Vocal Frequencies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This works for male and female vocals and gives you the ranges worth paying attention to. What each one needs depends on the singer, the mic and the room, so listen before you reach for any of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- 0-100 Hz<\/strong> – Handling noise, floor rumble and air conditioning live down here, and most vocals do not. A high-pass around 80 Hz is a common starting point. Raise or lower it while listening and stop before the voice starts losing weight, because a deep male voice can have fundamentals in this region and a steep filter will thin him out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 200-500 Hz<\/strong> – Body and boom share this range. A small cut around 350 Hz can clean up a boomy vocal, and a gentle lift around 200 Hz can add fullness to a thin one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 800 Hz-1 kHz<\/strong> – Where a vocal turns boxy or nasal. Sweep a narrow cut through it if the tone sounds honky, but plenty of vocals need nothing here at all.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 1-2.5 kHz<\/strong> – Some voices get hard around 1.5 kHz. When that happens a narrow cut fixes it faster than anything else.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 3-5 kHz<\/strong> – Presence. A small boost around 3 kHz can bring a vocal forward, and a dip around 4 kHz can take the edge off one that is already too forward. Plenty of vocals arrive with enough of both.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 5-10 kHz<\/strong> – Clarity and consonants. A gentle lift here makes a vocal more exciting, but this is also where sibilance lives, so listen for the S sounds getting sharp.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 10-20 kHz<\/strong> – Air. A slight shelf between 10 and 16 kHz is usually all it takes. If there is hiss or noise above that, a low-pass filter or another EQ band<\/a> will deal with it, but do not remove the top of a clean recording just because you can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHow to EQ Vocals in Six Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The chart tells you where to look. This is the order I work in, and it matters more than any single setting. EQ is not a rescue tool, though: if the recording is poor, no amount of it will fix the take. Get the performance right and EQ makes it better.<\/p>\n\n\n
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- 200-500 Hz<\/strong> – Body and boom share this range. A small cut around 350 Hz can clean up a boomy vocal, and a gentle lift around 200 Hz can add fullness to a thin one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n