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<blockquote data-quote="mark anderson" data-source="post: 97009" data-attributes="member: 635">Re: Mixing live tracks: headphones or monitorsDon&#039;t forget the room you listen in has it&#039;s own problems. If your mixes are consistent on headphones, you can send it out to a qualified mastering house to get it more uniform with the world. Whatever you mix on should be what you listen to most frequently so you know how they respond. Compare your favorite recordings to the mixes you&#039;re doing during your mix session. Room monitors aren&#039;t a magic bullet, they&#039;re just adding room nodes and reflections. Do you really want to do the room treatments and the time spent listening to make your monitors worth their cost?I made that mistake once. The bass was putting out lots of sub 40hz that I didn&#039;t hear and that made it through the mastering. Sounded like a crack car once I played it with a sub. Now I check an RTA on recordings I do in the house and look for dirt down there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mark anderson, post: 97009, member: 635"] Re: Mixing live tracks: headphones or monitors Don't forget the room you listen in has it's own problems. If your mixes are consistent on headphones, you can send it out to a qualified mastering house to get it more uniform with the world. Whatever you mix on should be what you listen to most frequently so you know how they respond. Compare your favorite recordings to the mixes you're doing during your mix session. Room monitors aren't a magic bullet, they're just adding room nodes and reflections. Do you really want to do the room treatments and the time spent listening to make your monitors worth their cost? I made that mistake once. The bass was putting out lots of sub 40hz that I didn't hear and that made it through the mastering. Sounded like a crack car once I played it with a sub. Now I check an RTA on recordings I do in the house and look for dirt down there. [/QUOTE]

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