What’s on the EQ Frequencies poster
A 7-row table: Band · Range · Holds.
Approximate bands. Use them to find a problem, then trust your ears.
- Sub bass — 20–60 Hz — Weight; mostly felt
- Bass — 60–250 Hz — Kick, bass, body
- Low mid — 250–500 Hz — Mud lives here
- Mid — 500 Hz–2 kHz — Where most instruments sit
- Upper mid — 2–4 kHz — Presence, vocal clarity, harshness
- Treble — 4–8 kHz — Attack, consonants, sibilance
- Air — 8–20 kHz — Sparkle, space
If a mix sounds muddy, cut around 300 Hz on several tracks. If it sounds harsh, look at 3 kHz.
Questions about the EQ Frequencies poster
- What’s on the EQ Frequencies poster?
- A 7-row table: Band · Range · Holds. Approximate bands. Use them to find a problem, then trust your ears. Sub bass — 20–60 Hz — Weight; mostly felt; Bass — 60–250 Hz — Kick, bass, body; Low mid — 250–500 Hz — Mud lives here; Mid — 500 Hz–2 kHz — Where most instruments sit; Upper mid — 2–4 kHz — Presence, vocal clarity, harshness; Treble — 4–8 kHz — Attack, consonants, sibilance; Air — 8–20 kHz — Sparkle, space. If a mix sounds muddy, cut around 300 Hz on several tracks. If it sounds harsh, look at 3 kHz.
- Who is the EQ Frequencies poster for?
- EQ Frequencies belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning production can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the EQ Frequencies poster?
- Cut before you boost. Subtractive EQ solves more problems than additive. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so EQ Frequencies belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with EQ Frequencies?
- Audio File Formats, Compression and DAW Basics sit alongside EQ Frequencies in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Audio File FormatsCompressionDAW Basics
- Is the EQ Frequencies poster free to download and print?
- Yes. EQ Frequencies downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the EQ Frequencies poster print at?
- EQ Frequencies is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of EQ Frequencies loses nothing.Printing guide
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