The ULTIMATE Guide to EQ'ing heavy guitars - Steven Ward

https://www.fortinamps.com   / fortinamps     / fortinamps   Steven Ward    / @therealstevenward     / therealstevezee   Replicant Audio https://replicantaudio.com/collection... https://replicantaudio.com/collection... Steven is a guitarist of 36 years working in audio and content creation for the past 10 years. He's the former content creator for Neural DSP and has worked with companies and artists like Balaguer Guitar, Seymour Duncan, Riffhard, Dååth, and Kiive Audio. 00:00 Intro 00:34 Part 1: Guitar Tone Anatomy 01:05 Sub Lows 01:48 Cab Resonance 02:35 Lows 03:13 Low-Mids 04:19 High-Mids 04:59 Pick Attack 06:07 Presence 07:41 Air/Fizz 08:37 Exercise 1 - Learn the Spectrum 09:08 Part 2 - The IR 10:37 Dialing in Stock IR's 15:42 How to Dial 3rd Party IR's 16:08 How to Load IR's 18:56 Artist Tones Exercise 20:45 Part 3 - Corrective + Sweetening EQ 21:25 Mute Test 22:34 Referencing with Metric ADPTR 24:39 Corrective EQ in Action 28:32 Sweetening with Analog Modeled EQ 29:58 Mid-Side EQ for Stereo Width 31:43 Pultec EQ Trick 33:40 Outro