
Some pianos may need a cut in a certain area while some are best left alone in another area.Įvery piano track is different so you may find that you cut a certain frequency on one piano & may even boost that exact frequency on a completely different piano. You won’t always need to cut every area either. Some pianos may have these same issues, but at even lower or higher frequencies each piano & each mix is different. The following areas are ballpark numbers & you will have to search somewhere between these areas. These are more for ear training & to help teach you what different problems/needs sound like! These are just visuals to show you where problem areas may lie or if you need more of something, this is the general area it may be. You probably won't boost all three areas & cut both areas for every piano. You can turn this feature on or off byĬlicking Show Frequency On Hover in the Help menu.✋ Always remember that guides like these are not absolutes & they're not suggesting that your EQ looks 100% like this. Is highlighted, and a small label shows its note number.
By default, the piano display key that matches the frequency at the current mouse position. Cubase) might use a different format, showing C3 as middle C (the Yamaha standard). Pro-Q 2 displays the C4 key as middle C, following the most used Roland standard. To quantize a frequency without using the piano display, just double-clickĪ curve dot in the display or the Frequency knob in the EQ controls, and enter a value like. For example, youĬan double-click on the Frequency knob in the band selection controls and type "D#5 +13", or If the piano display is not showing, you can enter frequencies as musical notes. While the piano display is active, parameter value displays that show a band's frequency willĪlso show that frequency as a musical note (including cents offset). Click and drag the dot to change the frequency while keeping it quantized to musical. Click the dot once to quantize the associated band's frequency to the exact musical. Grand piano layout, ranging from A0 (27.5 Hz) to C8 (4186.01 Hz).įor every band in the display, there is a corresponding dot on the keyboard. The highlighted keys correspond to an 88-keys Which band frequencies can be adjusted as well. When mixing, many times we face problems like the bass guitar masking the kick, or some rock guitars messing with the lead vocal even though they are hard.
Using the Piano Display button at the bottom left of Pro-Q's interface, just above theīottom bar, you can toggle between the normal frequency scale and a piano keyboard display, via