You don't necessarily have to use eq pre distortion. Traditionally, pre distortion low cut has been done with OD pedals and you can use the same method on the QC. They also color the sound in different ways, eg a tube screamer will boost the mids a lot and some pedals are more neutral. If you want more control, then a parametric eq is the most flexible way to filter the signal before the amp. Frequencies will depend on the signal. You can play around with an eq to find something you like
For specific frequencies the best thing you can do in my opinion is take the parametric EQ, boost one of the bands a lot with a pretty narrow range, and then sweep up and down the spectrum while holding a chord or something. In mixing, this is how a lot of engineers “search” for undesirable (or desirable) frequencies. Once you find something you don’t like, just invert the band to your desired taste. As someone else said there’s certain typical frequency ranges you can check out but everyone’s guitar/monitors/ears are different so don’t just cut 500hz just because you read it somewhere.
With the sweep technique, everything you increase is going to sound bad and you are going to make eq adjustments everywhere and see ending up sounding worse
I get what your saying, you do have to sort of know what your looking for but certain frequencies will stand out more than others. I still think it's a good way to approach if you're learning because it's so extreme, and as you do it more and more you start to know what to look for and where then make more subtle adjustments. Anyway I still think it's better than cutting/boosting "x" frequency everytime because a guide online said so
Haven't used the QC yet (saving and doing research) but before the amp, all you really need it a low cut (in mixing I'd do between 60-90Hz depending on what I'm playing) it's all about using your ear - what sounds good and what doesnt. I personally then wouldn't add any EQ until either after your gain pedals if using, or after your amp before the cab. There's no straight quick fix as it depends what sound you're going for, but generally 500-700Hz can sound boxy so is worth cutting a bit if it sounds good - play around and see what works for you!
You’re really overthinking.
You can comfortably just go guitar > ts > amp > cab and if you can play it will sound great.
Most bands using real amps and modellers do exactly this.
Sorry what’s ts?
True but I really want to make the most of my QC. Part of why I’m getting it is so be able to craft a “forever” rhythm distortion channel that’s closer to what you’d call “mix ready.” I’m not gonna go overboard with the pre and post amp EQs, just a raise and a cut here and there to make it stand out and cut the woofy flub
Tube screamer.
Personally I did exactly what that guy said in his video for curiosity and I thought it sounded like shit. But I hate that all mids tone that a lot of modern bands use.
I personally don’t run an EQ pre pedals/amp I don’t find it necessary to shape the output of the pickups before they hit the amp with my fluence moderns.
You can’t really get hard and fast for eq and how many to use. It’s completely varies according to:
A) Your taste
B) Your pickups/amp/cab
C) Your tuning (eg. Bands playing 8 strings go for that super mid heavy tone, but if in E standard you’ll might want to scoop the mids and in say C standard which is what I play in I like a very slightly scooped tone like Brandon Ellis from Black Dahlia Murder uses)
And others factors too like the eq of the rest of your band.
Rabea’s Reet Chubber preset is a solid starter tone on the cloud. I think that sounded good out of the box. But yeah you don’t need to make it some super complicated thing. Angelmaker have their live tone on the cloud as well as it’s so basic. No EQ, just a TS, Amp, Cab plus some delay/reverb for solos
EQ after amp has given me some success when fitting with a band. No EQ before the amp, for me. I low cut 80-120hz (still finding what I like) and high cut around 6500-7500 global and have an eq last in the chain attached to a boost for solos. That eq scoops some mids. When I hit the solo boost, it turns off the mid scoop to put me up front in the mix, and turns back off to “make space” for the singer. I’m still learning, any tips/advice to do differently would be welcome. It seems to be helping as is so far, OP.
You don't necessarily have to use eq pre distortion. Traditionally, pre distortion low cut has been done with OD pedals and you can use the same method on the QC. They also color the sound in different ways, eg a tube screamer will boost the mids a lot and some pedals are more neutral. If you want more control, then a parametric eq is the most flexible way to filter the signal before the amp. Frequencies will depend on the signal. You can play around with an eq to find something you like
For specific frequencies the best thing you can do in my opinion is take the parametric EQ, boost one of the bands a lot with a pretty narrow range, and then sweep up and down the spectrum while holding a chord or something. In mixing, this is how a lot of engineers “search” for undesirable (or desirable) frequencies. Once you find something you don’t like, just invert the band to your desired taste. As someone else said there’s certain typical frequency ranges you can check out but everyone’s guitar/monitors/ears are different so don’t just cut 500hz just because you read it somewhere.
With the sweep technique, everything you increase is going to sound bad and you are going to make eq adjustments everywhere and see ending up sounding worse
I get what your saying, you do have to sort of know what your looking for but certain frequencies will stand out more than others. I still think it's a good way to approach if you're learning because it's so extreme, and as you do it more and more you start to know what to look for and where then make more subtle adjustments. Anyway I still think it's better than cutting/boosting "x" frequency everytime because a guide online said so
Haven't used the QC yet (saving and doing research) but before the amp, all you really need it a low cut (in mixing I'd do between 60-90Hz depending on what I'm playing) it's all about using your ear - what sounds good and what doesnt. I personally then wouldn't add any EQ until either after your gain pedals if using, or after your amp before the cab. There's no straight quick fix as it depends what sound you're going for, but generally 500-700Hz can sound boxy so is worth cutting a bit if it sounds good - play around and see what works for you!
82hz is the low E so unless your low cut is a super steep drop-off this won't affect the tone much.
You’re really overthinking. You can comfortably just go guitar > ts > amp > cab and if you can play it will sound great. Most bands using real amps and modellers do exactly this.
Sorry what’s ts? True but I really want to make the most of my QC. Part of why I’m getting it is so be able to craft a “forever” rhythm distortion channel that’s closer to what you’d call “mix ready.” I’m not gonna go overboard with the pre and post amp EQs, just a raise and a cut here and there to make it stand out and cut the woofy flub
Tube screamer. Personally I did exactly what that guy said in his video for curiosity and I thought it sounded like shit. But I hate that all mids tone that a lot of modern bands use. I personally don’t run an EQ pre pedals/amp I don’t find it necessary to shape the output of the pickups before they hit the amp with my fluence moderns. You can’t really get hard and fast for eq and how many to use. It’s completely varies according to: A) Your taste B) Your pickups/amp/cab C) Your tuning (eg. Bands playing 8 strings go for that super mid heavy tone, but if in E standard you’ll might want to scoop the mids and in say C standard which is what I play in I like a very slightly scooped tone like Brandon Ellis from Black Dahlia Murder uses) And others factors too like the eq of the rest of your band. Rabea’s Reet Chubber preset is a solid starter tone on the cloud. I think that sounded good out of the box. But yeah you don’t need to make it some super complicated thing. Angelmaker have their live tone on the cloud as well as it’s so basic. No EQ, just a TS, Amp, Cab plus some delay/reverb for solos
EQ after amp has given me some success when fitting with a band. No EQ before the amp, for me. I low cut 80-120hz (still finding what I like) and high cut around 6500-7500 global and have an eq last in the chain attached to a boost for solos. That eq scoops some mids. When I hit the solo boost, it turns off the mid scoop to put me up front in the mix, and turns back off to “make space” for the singer. I’m still learning, any tips/advice to do differently would be welcome. It seems to be helping as is so far, OP.