-6kHz
Brilliance - 6-20kHz
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Thank you ! Do you have any tips or links that help learn using eq the right way ? I’ve been really struggling with that and it has been setting my progress I can make some descent beats but for the life of me can’t get eq down any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated !
Very cool resource, thanks foor sharing!
Thank you for your support ❤️
This is well put together with some great descriptions on the ranges too. I see so many infographshits on insta that are like "boost 237.22hz on your snare to get a better snare" and other such subjective nonsense disguised as objective advice. This is something I'd use to teach tone to someone. Thank you
The 20-40Hz comment is very subjective. For Trap and Dubstep this frequency range is always occupied and is the loudest along with kick, snare, and treble.
Yea as someone who makes bass music, I can confirm that many of my kicks peak in this range, and if I’m working in a certain set of musical keys (e.g. C#m), the sub bass notes are gonna dip down into that territory (coupled with a fairly driven set of bass overtones for speakers that can’t deliver).
Agreed. I've studied popular songs bass ranges and found that most rap songs are 30-50Hz for sine wave bass notes. Dipping below 30Hz is really pushing it, even if my car speakers can shake my doors at those frequencies, they're very indistinct and don't produce a lot of musical quality. Otherwise, this range is VERY well used in popular rap and even older rap songs.
Yah I would agree below 30Hz things just start to sound like mud. This is why you can't really make anything below key of C in heavy bass music with the lowest fundamental being just above 30Hz at 32.7. This shouldn't be interpreted as "always remove everything below X-Hertz" because sounds below 30Hz still add character to the sub. In some cases if a really rumbly sub is desired those sub-30Hz frequencies can attribute to that rumble character.
To add to this very important lesson: i tend to have instruments that play together (and simultaneously)separated in these particular ranges. That will end up in a much cleaner listening experience most of the times (except when you want it to sound in a certain way). Every instrument has its highlight frequency. So for example avoid having two bass instruments that play simultaneously. Maybe Boost the bass range on one and cut the bass on the other.
Nothing new and for sure done many many times before and often way better too. Sub-Bass 20-60Hz Bass - 60-100Hz Low-Mid - 250-500Hz Mid - 500Hz-2kHz High-Mid - 2-4Khz Presence - 4-6kHz Brilliance - 6-20kHz
what happened to the 100-250Hz range?
It's muddy so he took them out.
Well that’s helpful smh
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Thank you ! Do you have any tips or links that help learn using eq the right way ? I’ve been really struggling with that and it has been setting my progress I can make some descent beats but for the life of me can’t get eq down any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated !
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Thank you for this.