EQ (Equalizer)
Tool for adjusting individual frequency ranges.
Detailed explanation
An equalizer splits the audio signal into frequency ranges and lets you boost or cut each of them on its own. DJ mixers typically use kill EQs with three bands: LOW (bass, 20–200 Hz), MID (200 Hz–4 kHz) and HIGH (4–20 kHz). “Kill” means switching a band off entirely (hard left). The main use: the bass swap during a transition, to avoid double bass.
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In practice
Two tracks run over each other and it sounds full but unclear. Almost always it is the basslines adding up. You turn the bass out of the outgoing track and suddenly there is space — the same mix, just without the mud. The EQ is therefore not an effect, it is the tool you use to decide which track is allowed to occupy which frequency range. Cutting almost always does more than boosting.
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