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Shelving EQ
Shelving EQ boosts or cuts all frequencies above or below a chosen point.
Level relevance: introduced at Higher; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
A high shelf affects high frequencies and a low shelf affects low frequencies. Shelving EQ is useful for broad tonal changes rather than narrow corrections.
Topics
EQProcessingMixing
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft
Sources
- Higher Music Technology course specification, May 2023, version 3.0 · accessed 2026-07-08
Used for Higher technology skills, technology concepts, and music concepts.