Yup....cut more than you boost.

Cut almost everything as Floyd said....and yes, even the kick and bass depending....I'm glad he said this first because I caught some grief for saying the very same thing not too long ago....

You have to learn to wing it and to know what you should be listening for. Low end the to some extent, the high end are the problem areas.

I do believe that your EQ should be mostly flat and if not, you probably should go back and track it again....or in the case of real tracks.... pull the faders back to flat and start again. If the EQ looks like a mountain range..... you're off track and should go back to square one.

Of course, none of this applies to me.

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