Quote Originally Posted by nova
right say ya git ya kick at 6db and ya gonna eq. says any apparent muddiness can be rolled off around 300hz. right so ya boost ya eq up to 300hz. which type of eq?. just the norm channel eq. and you could bring the hi mid and low up. to get it to 300hz. anyone could expailn. and tri a small boost around 5-6 hz. again wot would be boosted hi mid and low?. and stereo width eq'n. some sounds tobe wide and some not. synth wide. lead bass etc?. drums do they need to be eq'd for width?. i got few different eq plungins with logic. not sure which to be using on what
Dude - you just need to practice a lot I think and get your head round what you can do. I don't think you're asking the right question somehow, you seem quite hung up on specific values where as what you need to do is learn to find the values for your self using your ears.

There are some basic rules (that you can break once you understand them), like cut don't boost and cut low stuff out of things that aren't the kick and the bass and all the other stuff people have written above.

But in the end it is almost impossible to say exactly how you should set an EQ up because it really depends on what the sound is you are EQing.

All the frequencies and levels people talk about are guides as to where you might use EQ on your sound to fix a particuar problem or create a particular kind of sound.

The real trick is in knowing what you want to achieve. And the next trick is being able to hear what you've actually got which takes more practice than you can imagine.

But there are some questions you've got that have more speciifc answers as far as choice of EQ, to start with use a nice graphical EQ where you can see what's going on, try Waves Ren EQ 2 if you've got it.

The channel EQ in logic has so many bands it's probably just confusing to start with. But if you've not got Waves though then the channel EQ is fine but try working with just a couple of bands rather than using them all simply because it'll be easier to experiement with only a couple of bands of eq, after you get close, you can throw in some more bands to fine tune it (though additional bands then to use additional processor).

Don't get hung up on like the idea that because someone says -10db is a good amount to think about cutting that you actually have to cut all -10db, maybe -2db will work fine for the sound you are after.

Hope this makes some sense, cause I think you're making it too complicated for yourself but it's very difficult to explain without playing you particular sounds.