This may be better posted somewhere else, but hopefully someone can help. I'm running Sonar 2.2 XL on a pc with plenty of hardware and a M-Audio Duo sound card for instrument/vocal inputs. My inputs run through a couple of Behringer mixers before heading to the sound card.
Here's my issue, when I listen to any of the mixeddown songs on a stereo system with a low freq amp (ie my car, or my headphones with the amp), it seriously starts to hurt my ears after a while. One example only has 3 tracks - bass, acoustic guitar, and vocal. It's tough to explain exactly what I mean by 'hurts my ears'. It's not because the bass is too loud, it just seems to me that there is a bunch of low frequency output coming through on the acoustic and vocal tracks. Both of those tracks were recorded with the input mixing levels set to 0db on all frequencies. (I wish I had a sample I could give you all, but I don't).
Does anyone know of the easiest way to adjust each track in Sonar to the right frequency output for the instrument (I'm guessing just using the EQ)?? And also, is there some sort of chart or something that specifically has instruments and their general output levels (ex: Acoustic Guitar - -5db at 200khz, etc.). I know that every instrument won't be the same, but I just need a starting point. Thanks!
Here's my issue, when I listen to any of the mixeddown songs on a stereo system with a low freq amp (ie my car, or my headphones with the amp), it seriously starts to hurt my ears after a while. One example only has 3 tracks - bass, acoustic guitar, and vocal. It's tough to explain exactly what I mean by 'hurts my ears'. It's not because the bass is too loud, it just seems to me that there is a bunch of low frequency output coming through on the acoustic and vocal tracks. Both of those tracks were recorded with the input mixing levels set to 0db on all frequencies. (I wish I had a sample I could give you all, but I don't).
Does anyone know of the easiest way to adjust each track in Sonar to the right frequency output for the instrument (I'm guessing just using the EQ)?? And also, is there some sort of chart or something that specifically has instruments and their general output levels (ex: Acoustic Guitar - -5db at 200khz, etc.). I know that every instrument won't be the same, but I just need a starting point. Thanks!