The EQ in your DAW may have an edge over even some of the most coveted recording discs, but only if how to take advantage of it. You probably already know that low frequency cuts are vital to preserve the headroom in your mix. Recording consoles and a lot of microphones feature a high pass filter and it’s typically fixed around 75 Hz.
Musically speaking, that’s here. This filter serves to eliminate low frequency rumblings that don’t belong down there. And you may also know that you can easily accomplish this with the EQ in your DAW, and you should.
But where our forbearers were content to hit that button, you don’t need to, and you shouldn’t. Any filter tends to create a resonance bump in the corner frequency. And what that means is if you’re cutting at 75 Hz, you may actually get a little boost at, say, 76.
So when you’re creating lots and lots of cuts, you may also be accumulating some buildup at some of those frequencies. And unless your song happens to be in, say, D flat, that may not be what you want. It’s an easy problem to avoid.
Just dial in your high pass, low cut filter by hand. Don’t use the preset. Also, take this advice with a grain of salt.
Most of your favorite records were mixed using your console with a fixed high pass filter. But if you see an advantage, you might as well
