Ableton Live EQ'ing Lesson 3

CUT BEFORE YOU BOOST

If you're making tracks that you love, but your mixes still sound amateur -- you probably missed something important about EQ'ing.

It's more important to cut nasty resonances than to boost the frequencies you like.

That's the Golden Rule of EQ.

And the best way to learn it is to put it in action on a mix.

WELCOME TO EQ LESSON THREE

In the first EQ lesson we learned the basic EQ & Filter types.

Then we learned the Frequency Sweep Technique.

Now it's time to put them into action by EQ'ing a multitrack mix.

Find out how powerful it is to cut nasty resonances in the mix, with this guided Ableton Project.

YOU DO THE LESSON INSIDE LIVE

This is a completely new kind of Ableton tutorial called a Session Lesson®.

It comes with a built-in lesson that you do in Session View.

All you do is open the Project and press play.

Then you follow along to hear audio instructions, see automated examples, and do hands-on activities.

Every activity ends with a review section to help you apply what you're learning in your own projects, so you never have to memorize or study anything.

It's the best way to learn about EQ'ing because you learn by DOING IT.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

In this lesson you'll learn how to use Parametric EQ to cut ugly frequencies on all the sounds in a mix.

First you'll learn to identify the most important frequencies of each sound.

Then you'll use the Frequency Sweep Technique to pin down the unnecessary frequencies that need to be cut.

You'll get some practice choosing the right EQ or Filter type for each sound (kick drum, bassline, beat loops and synths).

And finally we'll make a mix where you hear how much Golden Rule of EQ improves the sound.

HOW THIS HELPS

This will help you make crisp, clear, brilliant mixes that deliver hard-hitting low end thump.

You'll save time in the mixdown process by having a simple technique that ALWAYS works.

And you'll get more confident with your mixes from hearing how much you can improve them by doing simple EQ cuts.

Find out how powerful it is to make EQ cuts that clean up your mix.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ONE PAGE

It takes time to learn how to EQ all the sounds we use in electronic music.

But you can jump forward with this one-page Equalization Spreadsheet.

It gives you a starting place for the frequencies to cut and boost on many different sounds that we use in electronic music.

This will help you make better EQ decisions, faster, without wondering if you're doing it wrong.

It comes with this Session Lesson for you to print out and keep.

GET THE SESSION LESSON® TUTORIAL

This is where it all comes together.

This lesson builds on the EQ background info from the first two lessons, to give you a rock-solid workflow that will make all your mixes better, forever.

Get this hands-on Session Lesson and put your EQ skills in action.