"How many EQ plug-ins am I allowed to use?

Who cares.

Musicians and engineers get real worried sometimes about how many plug-ins they're "supposed" to use on on a track.

Or how much cutting or boosting you're "allowed" to do. 

It's all a bit funny to me because it just doesn't matter.

You can do whatever you want if the end result sounds good to you.

Take this one bass guitar track I was mixing.

When I was mixing it in with the drums I used two EQs.

The first was for subtractive EQ'ing and making it fit with the drums.

Then, after some compression I added a second EQ for some slight boosts in the mids. The bass was nice and thick but I made it cut through a little more with an additional boost.

After that was done I focused on the rest of the mix. I added in the other instruments and went around EQ'ing them as well.

It wasn't until everything was rocking in the mix that I went back to the bass.

With a bunch of new instruments the bass started cluttering up the mix again. It was a little too muddy and it lacked some clarity.

Did I go back to my EQs and modify what I already did and risk the balance I had before?

No.

I just slapped on a third EQ, made some quick adjustments and rebalanced my mix.

Sometimes, if you're using limited stock plug-ins, you simply run out of bands and need to be more surgical.

If you want to have three different EQs on your tracks all doing different things be my guest. 

I won't judge you.

You don't have to worry about how many plug-ins you're "supposed" to use or what you "should" do when you EQ.

In fact, if you're insecure about how to use EQ I WILL judge you if you don't get EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ.

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