What do the frequencies on either side of the spectrum do and how should I know if I want my bass/ mid/ treble in the negative or positive?
Edit: Thank you for the answers. I realized that my question wasn’t very clear because I wasn’t too sure what exactly it is I was looking for. I did get the answer that I was looking for though 🙂
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Frequencies are how often (or frequent!) something occurs. For sound, this would be how often a single wave is produced. Sound waves are like wiggly air, and a wave is considered to be one full “wiggle,” or one cycle between shaking right, returning, then left and returning to start before shaking right again.
Because of this, frequency cannot be negative. Either 0 or some positive amount of wiggle is happening when sound is produced.
So to answer the question, you’d want to have all of them positive unless you’re ready to collapse reality. If you’re asking for EQ recommendations, usually nowadays audio engineers do a good job of having that sorted from the get go, but can’t go wrong with a little extra bass!
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