There’s an inverse relationship between how many instruments you put in your mix and how much space you can give them in the EQ spectrum.

The bigger the arrangement, the smaller the space each instrument has in your mix.

A power-punk quartet with drums, bass, two guitars and loud vocals a la Offspring?

Not much surgical EQ needed.

Every instrument can have loads of space in the mix.

An 80’s disco pop song complete with layers of synths, backing vocals, horns and percussion?

Lots of EQ skills needed.

Everything needs to squeeze into a small space in your mix.

So the more stuff you put into your arrangement and mixes, the better your EQ skills have to be.

There’s only so much stuff you can cram into the mix before every instrument starts fighting with each other.

• The synth will inevitably fight with the guitars.
• The kick drum will fight with the bass guitar.
• The strings will drown out the piano.
• The percussion will get in the way of the snare.
• And everything, LITERALLY EVERYTHING, will smother the vocals.

And the vocals are the most important thing of the whole song?!?

So unless you want every instrument to lay on top of each other with no definition, no clarity and no area to call its own you better get working on those EQ skills.

And what better way to learn the simple tricks to making everything fit together in the mix than by learning from my mistakes?

If you can’t balance your mixes and make everything fit together in the frequency spectrum after reading my Ultimate EQ Guide then I don’t know what will.

Don’t believe me?

Here’s what one engineer had to say about it:

“The Ultimate EQ Guide is helping me immensely! I am new to mixing but have been in many studios as a recording musician. It’s helping me clean up muddy mixes and get more punch out of my recordings. I highly recommend it!”

See for yourself right here:

www.EQStrategies.net