From the course: Premiere Pro Guru: Working with Audio

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EQ essentials

EQ essentials

- Now we're going to dig deeper into EQ or equalization, really understand the components of EQ to boost or detract certain frequencies to enhance your sound. - And I remember first being exposed to a graphic equalizer at a very young age in my father's car. He had bought an add-on to his stereo system. There's all these extra sliders. He had bolted it under the dash. There's these ten sliders, and I remember listening to the Beatles and playing with these, and all of the sudden, the bass was booming and the voice sounded low. Of course, as a kid, I had no idea what I was doing, so I just pushed the buttons in opposite directions and listened to it. But it was my first exposure that a sound could be dramatically changed. - Right, and that's often why I give people the advice not to go overboard with... - Don't act like a 10-year-old? - Don't act like a 10-year-old with the Beatles. Because if you do too much, if you start manipulating too much, you can actually have adverse reactions…

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