Database: Ólafur Arnalds On Using EQ

“My usual way of approaching it is like: don’t be afraid of the EQ. Because essentially it doesn’t matter if the orchestra sounds natural or not when it’s in a full electronic mix. What matters is that there’s no frequencies or notes resonating in an unnatural way next to the electronics. So you just surgically cut—drastically. If you listen to it solo, you would never mix an orchestra like that. But it’s the way to make it work with electronics. It has to sound almost a little bit unnatural to work.”

Ólafur Arnalds



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