In this contribution, we analyze the agreement of mixing engineers when finding salient frequencies in recorded audio tracks. Twenty-two mixing engineers were asked to use an equalizer with a high Q and high gain setting. Using this tool to sweep through the files` frequencies, they analyzed sixteen audio tracks and reported the most perceptually salient frequencies. The results show that the agreement depends on the analysis bandwidth. Most mixing engineers agree within a wide frequency range. However, only a few engineers agree if the matching bandwidth is below or equal to one-third octave. In this paper, we try to explain these results and give a detailed analysis.
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