EQ-Based Gating: The Smart Way to Leave Space in a Mix Without Killing the Music

Making a Scene Presents - EQ-Based Gating: The Smart Way to Leave Space in a Mix Without Killing the Music There is a point in almost every mix where the fight starts. The vocal wants the center. The guitars want width. The bass wants weight. The kick wants authority. The toms want to sound huge for three moments in the song and then politely disappear before they turn the whole bottom end into a muddy parking lot. This is the part where a lot of home studio mixers either over-EQ everything until the track sounds skinny, or they give up and let the arrangement stay crowded. EQ-based gating is the move that lives in between those two bad decisions. And that is why it matters to indie artists. http://www.makingascene.org