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Hip Hop Frequency Chart - Sweet Spots



50 Hz

Boost to add more fullness to toms and bass. 1.4 Q
Reduce to decrease boom of bass



100 Hz

Boost to add harder bass sound
Boost to add fullness to strings, snare
Boost to add warmth to piano horns
Reduce to remove boom on brass



200 Hz

Boost to increase fullness of vocals. 7.1 Q
Boost to add fullness to snare and guitar type instruments. 1.4 Q
Reduce to decrease muddiness of vocals. 1.0 Q
Reduce to decrease "gong" of cymbals. 1.0 Q



400 Hz

Boost to add clarity to bass lines. 1.0 Q
Reduce to decrease "cardboard" sound of drums. 1.4 Q
Reduce to decrease "ambience" on cymbals. 1.0 Q



800 Hz

Boost to add more "punch" of bass. 1.4 Q
Reduce to remove "cheap" sound of guitars type instruments 1.4 Q



1.5KHz

Boost to add "clarity" and more "punch" to bass. 1.4 Q
Reduce to remove "dullness" of guitar type instruments. 1.4 Q



3KHz

Boost to increase "pluck" of bass. 1.4 Q
Boost for more attack on electric synths. 1.4 Q
Boost for more attack on piano. 1.0 Q
Boost for more attack on snare. 2.0 Q
Boost for to increase "clarity" of voice
Reduce to increase "breathy" sound of background vocals. 1.0 Q
Reduce to disguise "out-of-tune" vocals and piano-type instruments. 1.0 Q



5KHz

Boost to increase vocal presence. 1.0 Q
Boost for more "finger sound" of bass. 1.4 Q
Boost for more attack on piano and similar type instruments. 1.4 Q
Reduce to make background sounds more "distant". 1.0 Q
Reduce to soften "thin" pads. 1.0 Q



7KHz

Boost to add attack on drums. 2.0 Q
Boost to add attack to percussion. 2.0 Q
Boost to increase "life" to dull singers. 1.0 Q
Boost for more "finger" sound on acoustic type basses. 1.4 Q
Boost to add "sharpness" on synths and piano. 1.0 Q
Reduce to decrease "sibilance" ("s" sound) in singers. 2.8 Q



10KHz

Boost to "brighten" vocals. 1.0 Q
Boost to increase "brightness" of piano type instruments. 1.0 Q
Boost to increase " hardness" of cymbals, flutes and strings. 1.0 Q
Boost to decrease "sibilance" on singers. 1.4 Q



15KHz

Boost to "brighten" vocals. 1.0 Q
Boost to "brighten" cymbals, flutes, strings. 1.0 Q
Boost to make "sampled" synths sound "real". 2.0 Q

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