Holy cow – the final day of our 5 Days to Better EQing in Logic Pro X. It’s hard for me to believe 5 days have already passed!
I hope these last 5 days have delivered some new ideas and strategies that you can use in your own Projects.
As we discussed in Day 1 of this EQ series, everyone wants clarity and space in their mixes. And even if you use all the tips I’ve shared this week, creating space can still be tough.
For example: have you ever tried to carve out space for your kick drum and bass? It can be pretty hard to get these 2 low-end instruments to play together, right?
Low-end is so often a challenge for most mixes. Because both the power for both the kick and bass lives down at the bottom. But boosting either track ends up masking the other.
Or how about carving space for your main vocals? Amidst the guitars, synths, and other midrange instruments, it can feel like your vocals are being swallowed up.
So today I’d like to show you how Logic’s Match EQ can help you quickly separate tracks that are being masked.
In fact, this strategy is so simple I’m pretty surprised I never see anyone mention it online.
P.S. I do hope these last 5 days have been helpful to you. If you tried one of these tips and it made a difference for your mixes, let us know in the comments below!
Since I have been following your posts, I have learned tons! These last 5 days regarding EQ strategies have been awesome as well. Never thought about using match EQ in that manner!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for sharing Greg! I’m stoked you find these EQ tips helpful 🙂
Dude’s a wizard, call him merlin. Logic tips, he be hurlin’.
jdizzy420, I mean this sincerely. I’m printing this comment and framing it. You made my day man, thank you!
One word — ‘Outstanding ‘
Thank you for this awesome and actionable advice, Chris.
All the Videos you’ve done are an absolutely incredible training tool. Thank you !!!!!
Jackie Simons
You bet Jackie! Thanks so much for the kind words 🙂
Chris – Such a wonder thing you do and well presented! Thank you for the advancement with my mixing.
That was a great method! One question: when you fetch the reference track from the project window, isn’t that the raw track without plugins? And if so, wont the EQ-matching then be less accurate?
Thanks Ã…ge! You’re correct, the comparison is the raw tracks, not including plugins. I prefer to compare tracks raw to understand their tonal differences from the get-go. But you certainly could Sidechain one of the tracks to the Match EQ if you prefer to compare the difference including your plugins.