Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your EQ? Mix Mafia Ep.1

Learn 7 essential EQ mix tips from 7 music producers in this Waves Mix Mafia tutorial series. Discover creative and practical ways to shape the tone of vocals, drums, and entire tracks. Learn more: www.waves.com/eq Transform the way you mix using EQ with these quick, practical tips from 7 music producers, each sharing their favorite EQ trick to help you work smarter with and more musically with tone, balance, and frequencies. Video Chapters: 0:00 – Mix Mafia Introduction 0:28 - Dan: Changing default preset so your EQ is ready how you want it 1:30 – Bradley: Carving space for vocals using sidechain EQ with Curves Equator 3:59 – Valentina: Using creative EQ as a vocal effect 5:33 – Marcus: Stacking surgical and analog EQs for control and character 7:48 – Yanai: Letting AI help kickstart your mix with Curves AQ suggestions 10:15 – Guy: Bringing clarity and air to the mix bus using REQ 11:43 – Jerry: Boosting low end while cleaning mud with the classic Pultec EQ trick 13:31 – What are your best EQ mixing tricks? In this first episode of Mix Mafia, Dan Cooper kicks things off with a time-saving workflow tip using F6, before handing off to six more creators who each show a different EQ technique—from vocal carving and mix bus enhancements to creative tone shaping and multi-EQ layering. Watch how Waves plugins like F6, Curves Equator, Curves AQ, REQ6 and analog style EQs such as Scheps 73, and PuigTec EQP-1A are used to solve real-world mixing problems and bring clarity, energy, and character to your tracks. Plugins featured in this video: F6: https://www.waves.com/plugins/f6-floating-band-dynamic-eq Curves Equator: https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-equator Curves AQ: https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-aq REQ: https://www.waves.com/plugins/renaissance-equalizer Scheps 73: https://www.waves.com/plugins/scheps-73 PuigTech EQP-1a: https://www.waves.com/plugins/puigtec-eqs Check out Waves Creative Access Ultimate to get instant access to the plugins featured in this video along with every plugin Waves has to offer: https://www.waves.com/subscriptions/ultimate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://rebrand.ly/wavessubyt Follow us on Social Media: Instagram: https://rebrand.ly/wavesig Facebook: https://rebrand.ly/wavesfb Twitter: https://rebrand.ly/wavestw Linkedin: https://rebrand.ly/waveslnkd Telegram: https://rebrand.ly/wavestl Visit our website: https://rebrand.ly/wavesaudio