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Any ideas on the best presets (& their respective region of settings) for "on-the-fly" re-equalization of songs?
My problem is I have such a wide variety of tunes of varying vintage and recording studio techniques. I’ve been very happy with the CGSmooth preset lately, and it’s ability to be pretty consistent with density most of the time. But it doesn’t seem to "re eq" very well. Songs with more bass than others sound very out of place next to songs that aren’t so bottom-heavy. (Same thing with treble-heavy stuff next to older material.)
I’ve heard of stations that (especially in the 70s and 80s) would use multiband processing for this very purpose, as opposed to manually EQ-ing each cut to their liking. Any ideas?
I’m sure there are some presets that re-equalize better than others, but in general terms, increasing the "power" gives you more spectral consistency cut-to-cut.
I would venture a guess that behind the scenes, thresholds and ratios are being adjusted to make this happen, but I don’t have any concrete knowledge to back up that supposition.
It is evident, however, by observing the way the amount of available gain reduction increases as you increase power that the compressors will ride gain over a wider range, allowing for more spectral consistency.
Anyone with greater access/familiarity to how the core works care to confirm that theory or take me to task on the guesswork? 🙂
Jim
The core actually has Range controls; one for the Downward Expander, one for the AGC, and one for the Multiband section. The core actually functions that way, so there’s no need for it to mess around with anything else.
The Range of the AGC and Multiband are adjusted with that meta control in the GUI. The Range of the Downward Expander doesn’t get adjusted, but the thresholds do in relation to the "ITU Input Ref Level".
From a purely listening perspective, I have found the Plutonium preset gives a good cut-to-cut EQ consistensy but also seems to stay as close as possible to the original in cuts that have not been eq’d.
As with most things in the audio realm, it is often down to personal choice and taste and also a bit of trial and error to find the effect you are looking for. Try Plutonium with a low speed (around 20) as a starting point and see how you go.Yorkie.
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