Hihats part 2: EQ & processing essentials
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- In last week's video we looked at strategies for programming hihat lines in dance music, and this week we look at the technical treatment of those hihats! We learn some equalisation basics (notching resonances & achieving tonal balance), some reverb techniques (adding reverb without muddiness), and some volume shaping (subtle LFO pumping). All together these techniques should ensure that your hihats gel perfectly with your track, and should give you full control over their design!
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Contents:
0:00 Some context
0:41 Notching Resonances
5:00 Achieving Tonal Balance
8:54 Reverb Without Mud
10:34 Parrallel processing using effect rack
12:29 Subtle LFO pumping
14:45 M1 vibing for fun
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@@ErlingGrey unlike the hihat processing
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I just applied that notch EQ technique in a song I've been struggling to get sounding how I want. Instantly made my hats sound 10x better. Then I decided to give it a try on my ride and crashes, and it instantly made those sound 10x better. Then I thought maybe this could be applied to the high-end on a snare, and it instantly made the snare 100x cleaner and cut through the mix twice as well with barely any volume adjustment required. And now with all the highs being so much cleaner, the entire mix sounds levelled up with hardly any adjustment to the other parts. Game changer! Thank you!
small tip when using Ableton's EQ Eight, especially when processing hihats: right click the top of the device where it says "EQ Eight" and tick "enable oversampling" to prevent aliasing :)
Absolutely David. I saved the eq8 as default with oversampling enabled, so every eq8 I load anywhere in Ableton already has this function enabled, for ever.
Thanks for reminding me of this tip. I had totally forgotten this EQ has oversampling!!!
What is aliasing please - I am new to this...
@@lespiecesyou want to get out of that habit mate or your sound will not develop.
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Hats in general have such a profound effect on a track. A small change in pattern can drastically change the groove whilst a small EQ change, as you demonstrated so effectively here, can totally transform the tone of any track. Nice one.
I´m not totally agre especially with te notching resonance becouse it kills the esence of the 909 hihat, if you use to create other hihat based on this it´s ok but for mixing, I think you have to be less drastic
I noticed this as well only solution I found was to lower the gain instead of notching out ressonant frequencies
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On 909 hihats in particular, I actually like to leave the 1,5k area untouched. Thats where that iconic 909 open hihat tone lives!
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I had heard about notching before, but was hesitant to touch it as I heard a counter argument that you could be battling against your room acoustics rather than the sound itself, but I went to my headphones and tried this method, and I actually was blown away when I A/B after notching and altering the overall tonal dynamic after notching too. Night and day. Thank-you!
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This is a good tutorial I feel like most people just throw hi hats on Do a low cut on them and push the frequencies. Cutting out those peaks then do a slight broad eq boost to make them brighter or darker depending on your vibe is very smooth. Then adding the reverb will definitely use these tips in my productions. Thank you
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