Barky is the carnival barker and I think that is a fitting occupation for him . This range does tend to really jump out in a mix as being overly abrasive at times and is a particularly tricky range in some spaces to tame adequately . I find that some snare drums will tend to show up as a bit ‘ barky ’ in their overtones as well , so make sure you aren ’ t always thinking of these dwarves as strictly applying to vocals .
As noted , Edgy is often more of an offending frequency range where you might consider cutting more often than boosting . He is also shown sticking a mic into a speaker and causing feedback . This zone ( 1.2-4K ) is certainly a common area for open mics to get out of control and it is important to be able to recognize this range and chop down accordingly to steer clear of feedback trouble .
Hopefully these dwarves are useful in mapping ordinary language descriptions of sonic attributes to more physical frequency ranges in
your mixes . Thanks to the fine folks at Rational Acoustics for the free sticker !
Jeff Hawley A 20-year music industry veteran — equally at ease behind the console , playing bass guitar , leading marketing teams or designing award-winning audio products . He currently heads up the marketing for Allen & Heath in the US .