Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
Lesson 36 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
Lesson 36 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
Lesson Info
36. Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
Lessons
Introduction and Welcome to this Course
00:50 2Listen to your Recording Environment
03:43 3Room Treatment Tips
03:07 4Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
02:35 5Recommended Pro-Level Microphones
02:55 6Recommended Budget Level Mics
02:35 7Microphone Audio Comparisons
05:53 8What is an Audio Interface and How is it Useful
01:48Recommended Pro-Level Audio Interfaces
01:35 10Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
01:46 11My Thoughts on USB Microphones
00:45 12Microphone Positioning and Accessories
04:09 13Essential Microphone Polar Patterns
03:17 14Recommended Monitors and Headphones
03:55 15Other Audio Monitoring Tips
02:41 16Introduction to Capturing Audio
00:18 17Recommend Audio Recording Software and DAWs
06:28 18A Quick Look at Some Handy Recorders
02:39 19Audacity Introduction
00:45 20Setting up to Record Audio in Audacity
03:49 21How to Record Audio into Audacity
02:54 22Other Features of Audacity - Playback, Zoom, Undo + Save
04:15 23How to Export Audio out of Audacity
03:37 24Essential Audio Editing Tools in Audacity
08:07 25Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips
03:17 26Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts in Audacity
03:06 27Removing Background Noise Introduction
02:48 28How to use the Noise Gate Effect in Audacity
12:54 29How to use the Noise Reduction Effect in Audacity
11:15 30Mixing and Processing your Audio Introduction
02:32 31A Quick Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect
10:35 32A Quick Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect
11:21 33How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
03:23 34Adding Audio Effects to Audio Clips in Premiere Pro
06:06 35Gain/Volume in Premiere Pro
03:36 36Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
11:08 37Parametric EQ - Part 2A : Mixing Examples
15:56 38Parametric EQ - Part 2B : Mixing Examples - Example 2
11:31 39Parametric EQ - Part 3 - More Settings + Features
05:14 40Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 1: DeNoise
09:24 41Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 2: DeReverb
06:25 42Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 1: Introduction
02:47 43Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 2: Threshold + Ratio
04:16 44Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 3: Make up Gain
03:15 45Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 4: Attack and Release + 2nd Example
06:30 46How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
12:00 47How to use the Hard Limiter Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
06:48 48How to use an Audio Meter in Premiere Pro - Loudness Radar
08:28 49Behind the Scenes of my Audio Recording Equipment
07:16 50Thanks and Bye
00:12Lesson Info
Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
Hi there and welcome to this video where we're going to be looking at an overview of the parametric EQ in Premiere Pro. So EQ stands for equalization and we EQ to alter the frequencies of our audio and the parametric EQ is great because it allows us to find the frequencies we wish to boost or attenuate. So let's open up the parametric EQ in Premiere Pro. So under audio XS, let's go down to filter and EQ and if we scroll down here, you'll notice we have parametric EQ, then I'm just going to drag this over to our audio clip here and then hit the Disclosure Triangle next to Parametric EQ and that's select edit. There is other types of EQ, there is a graphic EQ in Premiere Pro, these have fixed bands and the parametric EQ allows us to choose exactly where we want to make changes, which is why I recommend using this type of EQ for mixing audio. So let me just play back this audio now and you'll notice in this parametric EQ it has a real time analyzer. So we can visually see in real time wha...
t frequencies are being played in this audio. If you have used the EXS 24 in the past, this actually uses the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments in this new sampler. If you scroll down to where it says sampler, you'll be able to choose it. One thing I'm just going to do now is actually enable the loop. So notice here we have the loop playback button. If you don't have the loop playback button here in this toolbar, just go over to the plus button. And here you can actually drag over the loop, play back into your tool bar if you wish. And then we need to set the loop markers and then I just hit the X button on my keyboard to bring up the loop markers or you can right click where you want to mark in and also where you want to mark out for your loop. So just right click mark in and mark out for your loop. So I'm just going to loop this section here. OK. Let's hit edit on the parametric EQ again and bring this up. So like I said, we do have an analyzer on this EQ and it can be useful as a visual guide. But I do recommend not to rely on this analyser too much because it is a good idea to train your ears and not focus too much on the visual analyzer and more listen to the audio. So on this EQ here, we have the low frequencies on the left and we have the high frequencies on the right. So the low frequencies start at 20 Hertz all the way over to 30,000 Hertz. So the smaller the number, the lower the frequency and the higher the number, the higher the frequency. And we have these different bands here in this EQ and these allow us to boost or attenuate the volumes at different frequencies. So on the Y axis here we have decibels. So for example, zero is zero DB. And if we go above zero DB, we are boosting the signal. And if we go below zero, we are cutting or attenuating the signal. And this EQ actually has three different types of bands and they can be adjusted independently. And we also have three different controls for each of these bands which is frequency gain and cue. Like I said, we have three different types of bands and numbers 1 to 5, these are center bands and we have L and H and these are high and low shelves. We also have a high pass and a low pass filter which by default, are disabled, but we can turn them on with these buttons here. I'm going to go into these different band types in a lot more detail in a few minutes. I'm just going to show you some more of these basic controls. So for these five bands here, you can set the center frequency. So for example, on band number one, if I increase the frequency, the small number one move to the right. And if I decrease the frequency, you can see it move to the left and then going down, we have gain control. And this allows us to boost or attenuate the selected frequency. And this is measured in decibels or DB. And below this, we have the Q or width and this is how wide or narrow the selected frequency band is. So if you have a larger Q amount, you will have a wider range of frequencies. Or if you have a smaller Q amount, you will have a narrower band of frequencies. So let me just increase the gain for the center band. Now, I'm just going to decrease the Q and you can see there we have a really wide band of frequencies. Now, if we increase this Q, you can see it goes a lot narrower, they got rid of the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. It's got an updated user interface and it's much easier to use one thing to note. If you have used the EXS 24 in the past, this actually uses the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments in this new sampler. You can find this instrument, they got rid of the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. So what I was doing there was I was just adjusting the cue or the width of this band, then I was adjusting the frequency and then I was adjusting the gain. So I'm just going to put this gain back to zero DB, like I said before, we have L and H. So these are low and high frequency shelves and these work a little bit different to the center bands. So instead of boosting or attenuating the center frequency, they actually boost or cut the center frequency and then continue boosting or cutting the center frequency. So let me just show you now. So if this high shelf, let's add some gain, I'm just going to move the center frequency and let's turn off this low pass filter and you can see there it's boosting the frequency and continues to boost the frequency and same for the low shelf. Let me just turn off this high pass filter. We'll look at these filters in a moment just going to increase the gain, let's increase the frequency. And you can see there it boosts the frequency and then continues to boost. We can also do this for cutting. So I'm just going to decrease the gain and you can see there it's cut the frequency and continues to cut the frequency. It's got an updated user interface and it's much easier to use. One thing to note if you have used the EXS 24 and replaced it with this sampler. It's got an updated user interface. So the key options for these shelves are actually slope controls which determine how steep the slope should be. So you can select this here if you want a steeper shelf. OK. So now let's reset all of the settings. So if we go on to preset up here, we can go down to full reset. There we go. It's completely reset. You will have to turn these bands on again by selecting the band button down here and same for the low pass filter and the high pass filter, you will have to turn these on with these buttons down here. OK. So now let's have a look at the high pass and low pass filters. So you can only cut with these frequencies, you can't boost and they are designed to cut out all frequencies beyond the center frequency that you select. So the high pass filter allows you to filter out the low frequencies and allows the high frequencies to pass, hence the name high pass filter. And the low pass filter allows you to filter out the high frequencies and allows the low frequencies to pass, hence the name low pass filter. So the frequency here allows you to choose where the filtering will begin. And it's much easier to use 24 in the past. This actually uses the same file type and the gain control here, this allows you to choose the steepness of the slope. And these are a decibel per octave slope control. So the higher the number here, the steeper, the slope will be and the lower the number, the more gradual the slope will be. Let me just show you. So if we change this to 60 B per octave, you'll notice it's a very gradual slope. And if we change this to 48 DB per octave, you'll notice it's a much steeper slope. So instruments in this new sampler, you can find this instrument, they got rid of the exs 24. OK. Let me just turn off this high pass filter and I'm going to do the same with the low pass filter. So you would have noticed there, the high pass filter was filtering out the lower frequencies and was allowing the higher frequencies to pass and the low pass filter does the opposite. It allows the low frequencies to pass and will filter out the higher frequencies. So let me just adjust the frequency here and play this back and replaced it with this sampler. Mm just going to make the slope a lot steeper the same file type. So you'll be able to open up your old instruments in this new sump. So these filters can be very useful for removing any noise that isn't coming from the voice. For example, most voices won't really have any frequency content below around about 50 Hertz or above about 20,000 Hertz. So you can always filter out these higher frequencies or lower frequencies because it's just going to be noise and it won't actually be the voice. OK. So that's a quick overview of this EQ in the next video. I'm going to show you how to mix two different examples with this EQ and the video. After that, I'm going to show you some more features and functions of this EQ. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.
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