Earbrass Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hi all, I'm going to have to buy a small mixer in the near future for my modest home studio. Main contenders at the mo are the Soundcraft Compact 4 and the Alesis Multimix 6FX. On the whole I trust Soundcraft more when it comes to mixers, but one difference between the two is the midrange EQ - the Alesis mid is 2.5K (peaking), the soundcraft is 600Hz. A few reviews have commented that the Soundcraft's 600Hz is an odd choice and not very useful, but I was wondering which you all thought would be better for bass guitar. Any thoughts (or other comments about these two products) ? Regards E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 600 = high mids amirite? so more useful if you wanna go for a high attack tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I would say 600Hz is more "mids" than 2.5K. Whether or not either is of more use on bass or not........ I personally like to boost both mentioned frequencies on my amp. When recording, I use the EQ in my DAW. Do you not have this option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 [quote name='cheddatom' post='130126' date='Jan 29 2008, 04:37 PM']I would say 600Hz is more "mids" than 2.5K. Whether or not either is of more use on bass or not........ I personally like to boost both mentioned frequencies on my amp. When recording, I use the EQ in my DAW. Do you not have this option?[/quote] Hi Tom, I'm using a very simple digital 8 track for recording, which has no EQ (Fostex MR-8 MkII - super portable, runs on batteries if you need - record anywhere with no earth hum! - CD spec straight to Compact Flash). I use this set-up as I move around a bit and wanted something portable. I am a luddite and only use computers for archival / compiling and burning CDs etc. (25 years as a computer programmer - say no more). Thanks to yourself and umph for your comments. In the end I expect I'll go for the Soundcraft cos it looks prettier. I'm so shallow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebasshead Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I can't for the life of me remember where I got this from (might even have been somewhere on BC!) but these might be useful: Sub-bass - 30Hz (rumble) Low-bass - 40Hz (rumble/depth) Bass - 60Hz (depth/fatness) Mid-bass - 100Hz (fatness/boom) High-bass - 130Hz (fatness/boom/thickness) Low/mid-mids - 340Hz (thickness/growl) Mid/high-mids - 660Hz (growl/nasality) High-mids/low-treble - 1.3Khz (nasality/bite) Brightness - 2.6Khz Sheen - 5Khz Air - 10Khz Too high - 15Khz Hope this helps, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 [quote name='stevebasshead' post='130154' date='Jan 29 2008, 05:06 PM']I can't for the life of me remember where I got this from...[/quote] I think I might have written that in a rare moment of lucidity! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebasshead Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 [quote name='alexclaber' post='130167' date='Jan 29 2008, 05:20 PM']I think I might have written that in a rare moment of lucidity! Alex[/quote] Credit where it's due Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) If it helps the EQ on my i amp is as follows LO 40-180, LO-MID 180-1K ,HI-MID 880-8k and HI 1k-8k and a quick look at the usual setting backs up alexclaber's chart as i often have a bit of boost boost at 100 hz and some at around 400hz to bring out the growl Edited January 30, 2008 by steve-norris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks everyone - very enlightening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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