Earbrass Posted January 29, 2008 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
umph Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 600 = high mids amirite? so more useful if you wanna go for a high attack tone Quote
cheddatom Posted January 29, 2008 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
Earbrass Posted January 29, 2008 Author 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
stevebasshead Posted January 29, 2008 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
alexclaber Posted January 29, 2008 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
stevebasshead Posted January 30, 2008 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
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 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
Earbrass Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks everyone - very enlightening! Quote
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