New to this forum, have a question

[Liamyshakes]

Hi everyone,
I've recently started using Guitar tracks Pro to record projects with my band and have what I believe is a monitoring problem:-
When I mixdown and burn tracks onto CD, the bass end of things is a lot lower on the CD than when listening to the final mix on GT. I'm monitoring through a Creative SB Audigy 2 Player soundcard into a home stereo, keeping the EQ on the home stereo flat and using Adaptec Cd creator 4 to burn the CD's. Getting decent bass on the CD's or indeed, getting the mix on CD to sound anything like the final mix in GT is mainly guesswork. Has anyone here had similar problems before and what remedies would you suggest ?
Any info would be appreciated.
Many thanks,
Adrian

[moskus]

Have you set any EQ (something like EAX?) on the soundcard? A bass-boost maybe?

[jdier]

Make sure that your cd burning software is not running some type of normalization routine prior to burn. Check all of your options.

To answer your question, yes, I see the same thing running Sonar 2xl. I changed some setting in Nero and it is a bit better, but I still feel like the low end is getting a kick somewhere between my mix and burn.

[jdier]

PS: Next post, make your subject line a little more informative, like: Guitar Tracks Pro Mixdown questions: Bass Boost?

[James Argo]

Anyway, where do you live, Adrian?

[Liamyshakes]

I'm in ireland, near Clonmel, and yourself ?

[James Argo]

Indoland, the other side of your world

I had to ask that, because I had many friends named Adrian here. If you're one of them by incident, then I thought I could visit you sometime

Anyway, about the mix, how do you describe "lower"? Is it the frequency or the volume? Do you have any plugins for such bass enxancement (waves, Timeworks, ect)?


Jaymz

[BloodHound]

What PC monitors do you use. The freebees that comes with the computer does not have ranges below 80hz and you simply do not hear the bass. A home stereo is not a good monitor sytem either. Do you have a goof frequency range? Home stereo's usually does not have a flat response. In what room do you monitor? The room can also change the sound.

[Bulls Hit]

When you say the 'final mix in GT', are you listening to the mix in GT, or are you listening to the wav file of the final mixdown?

In Nero, when you drag the wav files into the CD window, there's an option to Preview/Play them there. Does Adaptec have the same thing? How do they sound at that point?

[moskus]

Here's a suggestion:

Compare these:
1) The mix in GT Pro
2) The exported mix as wav
3) The CD in the CD-ROM
4) The CD in an external CD player

All on the same amp/speaker system.