davedroug the audio range of human earing is, Human ear perceives frequencies between 20 Hz (lowest pitch) to 20 kHz (highest pitch) and that's with A 1 earing in children most people over 20 can't get anywhere near that more like 50hz to 10hz when you have bass below 50hz it just rumbles pointless going below 100hz and above 15khz it just adds mush and squeal to your mix . i roll off the bass at 100hz and the highs at 15khz on all my tracks much cleaner sound and a lot less mush in the mix
You are technically correct in what you say but your logic I believe is wrong, when it comes to the end result having the majority of audience hear your sound that’s clear and not muddy or have no punch, by cutting those extreme frequencies you are actually making things worse for those that slightly lack those frequencies so my mixes have the opposite EQ I boost the bottom and tops to compensate for older peoples hearing loss which most my audience is elderly and have hearing deficiencies, so that way majority of them get a normal sound , there’s nothing worse than hearing a muddy sound due to lack of top end so even though I agree with your comment I think you are making things worse for your live audience in general.
