Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your EQ? Mix Mafia Ep.1

Learn 7 essential EQ mix tips from 7 music producers in this Waves Mix Mafia tutorial series. Discover creative and practical ways to shape the tone of vocals, drums, and entire tracks. Learn more: www.waves.com/eq

Transform the way you mix using EQ with these quick, practical tips from 7 music producers, each sharing their favorite EQ trick to help you work smarter with and more musically with tone, balance, and frequencies.

Video Chapters:
0:00 – Mix Mafia Introduction
0:28 – Dan: Changing default preset so your EQ is ready how you want it
1:30 – Bradley: Carving space for vocals using sidechain EQ with Curves Equator
3:59 – Valentina: Using creative EQ as a vocal effect
5:33 – Marcus: Stacking surgical and analog EQs for control and character
7:48 – Yanai: Letting AI help kickstart your mix with Curves AQ suggestions
10:15 – Guy: Bringing clarity and air to the mix bus using REQ
11:43 – Jerry: Boosting low end while cleaning mud with the classic Pultec EQ trick
13:31 – What are your best EQ mixing tricks?

In this first episode of Mix Mafia, Dan Cooper kicks things off with a time-saving workflow tip using F6, before handing off to six more creators who each show a different EQ technique—from vocal carving and mix bus enhancements to creative tone shaping and multi-EQ layering.

Watch how Waves plugins like F6, Curves Equator, Curves AQ, REQ6 and analog style EQs such as Scheps 73, and PuigTec EQP-1A are used to solve real-world mixing problems and bring clarity, energy, and character to your tracks.

Plugins featured in this video:

F6: https://www.waves.com/plugins/f6-floating-band-dynamic-eq
Curves Equator: https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-equator
Curves AQ: https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-aq
REQ: https://www.waves.com/plugins/renaissance-equalizer
Scheps 73: https://www.waves.com/plugins/scheps-73
PuigTech EQP-1a: https://www.waves.com/plugins/puigtec-eqs

Check out Waves Creative Access Ultimate to get instant access to the plugins featured in this video along with every plugin Waves has to offer: https://www.waves.com/subscriptions/ultimate

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