On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:58:11 +0100 Peter Ostry <po@ostry.com> wrote: > On 01.02.2007, at 01:51, Wade wrote: > > > On the other hand I believe for EQ, the answer is 'yes, this is the > > same'. If you put the exact same parametric EQ on five individual > > instruments then mixed them at a bus, you will get the same final > > result as if you put no EQ on the individual instruments but put > > that particular parametric EQ setting on the bus only. > > No, it is not the same. Imagine this scenario: > A bass, you turn up a lot around 1.2 kHz to get a Jazzbass-like tone. > A female voice, you give a boost at 180 Hz to add bottom. > > Imagine you had done this on the mix bus: The bass starts mudding the > whole thing and the voice sounds like a rat. Er, what was it he started with? "If you put the exact same parametric EQ on five individual instruments". With emphasis on IF. And EXACT SAME... Nobody said you should apply any EQ in use to ALL other tracks as well. (Unless you put an EQ on the master instead of a bus, or blindly feed the bus from all tracks...) Christian