Ricardo -> RE: Preferred EQ settings for Live Sound with a Blanca (Sep. 4 2011 16:03:28)
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ORIGINAL: rumbaking Just curious what are you guys preferred EQ settings for live gigs? Especially if you are using a mic on a Blanca.... depends on the speaker, speaker placement, the type of mixer and effects you are running through, the type of mic, and finally the make of the guitar. That is a lot of variables. In general there is a frequency guitars tops are tuned to, usually around A, and if you can notch that out then you can get on with sticking the mic in the hole almost. But if you dealing with just simple bass mid treb eq, I first try to just cut the bass a lot, then stick the mic in the hole (about 2 or 3 inches away) so it won't boom. Then increase volume. Some systems you can cut all the bass but still get boominess, so you can then INCREASE the mids and trebs together (in effect cutting more bass until you find the desired limits). It could be more complex depending on all those other factors I first mentioned, but I always start with that. In the end you are limited with how loud you can make it before the mic will finally hear itself and make feedback. In cases I will play in a more quiet concert hall totally solo, and don't need excessive volume, then we try to keep the eq totally flat but position the mic much farther away from the soundhole. If you have any other instruments though, like percussion or palmas, you will get bleed into your mic.
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