Tubby – 20Hz to 120Hz – It’s not uncommon to add too much of this band, especially below 60Hz in order to get more girth and power in a mix. Too much and you get a tubby gremlin instead 🧌.

Muddy – 200Hz to 350Hz – Muffled low end? Chances are it’s from too much of this frequency range supplied by the muddy gremlin 👺.

Boxy – 400Hz to 500Hz – If your kick drum sounds like the beater is hitting a cardboard box, the Boxy gremlin is your culprit 📦.

Honky – 650Hz to 750Hz – Is your mix sounding too much like a car horn? You’ve got an instrument or two with too much of this gremlin 🪿.

Barky – 900Hz to 1.2kHz – This is the sound of your mix sounding too much like it’s coming out of an old-fashioned megaphone like carnival barkers used to use 🐕. Silence this gremlin for sure.

Edgy – 2kHz to 4kHz – Getting ear fatigue from listening to your mix? You’ve got to put this gremlin in his place to take the edge off a bit 🧌.

Sibilant – 6.5kHz to 10kHz – Are the S’s of a vocal pinning your ears back? It’s time to teach this gremlin to tame down 👹.

All of these frequency ranges have a certain amount of overlap, so don’t go by the exact frequencies mentioned. It’s just a ballpark range that will give you the sound that you really don’t want.

Bobby

P.S. I’ve been thinking about a workshop just about the various ways of using EQ in your mix. Hit reply quickly and let me know if you think that’s a good idea.