Re: [Harp-L] EQ'ing for harp

["john merx" <mxharpguyl@xxxxxxxxx>]

That might explain why I can set the Orange so high on Bass freq's, since
it's most clearly a guitar head with a low amount of juice. I know on my
Fender SR that I generally have Bass at like 4, mid at 6ish, high at 2-4....
single volume no gain at about 2.8... mic at 100%. I really have to push the
mic on that to avoid feedback in higher volumes. I had a couple of you guys
(fathead and monsterharp... who sold it to me) already try to re-level it to
get me more volume but as yet we're unsuccessful... but oh man the tone ....

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ron asked:
> ?  I recently used a mixer that had 2 knobs for mids. I know that
> basically, harp players usually turn up bass and lower trebles, but
> what do ya'll do with your mids?
> -------------------
> Hi Ron,
> There's no instant answer to this, as it depends upon the room --
> some rooms are bassier (and verbier) than others.  Also depends on
> your mic, and whether you cup it or not. And whether you intend to
> sing through the same mic.
>
> I'm sure you'll get a lot of different answers to this Q.  But in
> general, when confronted with bass, treble and two mids, I always
> *start* by rolling off the treble to about 10 o'clock; rolling off
> the high mids to about 11 o'clock; boosting the bass to about 2
> o'clock; and boosting the low mids to about 1 o'clock. Then I add
> reverb. (I'm not a fan of delay -- just 'verb. YMMV.)
>
> At that point one just needs to test, test, test.  Depending on the
> room and the other factors, the sound could be right on, or way off.
> But that's usually where I start from.
>
> Inevitably you'll get it to where it sounds great during the
> soundcheck, but then the room fills up with people and the whole
> thing will sound completely different, anyway.... <shrug>  Such is
> life.   :)
>
> luck & cheers,
> Tom
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