> 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. > > ___ > Peter Ostry > > Peter I think you may have missed his point. He says you put the "exact same" EQ on the tracks or on the bus. You describe using different EQs I think his point would apply to something like using EQ on a bus that contained similar sounds, versus individually adding EQ. Blair