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Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

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The effect unit is set to produce a 'wet' signal because that's what<br />

you want to feed back into the final signal from the 4-track or mixer.<br />

Remember that this is being added to the original, untreated signal,<br />

so there's no point in adding, for example, partially reverbed trumpet<br />

to unreverbed trumpet. What you do is to choose the level of the<br />

trumpet track which is sent to the reverb so that the right level of<br />

reverbed trumpet is heard in the final mix.<br />

Q1.1.2 What is EQ (Ee-Kyoo)? What kinds are there?<br />

Thanks to Michael Parrott for a nearly<br />

complete rewrite for this question.<br />

EQ (where each letter is pronounced: Ee-Kyoo) stands for<br />

"equalization." As a noun, it means those controls on a recording,<br />

mixing, or playback unit which allow for altering the tonal<br />

characteristics of an audio signal by boosting (increasing) or cutting<br />

(decreasing) the prominence of specific frequencies or frequency<br />

ranges within the signal. As a verb, it indicates use of those<br />

controls.<br />

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