{"id":9118,"date":"2018-06-08T08:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=9118"},"modified":"2022-08-22T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:05:35","slug":"a-guide-to-drum-eq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/a-guide-to-drum-eq\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide To Drum EQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-rLjyz2Veis\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EQ is arguably the single most effective type of FX processing you can do to improve the sound of the drums, both for individual drums and for the kit as a whole. And today, you\u2019ll see an EQ demonstration from a recent Drumeo session with Jonathan Moffett, the long-time drummer for Michael Jackson. In this video, you\u2019re going to get some really easy and effective ways to EQ your drum recordings.<\/p>\n<h3>Cut vs Boost: (1:50)<\/h3>\n<p>I generally cut or carve out portions of the sound that are unpleasant a lot more than I boost portions of the sound that are pleasant. This approach usually delivers the sound that I\u2019m looking for, the fastest.<\/p>\n<h3>High Pass Filter: (3:00)<\/h3>\n<p>I use a high pass filter on every single track to clean up the low-end. Even for the bass drum, I\u2019ll cut off either more or less of the low-end, depending on the microphone.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Cut:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; w\/ The Snare (4:39)<br \/>\n&#8211; w\/ The Bass (8:43)<br \/>\n&#8211; w\/ The Toms (13:00)<br \/>\n&#8211; w\/ The Overheads (14:30)<\/p>\n<p>The EQ makes a massive difference on the microphones, cleaning up the entire mix so each shell and cymbal sings to its full fidelity &#8212; making the entire drum performance a lot more clear and crisp.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot more you can do for processing, compression, gates, editing, etc. If you\u2019d like more, make sure to check out our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recordeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultimate Guide To Recording Drums!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to EQ your drum recordings with this demo from a Drumeo session with Jonathan Moffett, longtime drummer for Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4020],"tags":[9,408],"class_list":["post-9118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear","tag-drumeo","tag-drums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9118"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36104,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118\/revisions\/36104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}