NORMAL EQ OR ADVANCED EQ ?

[♔Chello]

It’s better to play with a dryer reverb or sound at an unknown venue as unless you have time to do a sound check, you don’t know what the acoustics are like. So i would say 2 as the sounds also have more presence

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If your at home then you might be trying to create a soundscape sounds as a movie score when you will need more reverb. But chances are if you used the same amount of reverb at an unknown venue then everything could turn to mud.

It’s a fine balance using reverb to creating the soundscape you want the sound to be in and the actual acoustics of the room.

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I think the mixer eq is more suited to resolving masking issues than actually shaping sounds

⚖musicalmemories


Thank you very much for your detailed response.
I was pretty sure you would choose Version 2 at an unknown venue, which I would have done for the same reasons you mention.

That said, I find it strange that all styles on all arrangers are set up to recreate a stage with a certain amount of reverb, because this doesn't work when you play on stage; the keyboard already has the necessary reverb, which results in a double reverb effect, which sounds terrible, something that most demonstrations by the most famous are also victims of.

Why don't the manufacturers have a version of DRY styles intended for performing musicians ?

I use the mixer EQ (4-band Parametric EQ) primarily subtractively - to remove frequency overlaps, and then give a slight boost in desired tonal ranges.
A minimum of dB is needed to achieve the desired result.

My goal with these demos was to demonstrate how easy it is to remove mud from all tracks to create a punchy sound, as well as to highlight the negative effects reverb can have.

My perception of punchy sound seems to work, because no one has suggested that it is TOO punchy, even though I have adjusted more dB than necessary to demonstrate the effect.

As a long-time HiFi enthusiast, I am allergic to a muddy sound, and most styles (all..?) sound much better WITHOUT reverb played through my horns or STAX headset.

This is because both the horns and STAX reproduce a significant amount of ambience (NOT reverb..!), which regular speakers and headsets do not.

Therefore, most users will probably find my preferred edit too dry, while I hear everything differently due to other equipment.