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Equalizer and Compressor Cheat Sheet

This document provides equalizer and compressor settings for various instruments and audio sources. It lists frequency ranges and parameters to enhance different elements of bass guitar, kick drum, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, piano, horns, and vocals. Compressor settings are also provided for soft, medium, and hard vocals, percussion, fretted instruments, keyboards, orchestral instruments, and a mix channel limiter.

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Equalizer and Compressor Cheat Sheet

This document provides equalizer and compressor settings for various instruments and audio sources. It lists frequency ranges and parameters to enhance different elements of bass guitar, kick drum, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, piano, horns, and vocals. Compressor settings are also provided for soft, medium, and hard vocals, percussion, fretted instruments, keyboards, orchestral instruments, and a mix channel limiter.

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EQUALIZER

CHEAT SHEET
BASS GUITAR KICK DRUM
50 – 80 Hz: Bottom 50 – 60 Hz: Bottom
700 Hz: Attack 400 Hz: Hollowness
2.5 kHz: Snap 3 – 5 kHz: Beater attack

SNARE RACK TOMS


120 – 240 Hz: Fatness 240 – 500 Hz: Fullness/Body
900 Hz: Point/Attack 5 – 7 kHz: Attack
5 kHz: Crispness
10 kHz: Snap

FLOOR TOMS HI-HAT AND


80 Hz: Fullness/Boom
CYMBALS
5 kHz: Attack
200 Hz: Clang
6 – 10 kHz: Sparkle/Sizzle

ELECTRIC ACOUSTIC
GUITAR GUITAR
80 Hz and below: Muddiness 80 Hz: Fullness
240 – 500 Hz: Fullness 240 Hz: Body
1.5 – 2.5 kHz: Presence 2 – 5 kHz: Presence
3 – 8 kHz: Brilliance

ORGAN PIANO
80 Hz: Fullness 80 Hz: Fullness
240 Hz: Body 2.5 kHz: “Hony Tonk”
2 – 5 kHz: Presence 3 – 5 kHz: Presence

HORNS VOCALS
120 Hz: Fullness 120 Hz: Fullness
500 Hz: Honk 240 Hz: Boominess
5 kHz: Piercing 4 – 7 kHz: Sibilance
5 kHz: Presence
10 – 15 kHz: Air

HORNS VOCALS
120 Hz: Fullness 120 Hz: Fullness
500 Hz: Honk 240 Hz: Boominess
5 kHz: Piercing 4 – 7 kHz: Sibilance
5 kHz: Presence
10 – 15 kHz: Air
COMPRESSOR
CHEAT SHEET

VOCALS
SOFT VOCALS

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-8.2 dB 1.8:1 0.002 ms 38 ms

MEDIUM VOCALS

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-3.3 dB 2.8:1 0.002 ms 38 ms

HARD VOCALS

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-1.1 dB 3.8:1 0.002 ms 38 ms

PERCUSSION
SNARE/KICK

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-2.1 dB 3.5:1 78 ms 300 ms

STEREO OVERHEADS

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-13.7 dB 1.3:1 27 ms 128 ms
FRETTED INSTRUMENTS
BASS GUITAR

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-4.4 dB 2.6:1 45.7 ms 189 ms

ACOUSTIC GUITAR

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-6.3 dB 3.4:1 27 ms 400 ms

ELECTRIC GUITAR

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-0.1 dB 2.4:1 26 ms 1127 ms

KEYBOARDS
PIANO

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-10.8 dB 1.9:1 108 ms 112 ms

SYNTH

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-11.9 dB 1.8:1 0.002 ms 85 ms

ORCHESTRAL

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-3.3 dB 2.5:1 1.8 ms 50 ms

MIX CHANNEL
LIMITER

THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE


-5.5 dB 7.1:1 0.001 ms 98 ms

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