EQ Explained! Beginner Equalizer Basics with Cakewalk by Bandlab! Learning Music Production w Lorene

Equalizers were the first thing that intimidated me most about sound engineering. Seems silly now, but I truly thought I would never be able to mess with “that stuff”, that I would have had to have gone to school for sound production to begin to twiddle knobs and adjust faders.
EQ’ing is a whole rabbit hole and there’s loads to discover, but I want to break down the artificial thought barriers I had around it for you right here in this video!
00:48 Decibels on the Y axis
01:41 Frequency on the X axis
02:31 What are "bands" on an equalizer?
02:56 Cakewalk's EQ in the ProChannel
04:02 Hi-pass filter/lo-cut filter
07:35 What is the Q?
08:55 The most important thing

More in-depth helpful videos about EQ:
   • Understanding Frequency & How to Use ...   (Really clear explanation, but might want to speed up the playback by 1.75, just sayin’)

   • EQ Tutorial - Basics   Creative Sauce’s videos are always helpful and concise, he uses clear examples and visuals

   • Beginner's Guide to EQ (part 1)   Dan Worrel of FabFilter is another helpful video with lots of visuals. Plus he has a relaxing voice :)

Note about me: I am a lady producer trying to encourage other folks, especially lady-types, to dive into music production as it is currently a very male-dominated profession. I want to level up my music skills and if you do too, let's do it together and not be intimidated by anything that could stop us from making art. Need help? Hire me on Soundbetter!
https://soundbetter.com/profiles/4624...

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Resources:

To get Cakewalk, go to Bandlab.com

To get the Voxengo plugin that lets you play it over your speakers as well as through your interface, go to:https://www.voxengo.com/product/recor...

Wonderful, quick and to-the-point Cakewalk tutorials with Mike at Creative Sauce:    / @creativesauce  

Sylvia Massy's book is EXCELLENT inspiration and a wealth of technical and creative knowledge for producers: http://www.sylviamassy.com/book/