What sounds best is the way to go, not how you get there.
I'm sure a lot of you were told to cut and not boost you add noise, boost frequencies that sound good and cut those that sound bad, or even my all time favorite cut narrow boost wide.
In a perfect world all these would be correct and unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world, so I decided to put my experience in on this subject and hoping it clears some questions up for you.
From my experience and what works best for me is I start by cutting not always narrow not always wide just what works. Most the time it's rolling off the low end and when there is an artifact on the recording I cut it out to my liking. Once done I listen to the mix hear how everything sits then if warmth is needed I add warmth by boosting, if presence is needed I add that, or some air I add that in as well. Adjust the Q and how much you boost or cut to what sounds good to you, that is why the artist chose you to mix the song it's your taste. If you need to boost +15dB go for it, as long as you get what you need. If you have an amazing recording engineer and don't need to EQ then don't do it. Do what you need to do to balance your mix. There are times when I have 4 EQs on a single vocal one to cut one to boost one to balance and last to filter if needed.
To put it simple LISTEN and then do whatever is needed. Boost, cut, wide, narrow, anything you have to do to put out the BEST product you can.
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