Everyone's Favorite EQ | Everything You Need to Know About the Pultec EQP-1
Mixing Music | Music Production, Audio Engineering, & Music Business
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The Pole Tech for Mixed Bus or Master Bus Is Really Awesome
The ECP 1A was embraced by many of the top recording studios, especially in the US. The original poll techs are now highly sought after with mint examples changing hands for around 5000 euros or whatever dollars. Sound engineers long ago discovered that interesting and useful EQ curves can be achieved by simultaneously boosting and cutting at the same time as the boosting cut frequencies overlap. This trick has become known as the quote low end trick. On bass drum, for example, if 30 Hertz is simultaneously boosted and cut, the curve creates a boost at 80 Hertz with a dip around 200 Hertz. Motown engineers often employ the low end trick on backing tracks, carving out some minute range frequencies and
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