just so people know, i went to school for sound engineering and these videos are on par with what i paid A LOT of money to learn. thanks rick for this resource

This man is practically saving music single-handedly. So many resources and so much appreciation and education that has come from him. A treasure!

13:30 Drums 19:50 Bass Guitar 23:45 Electric Guitar Should be nice to have some real time video equalizing a band to figure out better. Also a good video to understand the equalization of a band.

love these vids how to 0:00 filters 3:02 analog EQs 5:45 digital EQs 10:42 drum EQ 13:30 bass EQ 19:48 guitars 23:44 piano/organ 26:39 strings 30:20 Master EQ 34:20

Rick, as a longtime musician and newtime (self-taught) demo-er, I can’t put into words how much I appreciate you and your time spent making these great videos. It seems like each road bump I hit on the journey of learning to record ends in the same result: I search on KZfaq “how to...” and see that you’ve made a video explaining how to do the thing I need to learn. You are playing such a quantifiable role in removing the arterial blockages of our collective creativity, and facilitating so much more music to flow during our time. Thank you, Master Yoda!

Damn you Rick! I payed Full Sail over $70k to get this kind of education! Where the hell were you 15 years ago?! Great video man... thank you!

I've known and used this info for over 30 years, but have NEVER seen it presented better. You are an American Treasure, Rick. God bless!

I'm not new to eq and I've studied frequency charts and I've watch many videos about equalization. This is by far the best video I've watch to this point. Thank you for sharing.

This is probably one of the most informative 36:43 of my life. Can't say thank you enough for not only the information, but your presentation of that information makes it all the better. Really appreciate your videos Rick!

I've been watching this video constantly even though I took notes. After the Bible, this video is my go to. Rick has transformed the quality of my recordings in a short time. I send everyone I know doing home recording here. A friend was impressed after I sent him this link and he want's Rick's book.

You know, Rick, I really appreciate all of the people like you who share their knowledge here on KZfaq. I've spent years absorbing in all of this information about the art of recording. Now that I've been working on recording some of my own demos, it has worked out so much in my favor with understanding it all!

Everything is possible to learn from your videos: from basics of the music (notation, harmony and melody), to making professional audio and living from it (recording, mixing and mastering). That is how the teacher (or professor) should look and sound like. Big respect.

dont want to sound repetitive, it seems like I always write the same comments in this channel, but this is awesome!

despite me making music for my entire life, i am just now learning how to actually do it with your videos.

I believe that this is one of your most useful and practical videos so far for finessing mixes. It's more specific information than I have seen for most discussion of EQ. Good job, Rick.

"Scoop out the mud." A rule to track by, to mix by, and to live by.

I love the style of these instructional videos. You always cut away to graphs and examples and show us exactly what we need to see, and I can tell you add things in while you're editing to make sure everything is really clear. It's succinct, and moves quick so it doesn't waste anybody's time. And my favorite part is that you don't worry about making it super smooth. What comes across is that you care about communicating effectively and actually informing rather that making yourself look like a super polished "educator". I am grateful for your efforts sir!

Hey Rick, thanks so much for all the info you've been sharing. I've been studying music and sound for 30+ years and the past year watching you has filled so many gaps. Thank you, thank you.

Just wanna send giant love from the UK bro. Been producing about ten years and I’m at the stand still as I have never really got a hang of the mixing stage etc. It holds me back from really releasing material or even getting that far. This video has been a gigantic help so I’ll watch all your other work. Thank you again dude

I fortunately ran into Rick Beato's channel while doing research. I have been a musician since I was 9 years old and am a pretty good saxophonist and song writer. Now that I have Pro Tools, I am not only the performing musician, but now I am the engineer. I did not realize how complex recording and mixing could be. Thanks to Rick, I am slowly starting to learn EQ, Compression, FXs and mixing. My mixes are starting to sound great. Great teacher. I really appreciate it.

rick is so generous with his time & his talent. this video alone is a reference i always return to when I'm out mining information on recording, elsewhere. so comprehensive, so inspiring, with this short video alone. rick is saving people years of head scratching and uncertainty, in record time. rick for prez.

Would love to see a vid of "carving out freq for instruments to "sit" in their own space for clarity. Great video here Rick.

This is a really great EQ breakdown. I love the way you covered all the various EQ plugins as well as all the critical frequency ranges for instruments.

My pro tips are: Don't overuse EQ! Low pass and high pass is usually enough to get you most of the way there. Overuse make your mixes sound stupidly hyped and nobody's impressed by it. Don't worry about expensive brand name EQ's (Api, Neve, Ssl etc)! The expensive stuff is usually high quality and expensive for a reason but most standard plugins today do a very good job. Don't blindly apply rules like "cut this frequency, boost that one"! What needs to be done depends on what your material sounds like before eq. If your bass drum has too little low mid, attenuating it further is going to make things worse. If you find yourself needing to apply the same eq to every project you should improve your recording techniques. Don't try to fix bad arrangements with eq! It can't be done. If the track doesn't work: rearrange. Don't EQ solo'ed channels! What something sounds like out of context is irrelevant.

Thank you so much for the knowledge you share. All people can't go to the university to learn things. And there are people like you helping them. What a beautiful world to live.

I have been a self taught recording engineer and your video fills gaps in my knowledge I never would have gotten any other way. Thank you so much! Please keep up the awesome Videos I love them all!

Awesome lecture. This is the kind of video that kills music classes... I simply followed this on my last mix and what a difference. I could not believe it. Thank you.

When trying to fit pianos and other dense instruments into a mix, remember that shelving is your best friend(both low and high shelves). Filtering works but can take too much out where as advanced shelving techniques can do just about all you would ask of filters while leaving as much "shelved" frequency behind to balance out the ends result so that it sounds more natural. Its like taking the life out of an instrument w/o it sounding completely lifeless. This especially works if you are familiar with "wall of sound" theories and like for things to be felt more and heard less.

Thank you so much for so willingly sharing all of the tips, learning a lot from these, and I've been a musician for 16 years. You're a legend!

This man is the GOAT.

What an incredible teacher. I'm so grateful for all this free knowledge. God bless you, Rick.

Man, I've heard this video so many times while driving or doing something else, so much information! Thanks Rick!

Rick, your approach to mixing is really inspiring as much as your musicianship! More content on these would be great. Thank you and you are the man!

Hi Rick, great video. A lot of useful info! Maybe, if it's possibile, a video where you work on EQs and Reverbs, on a short piece, with different instruments will be awesome. Thank you for all this great stuff!

This is not another tutorial. This is a treasure! Thanks a lot mister Beato!

This lesson is absolute gold, has more insight than most content out here. That's Rick Beato for you.

Thank you SO MUCH Rick Beato, the greatest thing possible is to search for something you need to learn and find out that one of your greatest "youtube teachers" made a whole class about it!!

Cheers from Argentina, Rick! I`m a musician and producer, and I appreciate so much all this stuff.The information you`re giving along your channel, video after video is literally priceless. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and experience with all of us.

You are a great teacher, and have off the charts knowledge of all things music. Your videos are priceless.

Great stuff, simply great. You have passion for what you do, and you teach with that passion. I would always go to any masterclass you do. Keep it up! You can always be sure that someone who [post a 30 min. video on a subject for free does it just out of passion...And thats where the real learning is

Thanks for all you tutorials. They are absolutely invaluable. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all!

Great video, I've noticed that I was beginning to gravitate towards some of these sweets spots after a decade of trial and error. You've really cleared a lot of things up for me. Thanks Rick!

Rick, this is the best summarization video of all my EQing questions that I had! Thank you!

Ricky this is easily the best KZfaq channel. I just got done watching the compression video and it taught me so much. I have never been able to understand what compression does and that video totally helped me out. I love production and hope to do it one day like you do man.

Fantastic insight, just like to say how much I appreciate all your time and effort with so much concentration on detail, thanks so much.

your level of knowledge is truly astounding, and is equaled only by your generosity! thanks for sharing all of this. its pure gold!

Having watched your tut on Compressors, I had to look for this one. You have made an eternal impact on my music. God bless you.

This is great. Highly informative. I've spent too much time lately on audiophile vids and comment sections. Audiophiles would argue against EQ all day. I'm tired of their idiocracy.

22:22 I am so grateful for how to mix the bass, it has saved my mix👍 Bass guitar can be too muddy or oversaturated(too much buzz) the bass can vibrate and groove beautifully, but also can lose its harmonic and melodic quality. To find the good balance, is difficult....but after applying the tips of Rick Beato, my bass was well balanced. Thank You

Very direct and detailed. I'll be adding you to the recommended list for my interns and myself! Great entertainment while wrapping cables and putting away mics tonight. Thanks!

Damn it!!! Why did I not find your channel til recently. Thank you, there is so much gold in your videos it’s overwhelming. Covering such a width of material too. Wonderful.

Brilliant video. Just a word to any beginners having trouble with knowing when you’ve done something right - don’t listen to the instrument that you’re eqing to hear the change. Listen out for the other instruments which should start to come through clearer. E.g. when eqing the kick drum, have the whole mix playing and find the spots where the bass guitar starts to sound clearer. If you expect to eq a kick drum in isolation and hear some magical perfect blend you won’t get what you want.

Excellent video. Thank you! Gotta bookmark this for reference.

You're the man, Rick. Thank you for all the precious information. Coming from a newby barely starting on his mixes and his KZfaq Channel, this will certainly be of great help.

Such a generous master you are!. I can't thank you enough

Thank you Rick for your classes, they are really serving me a lot. Greetings from Argentina.

Man, I freakin' love this channel. You the man, Rick!

Finally gearing up this year with a starter studio package. Really appreciate the deep dive on how to make it sing. Thank you.

The voice is an instrument too, Rick. ;)

13:45 i came for this, i got it and got a whole lot more Thank you!!

Good idea concerning the strings having a mutual reverb send. Ive been learning how string samples sound so much better with good reverb and automation techniques. Even a cheap string sample can sound good in the right hands where as even a realistic expensive sounding sample can sound synthetic and fake in the wrong hands. Listening out for what the attack is doing and automating it to sound like how professionals play was a groundbreaking insight for me. Good reverb has a good way of masking cheap samples and polishing quality samples. Everybody has access to a decent reverb and can quickly learn to automate good by imitating.

Thanx! Did a very simple production - but with your advice in eq-ing I got quite decent results which I’m very glad with. 👍

Sorry best videos ive seen on music engineering . Love your work . I can understand you . Obviously bloody real experienced. Thanks.

One of my favorite videos of all time

Thank you Rick, this was incredibly helpful!

Great EQ tutorial. Best on KZfaq by far. Thanks man.

Watching this for the 3rd time. Taking notes this time! Thanks Rick! Be safe!

You're such a good teacher! I can always rely on your videos to be a. super in depth, though more importantly b. super easy to understand and very well presented. Top job, and thanks!

Glad you mentioned fabfilter. My favorite plugins. They are amazing.

Great video Rick! Definitely appreciate the breakdown of all the ins and outs! Thank you for this channel!!

Great video(s)- really refreshing and helpful hearing someone who really knows and enjoys what they're talking about.

Great tutorial/guidelines on EQ. Rick, we appreciate you sharing your experiences and knowledge. Thank you so much :)

Definitely adding this to my favorites

Thank you for this very instructive video. It answered a lot of questions succinctly that I have been wondering about for years and some questions that I didn't even know that I wanted to ask. In particular, the remarks about EQ'ing bass instruments were eye-opening.

applied to my mixes. Sounds 100x better. Thanks Rick!

i love your videos Rick ...incredibly helpful and clear the way you present and explain. huge thanks and keep them coming.

This video is awesome, Rick. Thanks a lot 🙏 One of the best videos that helped me to understand how to EQ instruments.

Rick, thank u so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Dudes like you who have passed on what you have learned so we can create our own music at home with technology today. Thank u, super appreciate it!

Great work. Vital information for getting things done. Get rid of anything that is not the song and the sound that is left is the song and only the song. We tend to leave too many things in a song that are best removed. Nice to see it applied to teaching production. Very cool.

Thank you so much Rick,I just love your channel ❤️

Thank you so very much for this... I've been working on a mix and it was dull. I'm still learning EQ.Doing some of these adjustments brought the song to life....

Really enjoying your vids. As well as learning lots of new information, they help me put words and theory to things I've been doing for years. Great stuff : )

Best presentation of EQ in general I have ever seen. Well done! A saying between my music friends long ago: "Real men don't use EQ". This was not to imply that EQ should not be used, however the goal in recording was to pick and place mic's in a way that the use of EQ would be minimized. Mixing is like Golf, in that, the goal is to hit the ball as few times as possible. In general the goal of EQ mixing is to clean up all the stuff that is not needed. Less is more. If I have 3 band EQ's, typically 2 are cuts and 1 is boost. What makes the Neve EQ sound cool is the inductor design. Inductor EQ's are never cheap and saturate well. The GML 8200 EQ was the first that coined the term Parametric and is the definition of a parametric. GML is colorless, after using it, you can't tell it's in use until bypassed, the ultimate EQ if you don't want any color. Another point is that the tempo of the song controls many of the EQ choices there is only so much musical space. A mix is like a bowl of soup. You can't overfill the bowl, but you can decide what it taste's like. SSL is the most common for mixing because it is capable of narrow cuts and sometimes called a surgical EQ. To complicate issues I have found that plugs often do not sound good with boosts vs analog EQ's. When recording players with under 10 years of experience, often lot's of EQ is needed. When recording a band that has been together for years, they have already adjusted everything so that you just need to capture what's in the room. IE if you have two guitar players, they have to fight it out as to what frequencies each get to use. One easy way this is often solved is the lead player uses a Strat and the Rhythm player uses a Gibson.

Thank you so much for this. Positively the most useful video I've watched on EQ. By the way, your mixes sound amazing!

Great tutorial Rick. Thanks a lot for explaining all of this in a very understandable way.

Outstanding lecture. Although some of this I "knew", I somehow need constant reminders. I like discussion on the reasons behind these guidelines. Thanks for sharing.

Rick, I am a long-time industry professional, both audio and music. Love your videos! In this video, a primer of the frequency ranges of the different instruments might be a good idea, as an added bonus. However, still a great video, like ALL of your stuff. :)

Hey man what you’re doing is so great for the internet and music learning everywhere. You’re such a fantastic resource and good to see someone else keeping old school rigorous faith towards musicality alive 💯

Thanks for posting this video, always helps to review EQ techniques- really helps my mixing.

This video is really interesting. Very well explained, knowing how to equalize and correctly apply a compressor, make the mixtures perfect. Thanks for educating.

Thank you. A great guide line. I am learning and practicing so much musical theory for and on the piano every days that I simple haven't got the time to do the same with mixing engineer stuff. So your videos really help to get a better understanding of that matters the quick way. Best wishes.

This is a freaking great video. Decades of knowledge and experience in a few minutes. Awesome.

It would be fantastic to have a video like this for classical music, especially symphonic

Great Stuff!! We switched over to the UAD/UNISON technology, so it was nice to see Rick give a shout out on his "How the Pros Use Compression" lesson, to many of the great Processor emulations from Universal Audio. All these years later, and the LA-2A's/DBX 160's (including the VCA on the SSL E Channels) as well as the 1176's, continue to provide amazing dynamic control to our mixes. The Elysia and Summit Compressors are also great!

Good info, simply stated, to the point, no nonsense. Same goes for the companion vid on compression theory. Having to adapt to untried methods of DIY music production (due to the disruptive global reality that's in process), this is much appreciated. Cheers

You are the man. This has helped me greatly with my mix

One of the videos worth to be on KZfaq ! Great explanation Sir.

This is absolute gold. Thank you. Wish I had this 25 years ago ;p

I've seen so many videos explaining this, and I must say I found your video to be very informative and easy to understand. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos to help the masses out. You are very knowledgeable regarding these subjects. I subbed 😀

Rick! Love you brother! Learning so much from you! Heartfelt gratitude ❤️