Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By waxmastawes Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:53 am
hey guys, kinda new to VST/s AUs / software based stuff in general,

Im looking for a way to slowly filter out certain freqency bands, and bring em back..

so like the sound would slowly lose it's low-end, making room for another sound to fill the lows out, and once that other sound's done, the lows would fade back in on the original sound.. my guess is this would be a filter sweep, or osmething similar... I have audition & Logic, im on a mac so AU's or VST or another way of doing this within those mentioned softwares would be of help.

cheers
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By waxmastawes Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:17 am
Coz wrote:Automating the Logic EQ might be a good place to start. It'll also give you more control over the frequencies, unless you specifically want that filtered sound?


by automating the eq, can you set a sort of 'fade-eq' so that it doesnt EQ immediately?

thanks
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By Coz Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:33 am
Absolutely.

I was doing this last night in Cubase. I had a long delayed sound with a lot of bass going on, and I wanted to slowly EQ the bass out but gradually bring the mids up. It can work really well. 8)
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By mr_debauch Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:53 am
waxmastawes wrote:
Coz wrote:Automating the Logic EQ might be a good place to start. It'll also give you more control over the frequencies, unless you specifically want that filtered sound?


by automating the eq, can you set a sort of 'fade-eq' so that it doesnt EQ immediately?

thanks


yeah man! automation is like the computer turning the knob for you.
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By mr_debauch Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:35 am
hey, maybe watch a tutorial on youtube just so you know what your goal should look like...

also, save.. save.. save.

if your experimentation **** the song up then you load back up to the way it was right before the mistake.
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By scoobylol Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:01 pm
I'm not too sure how it works in Logic, but I imagine you can probably do it in real-time the same way as Ableton.

If you record whilst moving various parameters with your mouse/controller it should record them automatically and draw them visually as you go.

As Coz says doing it with an EQ would give you ultimate control and freedom but if you just want to roll off the low end a little higher, a high pass filter would do you just as well.