This is THE video I've been searching for. Reason is my weapon of choice but I have always HATED the sound quality. The mastering suite made my music sound fuller and more complete but I always found that the more sounds I added the more murky and muddled my sound got. This is shows me exactly why!!!! Thank you a million times over

VERY WELL DONE! I'm good with EQ but never knew U could get a Wah effect like that. U Da Man!

Out of many Reason tutorials, this one was the best. You explained everything well and you were not boring, as the other ones that almost sleep while explaining. 5/5 from me, but one suggestion: Lower the volume of ur speakers just a little bit. It killed my ears at some parts, because of the volume difference between your voice and the speakers. Keep it up:)

Thanks for your tutorials. Love to listend to other people and learn tips and tricks. Appreciated! From sweden

Thanks! The EQ has become my favorite effect since working with it a lot.

Good advice for the people. Thanks!

great tutorial but also great djing tip about the mid range when not playing a full out dance club - ill def have to try that next time, thanks man

Thanks for the tips on the EQ! I can't wait to try and implement.

Great explanation Ace. The spaghetti in peoples heads become combed like angel hair pasta ;D

Great guide. One thing though: Human voices are most present between 300 Hz and 3.4 kHz. That's also the frequency range submitted by a telephone at +/-3 dB. The warmth of a voice resides around 150 Hz, Definition (for understanding language properly) at 400 Hz approx (300 - 500 Hz) and Presence ca. at 3.5 kHz (3 - 6 kHz). Furthermore: boosting wide, cutting tight, that's right. If you want something to sound *better*, cut. If you want something to sound *fatter*, boost. Just some hint.

Yeah, the twangy fast guitar part. Dick Dale is the musician you are thinking of. All his songs seem to sound like fast, single note surf music. Mine is Hawaiian in origin, so it probably shares some flavor.

As an engineer I was told less is more therefore EQ can over kill a song so be very gentle when you eq sounds also panning can help with seperation to compensate for EQ.

best EQ explaination ever !!! Thank you !!!!

Awesome Ace. Thanks. Jeff

Wow, cheers! I'm in a band with two guitarists and they're constantly arguing about one being louder. Of course, he is louder, but maybe I can do this to them on the sly :)

I've got a quality MP3 on the website listed on my homepage - the song is called "Hale Noa", from the Hawaiian bar where I heard a group play it. It was such a powerful melody, I carried it around in my head for 3 years...

True. I demonstrated this in my "Visual Envelopes" tutorial and the "Live Performances" series, so I didn't think I would need to reiterate that! Thanks for the comment though.

Very good info Justin. This is the first one of yours I've seen and it's just great how you go over things. You have a good teaching eye for detail, and reiterating things people may have a tendency to forget after all they have to take in. :) One thing tho, maybe pan out a little with the camera next time so we can see what you are doing above, as we couldnt see all you were doing with some drop downs and some of the control knobs. But, have to say again. Love your teaching style. Keep up the great work. (Or should I say Fun hey?) Thanks for your time and effort ... Lee :)

Yes! Have your rhythm guitarist occupy the lower midrange, while your lead guitar should occupy the higher mids and treble. If you only have a 3-band EQ, have your guitarists offset their tone knobs accordingly. This has the same effect as a wide bandpass filter, and should do much to align your guitarists within the spectrum.

Neat video. Informative, thanks!

This beat is dope !!

That was well explained.. thanks a lot

Thanks! This is a very good tutorial!

My rule = Don't BOOST with Reason EQ's... never ever! cut the rest out and turn up the volume with some (subtle sidechain) compression / how you like it / for your style.

thanks, very clear tutorial.

Thyank you. This tut is quite clear.

Any major music store will have it or just go online and shop for the program. Of course you will need an interface to play it but if you go to a store like guitar center they can take you through it if your just beginning.

brilliant - thank you sir

excellent man

Mclass EQ has more options, but no inputs on the rear for CV. Typically it is used as a mastering utility, whereas the PEQ2 has more use as an effects device!

Tell your friend he's making a "filter" effect. A flanger throws certain frequencies off by PHASE - which you cannot do with just low mid and high. However, you can do it by playing two identical records just SLIGHTLY offset in starting time.

nice one man good tips

@AcePincter Should you always mix relative to other instruments?

Thanks man great vid

Hey man thank you! My tracks consistently sound so tiny whenever I export to audio. No matter how high the quality is when exporting (192,000/24 or 44,100 to 16 dither) the tracks consistently sound soooooo tiny. To even hear things normally I have to put my speakers on full blast in my car and on my phone just to hear the track. Other info, I just started getting back into producing and am still trying to learn a lot. The tracks sound fine when I listen to them while operating on the DAW/Reason 5 while connected tomy JBL Pulse 5s, or my cheap gaming headphones, or even my ghetto off brand earbuds. However, when I export the audio and play the music in my car there is a huge difference as well as on my phone's speaker (just a cheap iPhone 3se). I can't figure out what the heck is going on. I hope after watching your tutorial I'll know why this consistently happens.

very informative!!!!!!

yeah it is but once you get it, it's AWESOME

what a pro !!!

Thanks! Reason is Great! also ure Tutorial :)

you made that beat? Hella Dope!!!

You should also Lo cut most of your instruments to prevent your speakers trying to boost those levels that anyway is out of the human hearing range.

There's a better mixed full version on my website (check the link on my front page. The song is called Hale Noa. YT won't let me post a link here!)

thanks for shareing

Great Vid Dude!!!! Where can i hear the full song its AWESOME!!!!

Thanks!

nice track real nice

the tutorial is dope but the volume is way too high if you can correct that

thanks a lot!! :)

@tintala hahahah "heyy everybody, this is a...sphincter."

But, but -I read that tip in a sound engineer's guide! (I believe it would apply to the individual tracks, not the mix) What, then, do you recommend to solve the problem in this case? My viewers and I would surely like to hear your opinion!

thanks!

@AcePincter Thanks for the clarification (and apologies for the 2 year delay in replying). But seriously, if anyone doesn't know how an EQ works then maybe they should take up something else huh ..

Quite useful

Very useful... Is the name a joke, though? "Ace Pincter," like "a sphincter." Like a Waynes world joke? Anyway. Thanks. Great video.

@Justin Brown is the EQ in your mastering suite connected directly to the mixer? thank you plz.

THANKYOU

Thx to you to sent me this video DramatX

Loved the sound of the song your using in this video. Any chance you could send me an mp3 copy?

nice1 :D very interesting

HOW DO YOU STACK THE SOUND TO GET THEM PLAY TOGETHER PLEASE?

I'm using reason essentials demo and when I turn ANYTHING NOTHING HAPPENS to the sound or the red line on the equalizer.

what software is this please help me so i can dwnload ty

@AcePincter lol tnx, man!

8:02 lol :D good tut. but i think reasons's EQ is pretty weak that makes things difficult for me. for example layering 10 channel drum track gets very hard.

@tonyttt31 pretty sure thats what he was trying to demonstrate bro

Anyone know a clean way to bypass anything above 8 kHz for exemple in reason ?

anyone know what a sphincter is?

most powerusers in reason came also of asr 10,s or limited hardware,so normal the first sequencer like reason will be dope for them,but major artist aint even fuck ith a program like reason,most powerusers where at their end of their carreer ,

Same! What goddamn school do you go to? I'm moving there when I get nippers so my kids can go

bigup

CAN YOU MAKE MORE

harmonic minor

The sample music is awesome, but I'm biased. Sort of drunk, as it happens...

The music is drowning out his commentary. Well for me anyway, I couldn't hear him.

hey goober

Cant watch the whole... BUTCHERY, TORTURE! :D

A Pro-ducer?

can't deal with this noise...

I hear a turkish sound:d

U can downlad Reason from torrent sites.. just tellin' ohh and check my beats out :D

@tintala a bumhole

lol

can not hear anything you are saying dude

EQ like a pro? Pro what?

God Reason looks complicated :/

turn the fuckin volume down

fl studio is way better,yeah reaosn has better sounds,but fl you can turn into your own daw by leaving standart shit out,trust me,boombap fans shopuld go to fl studio ,electronic producers should move to reason,you know i know many cats in reason who make hiphop,all share the same sounds and electronic feel,i dont likee reason,nothing beats cubase 5 for real

Homes i dont understand shit!

next time you make a video, pause the god damn music when talking, its very VERY hard to focus on what you are saying and fucking unbearable. that aside, good tutorial.