Fanu/FatGyver Mixing: EQ lesson 1 Resonances

I want to be talking about EQing a bit and do a few lessons.

I thought I'd either do one megalesson – or a few shorter ones, and decided for the latter.

So let's start by talking about finding resonances with EQ and also check out bloom VST real quick.
A lot of times it's fairly simple: you only need decent ears and a good clean digital EQ that allows you to solo its bands to find a resonance and take it out.

In this video, I'm finding resonance on a vocal on master, and also on an old drumloop, and I'm doing manual work but also using a trusted resonance tool.

A very common resonance spot is around 3K on vox, instruments, etc.
I was asked to do quick feedback (remember: I have feedback tiers if you want it!) on this rap mix/master (the song you hear was not treated by myself), and one thing that stuck out to me was the vocal resonance, so wanted to show you how I find it and how I'm taking it out.

Remember, when you're cutting a master signal, you may be cutting into everything, so be mindful about where you cut and how much.
In this vocal scenario, I'd ideally go to the vocal and cut the rez there instead of master – as i think this may be cutting a hair too much into the snare (which I actually found a hair loud, so in a sense, it's helping a little in that regard, too) but this is not my mix or master, but I still think I can help the master resonance in this one.
After all, I master stuff all the time and it's my job to find resonances.

I can't sing high enough praise for bloom or soothe by Oeksound, so wanted to use bloom a bit here on an old whistley-sounding drumloop.