Using the Rock & Blues Kit that comes with BeatCraft. It is basically like using a dry kit in a live studio.

Kick drum and tom's should all be equalized with the same thing in mind, which is that if you want to get rid of that "boxy" sound and have a nice tight sound you hear with modern rock or metal bands, take down mids and boost lows and highs. Here is a quick example (Not perfectly tweaked but you get the idea.)

Snare drum is the opposite of kick and tom's, you want to boost mid's and take out lows and highs

Cymbals are easy, just take out frequencies they do not produce. For example: I have yet to meet a cymbal that put's out 63hz, if you do not pull it down, you will get a hum or stick hit kind of sound.

Ride cymbal, you want the "ting" of the bell, not the "reverbish" effect of the entire cymbal. Ever wonder why ride cymbals are so large? It is mainly so they do not move or "crash" when used. Again, all we want is the bell sound.

Hope this helps some of you to start eq-ing a little better.

A good trick to equalizing the instruments is to set the first step of each beat on every instrument. Solo the first one and hit play pattern and play with the eq until you have it tweaked. then repeat with the next until done. That is pretty much how it is done with a live drummer.

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