The brain is amazing.  You can tell two instruments apart when they are playing the same melody at the same time.  In fact, your brain takes all the overtones (harmonics) that make up the sound of one instrument playing one note and you just hear one trumpet or one piano sound.  You don't "hear" all the different frequencies in one instrument as your brain uses unconscious inference to group the similar objects together as one.  read more »

The acoustic guitar can produce a range of beautiful sounds.  This article covers how equalization can be used to bring out the tone, clarity, and depth of the acoustic guitar.

We also cover how the equalizer can be used to distinguish one instrument from another when they share a common frequency range such as between the acoustic guitar and a piano.

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Mixing a worship team is more than just setting sound levels.  Mixing involves bringing out the particular frequencies in each voice and musicial instrument that, when combined together, present a high quality emotional sound.  A high quality sound means no low hums, no muddy sound, no high tinny sounds, and to better think of it, listen to a well eq'd classical music cd.  In classical music, there are so many unique instruments each with their own ranges and uniqueness.

Here is a simple 13-stage process to mixing;

Stage 1:  read more »

Could you EQ properly if your life depended on it?  I'm not talking perfect EQ'ing for CD quality recordings, I'm talking standard vocal and instrument EQ'ing that puts those sounds in the right ranges for a pleasant listening experience.  read more »