Lesson 12 - Posted on 2013-04-18 by Shane Reimer

Introduction to Plug-ins and Signal Processing

Signal Processing - Frequency Based - EQ

April 2nd

12 pm - 5:30 pm

Today Matt and I covered a ton of information on this lesson.  I cleared up a bunch of questions I had with using EQs and Compressors even though my lesson on compression was coming up.  I learned about the multiple forms of EQ including Band Pass filters, Variable Q, Constant Q, High and Low Shelf Gain, and Peak Filters.  This lesson had a lot to learn and I personally felt that the more I worked with the EQs the more knowledge and understanding I would gain from them.  I have been working with EQs for awhile now including simple ones on my mixing board for my guitar when I perform and also more intricate ones within my DAW Reason 5 for when I'm creating my own synth and/or bass. I unfortunately left my computer at home and didn't get to bring in the edits I made in ProTools on the session Matt had given me but I was kind of thankful because this lesson cleared some things up and I planned on going home and changing some of my edits with my newly gained knowledge.  I learned about the different symbols for each EQ and how some EQs can be changed and/or combine different types of EQs.  Such as having a Peak filter for the low end and a Shelving filter for the high end!  This lesson was exciting and I feel like I can start doing some real good edits within new songs I record and also older songs that i've made that might not have any EQs at all!

-Shane