Mark Morgon-Shaw Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Helios.G said: Mixing at low volumes is a literal cheat code my friend. If a mix works at low volumes, it will sound amazing loud. Also, at low volumes, things that poke out too much or are too prominent in the mix are easier to hear than when it's all loud. It takes getting used to, but you should give it more time. The saving your hearing is also a great side benefit of course. Yeah I should have put this on my list, I always check mixes so you can only just barely hear them. Anything too loud sticks out like a sore thumb Edited June 9 by Mark Morgon-Shaw 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, Helios.G said: Also, at low volumes, things that poke out too much or are too prominent in the mix are easier to hear than when it's all loud. It is sort of a audio fact that everything sounds better when loud. The wall of sound will mask a million imperfections. It’s like a lot of big concerts I go to these days and it’s massive db of low end. The punters think that this is good sound. I stand there going I can’t hear the keyboard, the hi hat, the BU vocals etc. Other than live concerts nobody listens to music at that level at home or while wandering about with ear buds on. So absolutely you need your mix to sound great at all levels and starting at the very lowest level will get you there faster. I rarely mix at anything over 80-90 db. Edited June 9 by John Vere 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Sweet spot for me is 78dB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 13 hours ago, Mark Morgon-Shaw said: Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio by Mike Senior great book 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 i'm sure someone's mentioned it already, but having a reference track in the same style to compare to is useful 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helios.G Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 2 minutes ago, pwal³ said: i'm sure someone's mentioned it already, but having a reference track in the same style to compare to is useful And level matching it to the one you're mixing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 38 minutes ago, Helios.G said: And level matching it to the one you're mixing Yes. Route it straight to your interface outputs, completely bypassing your master fx bux 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmusic Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 11 minutes ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: Yes. Route it straight to your interface outputs, completely bypassing your master fx bux BTW does the new Sonar have a dedicated Control Room feature yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 2 hours ago, hsmusic said: BTW does the new Sonar have a dedicated Control Room feature yet? Not that I'm aware of. What would you expect from such a feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 8 minutes ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: Not that I'm aware of. What would you expect from such a feature? i assumed it's the name of a feature in another daw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 pretty sure it is this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 1 minute ago, Glenn Stanton said: pretty sure it is this: mmmm vr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Just now, pwal³ said: mmmm vr Unversity of Montreal recording studio classroom actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 1 minute ago, Glenn Stanton said: Unversity of Montreal recording studio classroom actually. ah but it will soon be recreated in a lovely new gui 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 2 minutes ago, pwal³ said: ah but it will soon be recreated in a lovely new gui 🤪 nonsense! it will be on the holodeck... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 4 minutes ago, Glenn Stanton said: nonsense! it will be on the holodeck... well they did try releasing through steam , so maybe it's a shorter journey than we might expect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 3 hours ago, Glenn Stanton said: pretty sure it is this: How did you get in my house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 47 minutes ago, 57Gregy said: How did you get in my house? it was actually very easy. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmusic Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 5 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: Not that I'm aware of. What would you expect from such a feature? Pertaining to this topic it keeps the studio separate from the mixing area. No need to worry about turning off any hp / room correction software monitored but not wanting rendered. ( or any tools monitored over speakers like clicks, metronomes, talkback, metering, scopes, referencing) No need to import or make templates, use of simple presets to quickly load up different studio environments or routing scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBH Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 It's worth investing in good quality headphones. I'm a fan of Sennheiser 650's. At one time in life I had a relatively well treated room (homestudio wise ) I was very surprised how well they translated to between decent sets of monitors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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