High Cut on 6k is crazy?

6k (18 dB/oct) is basically my starting point, from there I go up or down depending on necessities. I've gone as low as 4k on some tones, so I'd say it's not crazy at all 😅
 
Ok, so now you guys are going to make me try some lower frequency high cuts to see what all the hype is…
 
kaiqueunderline said:
I have an AKG k52 headphones, and the super high frequencies are very presents. With fractal the sound starts improve when I set high cut for 6khz.

is this too much? Should I be more conservative and stick to 8kHz and ignore those AKG frequencies?
Click to expand...

Sounds perfectly normal as long as it sounds good to you.

I set up my FM3 - and other modeler - presets on the "brighter side" .... that way, live, I can trim down the Global EQ hi cut to a good level.

I'm a huge believer in using an EQ to reduce an audible existing excessive frequency, as opposed to boosting a less-audible-barely-there existing frequency.

Plenty of times I have hi cut down to 3.2K or 4.0k or anything in-between - depends on the room and the stage.

B.t.w ..... I cant stand using headphones ..... just a personal thing.
 
It was very common to have to use aggressive high cuts on Helix Floor to deal with its fizz issues, down to 4 or 5 kHz wasn't uncommon. I find it less necessary on FM9. I recall Matt Schofield on a TPS episode saying to not be afraid of a little treble. As I recall his Strat into his Two Rock on that show was also picking up an unusually large amount of noise from the lighting in the room. Mick asked if that bothered him, and Matt said no, not really. Part of the deal with single coils I guess.
 
These headphone graphs can be misleading. Closed headphones built up their own air chambers around the ears and the highs need more energy to compensate the air pressure. Also the sound can not come from the usual front direction and they don't know what your ears look like. The ears even arent the mirrored sames on both sides. So they make a guess and they also add compensation for that.
Good chances you don't get a flat line on the graph although it's a good headphone. Might also happen vice versa, perfect graph but terrible sound. So: Trust your ears, listen and compare, data sheets for headphones are not reliable for your special ear and head. They didn't knew if you looked like a pumpkin.
 
Corinthian said:
Better to use a correction IR for your specific model of headphones than broad cuts at an arbitrary frequency. You can get them here:
https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/blob/master/results/INDEX.md

Load in the IR Player. Remember to load two instances, one for each side, if you're running in stereo. Also remember to bypass the IR Player block when you're playing live.
Click to expand...
The FM3 has an IR player block? You can also build a GEQ for those curves and I did that with my older phones. Then I picked up some used Ollo S5x and don’t need correction anymore.
 
Corinthian said:
Better to use a correction IR for your specific model of headphones than broad cuts at an arbitrary frequency. You can get them here:
https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/blob/master/results/INDEX.md

Load in the IR Player. Remember to load two instances, one for each side, if you're running in stereo. Also remember to bypass the IR Player block when you're playing live.
Click to expand...
I've been trying to understand this process when using my Beyerdynamic DT240 Pro headphones when playing through my FM3 at home, and also while mixing in my DAW. But it's so confusing to me 😂
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom