
Both of these things contribute to the noise. There is also an issue with when/how often DAWs send changes to the plugin and when the plugin wants them. There are some filter designs that can be very quiet when modulated but they are rarely used in production EQ products. When EQs are modulated they are not silent. I’m EQing an area not near the sine wave, but noise is produced. Secondly, many DAWs struggle with this sort of setup and you must purchase a third-party product that may not work with your DAW anyway. Your browser does not support the video tag.įirstly, a lot of people don’t realize it’s even a possibility. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could turn down only those overlapping frequencies in the sub, but let the character of the sub still be present when the kick hits? However the sub has a lot of harmonic content that helps define its sound and presences. The Sub and Kick tracks have a significant amount of information in the same frequency range (represented on the vertical axis). When the desire is to fix mix issues or to ‘create room’ in the mix, then using dynamic EQ sidechaining is often a better solution. Some genres, like EDM, rely on the pumping effect of heavy sidechaining to create a signature sound. Sidechaining is an important technique and it’s not directly replaceable. Sidechaining refers to the routing method used where a compressor acts on one track, but makes its decisions based on the audio of another (the sidechain). This process is often called simply “Sidechaining”. The most common approach to solving issues with sounds that have a lot of overlapping frequencies is to turn setup a processor that turns the volume of one down while the other is loudest.
