EQ Help

So I just finished reading Yep's awesome thread on "why our recordings sound like ass". I understand the concept with what he (and many others) talk about when they mention cutting this freq and making room for instruments. However, when I open an EQ in Reaper and put it to application that is where the confusion sets in. How do you cut/add specific frequencies make things mesh appropriately. If someone could post an EQ tutorial on the physical process of actually cutting/adding I would greatly appreciate it. Much appreciated! Rob

+1 I can record my tracks fine get the levels right but EQ'ing is just a little beyond my understanding, i've spent hours and hours 'trying' to get that 'great mix' but alas it still sounds like ass :)

The basic idea is to take the "main" frequency range of one instrument and cut that from some of the others to give it space. An obvious example is your bass - you don't really need the guitars to have much low-end with a big, spankin' bass playing along, do you? By applying a low-shelf, or a high-pass, or just a wide band cut around 80 or 100 Hz on your guitar tracks, the bass has more room to play with. A plugin like Voxengo Span (it's also free) can be really helpful in figuring out where the body of an instrument/voice is.

BTW, Heres one I did with EZDrummer - Real quick, Just so you can see some of the things I was talking about. It's a real fast job - def not a final EQ, but it may help: ~Rob.

Not sure I can make it any clearer.

EQ Primer with some target frequency tips: One of the great SOS articles: Some more links on the bottom of this page:

thanks 

Junior: thanks, I posted my next question right as you posted your video that helped a lot. Thanks for the links!

Indeed thanks for the insight into this mystical art ;)