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What EQ Can and Cannot Fix in a Room

Why a peak is EQ-able and a null is not, how to use an RTA properly, how to ring out a monitor system, and the honest limits of room-correction software.

Topic
Mixing
Level
Intermediate
Format
Lesson
Time
14 min

You measure your room. There is a 9 dB dip at 80 Hz. So you put a 9 dB boost at 80 Hz into the monitor chain, measure again, and the dip is still there — possibly slightly worse — and now the amplifier is working eight times as hard.

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