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Originally Posted by mykrobinson
Just wanted to report back.
Discovered my culprit is indeed my listening environment. I just plugged in some Skull Candy earbuds instead of using my monitors and cans, and immediately thought WOW THIS IS BASS HEAVY!
Ran ReaEQ on every channel and discovered that pretty much every single track was bottom heavy, even if I didn't boost them. A lot of cutting and re-EQing (no pun intended) was done today, and today's mix sounds much brighter. It was also easier to get things to sit right.
Curious to know, what can i do to improve my listening situation, and is it stupid that I am now mixing with consumer grade earbuds? My friend's bands likes today's mix a lot better and said it sounded great to him in his normal listening earbuds, in the car, and in the home stereo. Wonder why these work better than studio monitors (mid grade Samson Resolv A5) and supposed studio reference mixing headphones.
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Most headphones are well within acceptable flatness, especially likely if they are not bluetooth and not bass-enhanced powered headphones like Beats.
I've used skullcandy headphones, they are just fine.
Seeing as headphones cut out all your room issues, you are probably better off using them.
I use headphones on all my mixes because I don't have a treated room. I check the mix on consumer speakers with a sub but since getting into that habit I found myself making the same changes to the mix everytime, which I'll share:
1. Highpass 20hz< on the master
2. Multiband compressor with just the low end band(s) activated (usually up to about 400hz) on the bass guitar
3. Same but on the master, and more gentle.
I now do this as I mix and have learned to hear the effects on headphones as an improvement, whereas when I started I preferred the dynamics of an untouched bass, but have since learned that this wreaks havoc on speaker systems and I now even sonically prefer a tight, limited low end.
Your room issues may be significantly enhanced by changing the position of the speakers in the room and possibly overcompensating with the sub (turn it up, so that you naturally mix into it quieter). Not ideal but may solve things in the mean time.