Hello, nice to find an active forum for home recording! I'm a forums guy from way back so this is my favorite discussion format.
So I'm working on the mixes for a set of 10 songs that we recorded at my place over the last year, and I'm struggling to get the low end right between my studio monitors, and other playback devices. When I put together a nicely balanced mix, then take it to my van, garage stereo, or commuting headphones, the low end response from the kick and the bass guitar are anemic. I keep the EQ flat on my playback devices when I'm listening to my mixes. So I'll go back, add in more low end response, then listen again and it's overpowering, especially the woofiness of the kick drum.
My set up at home is a Presonus Studio 1824c, into a pair of Presonus Eris 4.5 monitors, which are on stands, isolated from my desk. They're a little further from my sitting position than I'd like (38" from the cones to my ears, 55" apart from one another), but the desk I'm using is large. My room is...unfortunate, but also large (unfinished basement with lots of stuff in it, with brick walls, open joists, but also lots of 4" rockwool panels and heavy carpet and rugs).
The HF and LF controls on the monitors are set to unity. So my question is, would turning the LF response down 3dB or so on the speakers help me get a warmer bass and kick response, without having to use wild EQ settings in my mix? I mix to -12dB so I have plenty of headroom to just add in more bass, but I've been sort of chasing my tail doing it that way.
Thanks in advance!
So I'm working on the mixes for a set of 10 songs that we recorded at my place over the last year, and I'm struggling to get the low end right between my studio monitors, and other playback devices. When I put together a nicely balanced mix, then take it to my van, garage stereo, or commuting headphones, the low end response from the kick and the bass guitar are anemic. I keep the EQ flat on my playback devices when I'm listening to my mixes. So I'll go back, add in more low end response, then listen again and it's overpowering, especially the woofiness of the kick drum.
My set up at home is a Presonus Studio 1824c, into a pair of Presonus Eris 4.5 monitors, which are on stands, isolated from my desk. They're a little further from my sitting position than I'd like (38" from the cones to my ears, 55" apart from one another), but the desk I'm using is large. My room is...unfortunate, but also large (unfinished basement with lots of stuff in it, with brick walls, open joists, but also lots of 4" rockwool panels and heavy carpet and rugs).
The HF and LF controls on the monitors are set to unity. So my question is, would turning the LF response down 3dB or so on the speakers help me get a warmer bass and kick response, without having to use wild EQ settings in my mix? I mix to -12dB so I have plenty of headroom to just add in more bass, but I've been sort of chasing my tail doing it that way.
Thanks in advance!