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Tutorial 3: Mixing
The middle EQ is a parametric EQ. That means that the
frequency range of this EQ can be widened or shortened.
To do this, click on the middle width or “Q” slider and drag
right to widen the range and left to shorten it.
You can adjust the EQs level by raising or lowering the
bass, middle, or treble gain slider. To do this, click and
drag up or down on the desired slider.
To bypass the EQ, click the Bypass button.
You can reset any slider by [Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking on
it. You can also reset the EQ from the EQ Presets pop-up.
Simply click in the EQ Presets field and select “Reset”.
Experiment with the EQs on all your tracks.
Ö A good tip when using EQ is that it’s usually better to
take away EQ (lower the gain) than to add it.
Now let’s move on to effects.
Audio effects
Let’s add some effects to our project. In Sequel, there are
three types of effects that we can manipulate:
• Track Effects
• Global Effects
•Output Effects.
For details on each effect and its parameters, see the
chapter “Effects reference” on page 99.
• You can also add effects to instrument parts. This is
described in detail in the section “The Event Effects tab
(instrument tracks only)” on page 64.
Track effects
Track effects are commonly referred to as insert effects.
This is because they are inserted into the signal flow.
1. Select the “Bass” track.
2. Make sure you have the Track Inspector Page se-
lected and click on the “Track Effects” tab.
3. Begin playback and loop (or “cycle”) a section of music
so that you can hear everything.
The tutorial project has its locators and cycle already set for this. Feel free
to change this if you like.
4. Let’s use the Compression fixed insert on the “Bass”
track to smooth it out a little bit.
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Listen to, and see the changes we made to the EQ
by loading the project “Mixing 5” found in the “Se-
quel Tutorial 3” folder.
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Load the project “Mixing 6” found in the “Sequel
Tutorial 3” folder.
Track Effects tab