The verse vocal line, ‘I’ve been watching you for some time’, has some typical EQ processing where the bottom end is cut, the mid range is boosted as you might expect and there’s a further boost ...

Step 1: We’re starting with a simple arrangement featuring sparse beats, a pad sound, some strings (doubled from the pad) and a vocal. The latter features EQ, compression and a little reverb, it’s ...

This is the EQ that many consumer headphones and IEMs, especially those made by Harman related companies like AKG, adhere to. However, some audiophiles claim it overemphasizes bass and vocals.

EQ (which stands for equalization ... notes are too loud and/or have a reverberant quality that can obscure male vocals. This is often caused by too much (or too broad) of a boost in the low ...

Step 3: From here you can choose any of the seven EQ presets. There's default (wherein everything is flat), heavy bass, light bass, balanced, vocal boost, clarity, and last-saved. Step 4 ...

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