Equalizers
What they do
Example: Your writing a piano accompaniment for a song, and you're finding that the right hand piano part is "competing" with the singer. You want the vocals to be very clear and prominent in your mix, so on the ambient mics EQ, you adjust the Mid knob to lower the gain on the middle frequencies of the piano, creating a space in your mix where the vocals can be more clear and prominent.
Equalizers allow you to raise or lower the gain of specific frequency ranges. In the Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand, a three band EQ is available for both the close mics and the ambient mics.
Each EQ consists of a knob to adjust the lo gain, a knob to adjust the mid gain, a knob to adjust the high gain, and a knob to change the frequency range affected by the mid gain knob. Each gain knob can be cut or boosted a maximum of 12dB, and the frequencies affected by the mid gain knob range from 500Hz to 8,000Hz.
Use the EQs to change the tone of the piano, or to help the piano fit into your mix.
To turn EQ on or off (bypass EQ)
- Click the Studio button. The Studio view appears.
- Click the EQ button on the EQ control labeled Close Output to turn EQ on or off for the close mics, and click the EQ button on the EQ control labeled Ambient Output to turn EQ on or off for the ambient mics.
- EQ is on when the light is on:
. - EQ is off when the light is off:
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The EQ buttons work just like the bypass option commonly available to audio plug-ins.
To use EQ
- Click the Studio button. The Studio view appears.
- Turn on one or both EQs.
- AdjustClick and drag the knob up or right to increase and down or left to decrease. the Lo, Mid, Hi, and Mid frequency knobs on either EQ until the piano fits into your mix, or has the desired tone.
It may be useful to use the Mute buttons located on either the close or ambient mic controls to help determine which set of mics the frequencies you need to EQ are coming from.
- The Hi knob increases or decreases the gain of high frequencies.
- The Mid knob increases or decreases the gain of the mid-range frequencies specified by the gray Mid frequency knob.
- The Lo knob increases or decreases the gain of the low frequencies.
Increasing or decreasing the gain on an EQ will affect your overall volume. It may be necessary to readjust the close, ambient, and master volume faders after you use EQ to compensate for the volume change.
The Notation version, unlike the other versions, is a 2-channel instrument. Consequently, only the close EQ is available for the Notation version. Note that the close EQ alters both the close and ambient sound of the Notation version.
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