I think most people have a great deal of trouble understanding eq because most sound engineers have a great deal of trouble explaining it. Your explanation is excellent!

I'm an old sound man and it is nice to see productive videos on KZread like this one. Thanks....Jimmy, WX9DX, ARRL TS

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+WX9DX Welcome Jimmy! What sort of sound did you do? Live, recording, broadcast etc?

Everyone involved with music should watch this, sound guys and musicians.

One of the best, easiest to understand, tutorials on EQing I have seen. Thank you.

@GLBProductions

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome TJ :)

Coming back to this video again for a refresher. Thank you very much.

@GLBProductions

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Chris!

"If you have too much salt don't add sugar to try and make the dish less salty." Genius!

This fella is an absolute wealth of audio knowledge! Thank you sir. For sharing your experience and tried and true ideas with us! Cheers mate! 🇨🇦

@GLBProductions

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Fred!

Wow, your vids are the ONLY ONES on youtube Ive found that easily teaches how to use a soundboard. Very easy to understand. Thank you and keep them coming.

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

Raeshelle Cooke Glad you find the videos easy to understand, I try to take things step by step.

@RCooke357

10 жыл бұрын

I had one question, stupid question actually, but what does a sound mixer record to? Does it use its own sd card? How does a sound engineer transfer the sound it records to the person that needs it?

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

Raeshelle Cooke In general mixers are not recording devices, they are used to route and process sound, sort of like a bus interchange routes people and buses in and out. Some mixers have their own internal storage or can use an SD card but this is not the mixer's primary purpose. You would normally record to some form of external media like a CD recorder, handheld recorder or computer-based recording system, and then transfer the file to a computer for editing. Hope that helps. Keep up the good work on your channel - your video editing is way better than mine anyway ;)

@RCooke357

10 жыл бұрын

Lol wow thank you :D

I love your analogy at the end, comparing it to cooking! Best video I could find on eq thank you sir!

@GLBProductions

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Tyler, thanks for watching!

I'm from Germany and most tutorials I've watched already are hard to understand. Your clear pronunciation and examples made it comfortable to watch and take notes at the same time. I gotta thank you for that !

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- You're welcome, all the best with your music :)

Thanks, I'm starting to get into sound and EQ looks like the most difficult part, awesome way explaining it, it helped me understand

Your teachings are very important Thank you very much , I like sound administration a lot, I am Sri Lankan, working in Dubai

@GLBProductions

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Haris.

Best instructional video I've found for handling a mixer for vocals.

Superb demonstration of EQ. Much appreciated! 😊

Hi Bruno great tutorial. been a sound engineer myself it always great listening to topics like these in a basic language . well done!

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

Crazee Records Thanks for watching, always great to get feedback from a fellow professional :)

- Thanks for the comment, I will make another video on mixer EQ when time permits. If your mixer has only one swept mid band, you can usually access the same frequencies as shown in the video, it's just that you need to choose one or the other ;)

Thanks Bruno for the video about using the EQ. I am a volunteer at a community center, which is using a Spirit Powerstation 600. Almost everybody is fiddeling around with the EQ. Now I learned how to do the right way. Actually quite easy when one knows how to adjust or not to adjust the EQ.

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, knowing when NOT to adjust is just as important as knowing what to adjust ;)

Very clear. Thank you.Just starting out doing sound with a band and the lead singer has VERY sharp ears. My challenge-my ears don't work well on the highs. You've given me a path to meet her.

@GLBProductions

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Do you have any hearing loss at all? It might be worth getting your ears checked by an audiologist if you are running sound on a regular basis, just for your own peace of mind.

I love your comparison of cooking to cutting/boosting eq. I have just found your channel and look forward to learning more from you. Thanks so much for sharing your expertise with us.

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome, thanks for supporting the channel!

- Thank you, glad the video helped you to understand EQ better. As you say, it is one of more difficult parts of our art to explain :)

- Good to hear that. Good sound guys are always in demand, whether it be for recording, broadcast or post-production work. I have done a bit of recording and voice over work but my first love will always be live sound. All the best with your music!

This helped me out a lot. Thanks a lot. Being that I can't afford to attend audio school I spend a lot of time looking for videos to try an educate myself. I'm glad I stumbled on this. Thanks once again.

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- You're most welcome, glad you can learn something from my videos. Feel free to get in touch should you have specific questions to ask :)

Awesome stuff Bruno... Really appreciate your clear instructions on using EQ, to cut out frequencies. Great way to help improve sound.

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Really useful - I much prefer your no-nonsense approach to the " School of Rock" style tutorials . Much appreciated .

@GLBProductions

9 жыл бұрын

PrimaryInt You're most welcome, glad you appreciate my way of doing things :)

Thanks! Just bought my first mixer and I´m total novice using it properly. These tutorials help quite a lot.

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+Vesa Lempinen Glad to hear that, we all have to start somewhere - stick with it and you'll improve for sure.

I watch your GLB class very eagerly... It gives me a lot about audio and sound technology... Your presentation skill and easy to understand language used is highly motivating and gives me adequate confidence in operating any DESK , irrespective of channel multiplicity or more advanced features..... Awaiting for another valuable discription ...thanks, Dear.

@GLBProductions

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Mohanan, very glad the videos have been helpful!

THANKS A LOT BRUNO.GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY EASTER. LOVE FROM CYPRUS.

Thanks for the EQ and monitor mix videos. I found them very enlightening. The books/manuals for my mixer is confusing to me. Now I have a better understanding of the instructions. Cheers.

- Thanks for the encouragement, keeping it simple is exactly what I try to do!

- Thanks for the positive feedback, much appreciated!

- Thank you, this is only the second time in my life somebody has paid me that compliment ;)

- You're welcome, glad the video was helpful. All the best for the new year!

Glad the video was helpful, thanks for your comment!

- Thanks for the question. One of the best all-round books on doing live sound that I have found is 'Live Sound Mixing' by Duncan Fry. Another one would be ''Basic Live sound' by Paul White. Both of these are available online and cover the basics very well.

Thanks for posting! Very clear, detailed and helpful.

You are the man!! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos sir.. Greetings. From Los Angeles California..

@GLBProductions

9 жыл бұрын

techingo666 You're most welcome, I enjoy it!

You did a great job explaining the basics. Very helpful!

Excellent demo on how to use the EQ section of the mixer. thanks for sharing.... some times we forget that simple steps :)

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

Awesome Bruno! Thanks for this. I love to cook too, and I already use the "less is better" approach there. Now I will take it into my studio as well.

@GLBProductions

9 жыл бұрын

URKillingme100 Great! Both cooking and mixing audio are about combining ingredients in appropriate proportions so I'm glad the analogy works well for you. All the best with your music!

Another great video and explanation, Bruno.

Thanks mate for the explanation, I needed a refresher on EQ. I did a Cert3 ~3 years a go but it's all ways good to have a refresh of the concepts. + I now know what the low cut switch is for on my mixer (the same as your high pass filter) so I learnt something new. :) Going to try turning on the low cut switchs on Sunday.

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- Glad to hear that. In my opinion the high pass/low cut filter is the most important part of the EQ section.

Your explanation is very clear for a beginner like me. Will watch more of your video for sure... Thanks a lot!

@GLBProductions

6 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome :)

- You're welcome, glad the videos have been helpful. I will add your request to my to-do list :) You seem to be on the right track with your settings - the main thing is to use your ears rather than your eyes when setting up this sort of thing. If you are working with a cover band or touring with a band that has just released an album, you may be able to contact the studio engineer and ask him what settings he used on the recording. Those would be a useful starting point for your live settings.

Well my roommate is new and learning and thanks to you he now understands swept mids it was a very nice tutorial

A lot of people must know this very extremely good

- That's a really good question! The reason is that the high pass filter is not a 'brick wall' that cuts off everything below 100hz but is really a gentle slope that begins at 100hz and rolls off gradually. So while the signal is reduced at 80hz, there is still enough of it there for the low EQ control to have an effect.

Thank you very much sir, it was very much needed for me.& plz upload such videos.

You're most welcome, glad the video was useful to you!

Soundcraft live mixers. cool. used these to mix down to 2 tracks on tour to DAT. choose the mics for the source sound. use almost no eq, except to cut some noise or harsh stuff. very natural sound.

Thanks For this video, it was very easy to understand and useful.

A very calm lecture and lecturer. You are good. Thanks so much,God bless you.

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching and God Bless you too!

You are a great teacher, Thanks again!

Thanks for sharing your expertise, Bruno.

@GLBProductions

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

- Good question. I usually start with all EQ flat, but with the frequency set to a known problem area. So for example if it's a vocal channel I will set the low mid frequency to about 400hz, but leave the boost/cut knob flat, ready for action if necessary. That way if it starts feeding back I can quickly grab the boost/cut knob and cut it without needing to check the frequency setting.

Very well-explained. Thank you. Happy New Year.

@GLBProductions

9 жыл бұрын

kuchingtan You're welcome, happy new year to you too!

As always - great tutorial! Thanks, Bruno! I will rethink my EQ approaches, since I always ADD rather than CUT!)))) Many thanks to you! Regards from Russia!

@GLBProductions

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Alex! Remember that every EQ situation is different - the cut rather than boost rule is a good one for live sound due to the risk of feedback, but for certain applications e.g. kick drum it is acceptable and in some cases even necessary to boost specific frequencies.

@alexchubbymclynn6060

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bruno!) I will keep this in mind.)

Thank you so much! That was a wonderful presentation. Cleared all the mystery.

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

Awesome explanation!! God Bless You!

- You're welcome. Unfortunately many manuals are written for those who already have a general understanding of how sound equipment works and thus do not explain certain key concepts or terms used. All the best with your music!

Great Info Bruno, Just getting back in the PA game again after a long absent.

you are a great teacher, thanks for the lesson!

- You're most welcome, glad the video was helpful to you.

- You're most welcome. I use these videos to train the sound people at my church so they need to be as accessible as possible to those who may not have a technical background.

- You're most welcome, glad the videos have been helpful.

You are the best teacher

Thanks for your videos, they have help me a lot, thanks again.

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- You're most welcome, thanks for watching.

- Thanks for the question, this is definitely an issue when working with sampled drums. I would say that the best option in your situation is to run the sampler stereo: run the left and right outputs from the sampler into two separate channels on your mixer, pan one channel hard left and one channel hard right. This will spread the drums out across the stereo image and make it sound much bigger. I assume that you are working with a stereo mixer and a stereo PA system?

- Thank you, I always appreciate hearing from my viewers!

Thanks you gave me ideas to improve my sound as a bass player. My sound has been horrible lately and I need to adjust it but am unfamiliar with mixing on a board. I am going through a bass multi effects pedal and need to find out if its an adjustment on my pedal. I don't think so because as I listen with ear phones directly into the pedal the sound is great. I do have a button on my pedal that lets the output know if you are going through an amp or sound board. You gave me some ideas, thanks again!

@GLBProductions

5 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome.

Many recording engineers dont use any eq at all for tracking section... this is a ground breaking info... overall great video, and very clear way of showing what and why.

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+Chrząszczyświerszcz Chrabąszczyżowąski Thanks for watching!

- You're most welcome, thank you for watching :)

Thanks! It helps me a lot. You're very clear in your explanations

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- You're welcome, thanks for watching :)

- Thanks for the request. I'm afraid that I do not use DJ mixers on a regular basis, but I will do a video on them as and when time allows. All the best with your music!

This saved my BTEC project thank you! ^-^

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that ;)

A simple and easy way to explain, very clear and useful

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad the video was helpful.

@luiseduardocordero

10 жыл бұрын

Do you have some video regarding setting up amplifiers? Also connection parallel and series

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

Luis Eduardo Cordero Ferrer Not at the moment but will add it to the 'to do' list. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you. Very well explained. I will remember your analogy of not to add sugar to remove salty taste, instead remove salt :)

Dear Bruno, Thanks for the great video. Great how you clearly explain the challenges.

@GLBProductions

9 жыл бұрын

PappaDonLeone You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@PappaDonLeone

9 жыл бұрын

Dear Bruno, If you have some time in the future, could you make a video of using an e.g. 31 x 1/3 octave equalizer? in combination with a pink noise generator? I cannot find proper do's and don'ts for that. Regards, Leon

@GLBProductions

9 жыл бұрын

PappaDonLeone Thank you for the request. I'm very familiar with that technique but I hardly use it nowadays - if I ever break out my old real time analyser I'll do a video :)

@PappaDonLeone

9 жыл бұрын

Dear Bruno, I will be looking forward to that in the future. Regards, PappaDonLeone

I man a older analog Allen & Heath GL2000 at my church. 32 channel. Between 6 to 9 Vocalist. This tutorial really cleared some things up for me dealing with this board. The seperate EQ (i forget how many bands) is for the parts pretty flat with a little sweetner. anywho......Thanks !

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- Oh yes I have mixed several shows on one of those GL2000s. Excellent old-school build quality! And you're right - with the right mic and the right setup you should not need that much EQ on the vocals. All the best with your music and ministry!

Thanx for this video very instructional, now I have more clear picture on the EQ properties will put in practice

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- You're welcome, glad you can apply what you learned here. All the best with your music.

You are the best of all. God bless you.

@GLBProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mercy :)

bruno thank so much ....i just learn now ,your teaching is so clear. slow showing is very good for..because i am not english..thanks so much

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

- The low mid control operates mostly at frequencies above the high pass filter (HPF). The bass control is actually able to override the HPF because it is set at 80Hz, a frequency where the HPF is only just beginning to take effect. Remember that the HPF is not a brick wall but rather a slope beginning at 100Hz.

Very well explained, Bruno. Many thanks.

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching.

- You're most welcome. Graphic equalisers work a little differently in that each slider only affects the frequency that is marked on it, and you cannot adjust these frequencies for a given slider. With these, small adjustments are best, and stay away from the 'smiley face' curve for live sound!

another helpful video. thank you very much again sir.

- You're most welcome. I would say give it a try and see how it sounds. The problem with most noise reduction systems is that they also remove some of the high frequency component of the sound which results in a dull or muffled tone.

- You're most welcome, thanks for watching :)

Amazing tutorial. Best one I've found on KZread about analog and eq, thank you mate!

@GLBProductions

5 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome!

Amazing stuff. Very useful, very clear.

Very informative and Easy to understand.

@GLBProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+Riko Tovias Thanks for watching!

- That's great, welcome back! Feel free to contact me if you have questions or doubts about anything PA-related.

Much admire my teacher.🙏

Great video!! and thank you for posting this.

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

Very clear explanation: congratulations!

@GLBProductions

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Claudio :)

Great one sir. Thank you

- Thanks for watching!

Great lesson sir.from kenya

- You're welcome, thanks for watching :)

great explanations. I play an arranger keyboard and will be setting up "1 man band" and need to learn all about live sound from connections to mixing.

@GLBProductions

10 жыл бұрын

- Ah yes, that can be challenging, especially as you have to play and mix at the same time. Fortunately most one man bands are relatively simple to set up, the trick is getting a good sound.

- You are most welcome, thank you for the comment.