As a mixing processor, EQ is pretty much one of the most important ones.

You can think of it like you were a sculptor using a chisel.

You have a block of marble and chisel away at it until something beautiful forms from your imagination.

When you use filters and cuts you carve away at the frequency spectrum of your instruments, making room for everything in the mix and cutting away everything that doesn't belong.

You can also look at it from the perspective of a painter or a colorist adding to a pencil drawing.

You add gradients of color that make something simple look even more vibrant.

When you add warmth and presence to sounds you help them cut right through the mix without overpowering other instruments.

You can also look at it like an art historian, admiring the various decades of art all with their different characteristics and picking the most important art pieces of every era.

It's similar to when you're using your analyzer on your mix. Whether you're mixing or mastering you use analysis to help you see the frequency spectrum of each instrument, deciding where you should focus your efforts and finding what's lacking.

As far as art goes, EQ'ing is pretty artistic.

There's really no one way to go about it. It very much comes down to preference and taste in the long run as long as you simply follow a few guidelines to help you create a balance within the frequency spectrum of your mix.

That's why I created EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ.

It helps you:

• Know the importance of getting used to an EQ instead of a fancy plug-in that EQ's for you
• Figure out how to recognize and eliminate annoying sounds
• Get cleaner mixes by listening to the effect an EQ has on other tracks
• Learn the only mantra you need for effective EQ'ing at the beginning of your mix
• Understand how small boosts in the harmonics of instrument can get them to cut through
• Know when to use your training wheels i.e. analyzer

So if you want your guide to making your mixes cleaner by using EQ, grab EQ Strategies using the link below: 

www.EQStrategies.net