[James Price[_5_]]

On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 3:17:40 AM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
On 7/05/2019 4:29 PM, James Price wrote:
On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 10:06:17 PM UTC-5, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 5/6/2019 10:14 PM, James Price wrote:
The guitar sound will change to a degree to fit in a mix, however I'd contend
that ultimately, EQ matching is still a useful tool for getting a guitar tone
in the ballpark. The guitar sound is going to start somewhere, so why not
start closest to the target tone?

That's what the guitar player or the tracking engineer or the producer
is supposed to do. If it isn't at least in the ballpark when going into
the mix, you're just fooling yourself trying to believe that it's better
when the "EQ match" says it is.

If it just needs some EQ to get it to fit into the mix better, if you
don't do that by hand-and-ear you'll never learn the craft.

The main purpose is simply to aid the process of dialing in a specific
sound per the guitarists preference.

Generally that is what the guitarist does, and he/she complains muchly
if you overly dick with it ! The recorded guitar tone is a decision
between the guitarist and the 'producer' - whoever that entity is in the
particular recording situation.

Agreed, and many guitarists use EQ matching specifically for the purpose mentioned.

Granted, the sound will change to a
degree when you start mixing guitars with other instruments, but that applies
to guitars that have been dialed in with or without EQ matching.


This EQ matching thing starts to sound like a universal automatic
hyper-compressor idea.

Just get it right in the first place. If the tracks are significantly
disparate to the point of not sitting well in an album worth of
material, that is where 'mastering' comes into play.

My impression is that you've never used EQ matching software.

If a guitarist wants to replicate a particular tone, EQ matching can simplify
the process. If the tone a guitarist wants can be dialed in by ear, great,
then there's no need to employ EQ matching. However, in situations where a
guitarist wants a specific tone(assuming there are reference tracks for it),
EQ matching can be faster than dialing it in by ear. It's not something you'd
use in every situation. In fact, you may find you rarely (if ever) need to use
it, but it can be useful in certain situations.