A short while back I discovered DIGIcheck and it is becoming a valuable part of my workflow, but to be honest, I'm not 100% certain I am using it correctly. I like to mix as I go and use DIGIcheck totalyser to pick up on things my ears miss while I am sound designing and mixing a new sound/layer to fit into the project.

Typically what i've been doing is visually spotting spikey resonant frequencies in a sound effect/sweep/stab/arp or whatever (like the one circled in the link below) and either pull the volume of those resonant frequencies down with a sharp Q or use a compressior to reign them in to a more balanced looking spectrum, whichever result sounds best for that particular sound. Is this a common technique and considered "good practice" or is this a bit too heavy handed? And are their other/better ways to deal with these resonant frequencies that I may not know about?

I was never taught this technique, I just started doing it because it seemed like a possible solution to tighten up my mixes and manage dynamic range in my projects. Interested to hear how others are working with DIGIcheck in mixing . Cheers! uno online