mixing EQ

[mumin]

Hello this question is specifically to the guys who have the mixing experience. After shooting a project are there specific EQ I should consider for cleaning out the sound. I'm talking about well recorded sound with minimal background noise. Adding base or any other EQs to make it sound juicier. I will be editing my own film soon . I know the basics of pro-tools and editing I was just wondering if there is something I should start with right after i upload sound files. Thanks

 

[Noiz2]

"cleaning out" the sound and making it "juicier" are sort of opposite ends of the spectrum. What you want to do is get the cleanest dialog you can. That often involves removing bass not adding it. All you need out of production is dialog, everything else you can replace. So go for dialog first. If you can also get some of the FX great. Plan on replacing or sweetening the BG's, they will never match cut to cut anyway. The FX's that you are mostlikley to get from production are things you would have to Foley, and you want those because Foley can get expensive and time consuming. BG's are the easiest as a rule things to replace and you almost always have to. And hard FX (door knocks, opens/ closes, hits, explosions, gunshots etc) rarely sound right in production so those you will almost certainly have to replace.

For dialog, it's often a bit compressed and usually band limited.

 

[wabbit]

For lavs you often have to eq to taste depending on voice and mic placement. Rolling off some base, maybe even putting a small dip around 300hz and a small bump in the 1000hz neighborhood helps. You have to play around a bit and remember to keep it subtle.

I would recommend getting a book on audio post which will guide you through all the steps. There are a couple good books out there including one by Jay Rose which, like his production audio book, is well written for novices.

Cheers

 

[Noiz2]

Oh, also check in to the DUC post section. But read the stickies there before asking questions there, it's populated by a lot of pro's and they can get a bit testy if you ask a very basic question that is covered in the very informative stickies at the top of the page.