[ddots-l] Re: Inquiry: Sonitus EQ Bandwidth

  • From: "Neville Peter" <neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:20:36 -0400

What determines high frequency and low frequency? I know it's a dumb
question but I'm asking anyway. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:53 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Inquiry: Sonitus EQ Bandwidth

Hi Bobby.

Q is calculated by the formula
Q = (center frequency)/((high frequency) - (low frequency)) Hopefully you
have punctuation announcement turned on for that.
Here's an example:

Q = 1000/(1750 - 750)
Q = 1
Another example

Q = 1000/(1100 - 900)
Q = 5

The higher the Q parameter, the narrower the affected band of frequencies.

There is no easy Q to octave correspondence.
Luckily, there are handy web tools for this and other audio calculations.
Here's an example.
http://www.musiccalculator.com/

If you want to really dig into the math, here's a great article.
http://www.rane.com/note170.html

and, for an explanation from Moulton himself on the relationship between HZ,
Q and octave, check out
http://www.recordingmag.com/resources/resourceDetail/261.html

Chris


At 01:11 PM 7/23/2012, you wrote:
>Hello List,
>
>I must say I've been learning a great deal thanks to Chris's advice and 
>recommendation of "Golden Ears." While messing around a bit with the 
>Sonitus EQ today, it occurred to me that I have no clue as to the 
>bandwidth/q settings. Is there a certain standard that is taken here? 
>Like a q of 1.0 will cover an octave of frequencies for example?
>
>Any information regarding this matter would be much appreciated. 
>Tips also welcome. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
>Most Sincerely,
>
>Bobbi

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