Parametric Eq and Bass, which frequency bands?

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Hi,
I recently bought an Eq2 pedal from Source Audio.

By looking around I found this:

  • 80 Hz - 200 Hz: Energy & Fullness
  • 200 Hz - 500 Hz: Muddiness & Boxiness
  • 500 Hz - 1 kHz: Punch & Intelligibility
  • 1kHz to 5 kHz: Attack, Harmonics, Clarity

Knowing this, I’m wondering how to configure my frequency bands.
First, I’m looking for something simple to get to grips with the pedal, and I was wondering if there were any best practices for setting the frequency bands.
For example, for the lowest part, is it better to set 2 bands, one at 80, the other at 200? Put a band in the middle? (80 + (200-80)/2 = 140)?

Another idea I had was to use the bands defined on a graphic Eq like MXR 10 Bands (31.25, 62.5, 125, 250, 500, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K)

Thanks!!

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You might find this useful:

Mirroring the bands from a graphic EQ isn’t a bad idea, although if that’s what you want, buying an actual graphic EQ pedal would most likely have been cheaper :grin:

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this video is very good, thanks.
I’ll start with a flat Eq, just with a HPF before 50 & a LPF after 5K.

Then I will boost slightly the mid if needed.

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