Corrective EQ on headphones, bad idea?

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Dr. Fluffenstein
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Corrective EQ on headphones, bad idea?

Post by Dr. Fluffenstein » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:22 pm

Is it a bad idea to adjust the overall EQ setting on my laptop when it comes to production? I'm specifically referring to the waves graphic EQ that comes pre-installed on dell xps-15 machines, the ones with a realtek soundcard. I lowered the 30Hz range by about 2dB to get things to sound more balanced on my headphones because the subbass was too strong and made things seem muddy (I have no idea why, but it seems to make the low-mids less coherent). I didn't change anything else, just lowered the subbass and lowered 60Hz by 0.5dB. I was just wondering if anyone knows whether or not this would color the sound or throw off a mix in any way. Thanks.

Rave
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Re: Corrective EQ on headphones, bad idea?

Post by Rave » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:14 am

Do what u like. U can switch it off later when u get in the studio.

spacecat
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Re: Corrective EQ on headphones, bad idea?

Post by spacecat » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:04 pm

Im still wondering about the next step...

say that you are on your monitors - corrective EQ on the master bus

how would you go about mastering this on the same monitors? cant further process it with the corrective eq there now can you?

take the EQ off and it doesn't sound right and you cant further process something that way..

what is the solution?

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