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6.3
EQ Frequency Guides
StudioLive™ 24.4.2/16.4.2
Owner’s Manual
6.3
EQ Frequency Guides
Table 1
Instrument
What to Cut
Why to Cut
What to Boost
Why to Boost
Human Voice
7 kHz
Sibilance
8 kHz
Big sound
2 kHz
Shrill
3 kHz and above
Clarity
1 kHz
Nasal
200-400 Hz
Body
80 Hz and below
Popping P’s
Piano
1-2 kHz
Tinny
5 kHz
More presence
300 Hz
Boomy
100 Hz
Bottom end
Electric Guitar
1-2 kHz
Shrill
3 kHz
Clarity
80 Hz and below
Muddy
125 Hz
Bottom end
Acoustic Guitar
2-3 kHz
Tinny
5 kHz and above
Sparkle
200 Hz
Boomy
125 Hz
Full
Electric Bass
1 kHz
Thin
600 Hz
Growl
125 Hz
Boomy
80 Hz and below
Bottom end
String Bass
600 Hz
Hollow
2-5 kHz
Sharp attack
200 Hz
Boomy
125 Hz and below
Bottom end
Snare Drum
1 kHz
Annoying
2 kHz
Crisp
150-200 Hz
Full
80 Hz
Deep
Kick Drum
400 Hz
Muddy
2-5 kHz
Sharp attack
80 Hz and below
Boomy
60-125 Hz
Bottom end
Toms
300 Hz
Boomy
2-5 kHz
Sharp attack
80-200 Hz
Bottom end
Cymbals
1 kHz
Annoying
7-8 kHz
Sizzle
8-12 kHz
Brilliance
15 kHz
Air
Horns
1 kHz
Honky
8-12 kHz
Big sound
120 Hz and below
Muddy
2 kHz
Clarity
String section
3 kHz
Shrill
2 kHz
Clarity
120 Hz and below
Muddy
400-600 Hz
Lush and full