Hi.
Basically I've just zipped off a quick master of a track, a little compression, e.q and some limiting. The track is incomplete but I thought I'd add the usual mastering plugins on my stereo out as a way of keeping things close to that of commercial mixes
I am happy so far with the mix.
Everything sounds great withing my DAW, listening on my monitors. However, when i listen to the mix on my stereo (through aux input) I find that when I crank the volume up to moderately loud one of my speaker cones starts to distort/ratlle. The other is fine. (The part in question that is causing the distortion is a classical guitar rhythm part, strummed with the back of my nails. The only fx I have on the guitar is Sound toy's decaptitor and some room reverb)
Having said that if I listen to a commercial mix at the same volume (the commercial mix being a tad louder than mine) there is no sign of the speaker distorting.
Could the reason for this be that my mix/master isn't loud enough to begin with, and that I'm compensating for this by cranking the volume on my amplifier.
I've listened to my track through other means (headphones and sperate stereo) and still no problem.
If I want to get the desired volume out of my home stereo on this particular track. Is it just a case of perhaps injecting a tad bit more gain on the limiter, and not having to rely on cranking my amp??
It's really annoying me as I'm really happy with the tone and mix and the altogether sound of the track.
Dave
Basically I've just zipped off a quick master of a track, a little compression, e.q and some limiting. The track is incomplete but I thought I'd add the usual mastering plugins on my stereo out as a way of keeping things close to that of commercial mixes
I am happy so far with the mix.
Everything sounds great withing my DAW, listening on my monitors. However, when i listen to the mix on my stereo (through aux input) I find that when I crank the volume up to moderately loud one of my speaker cones starts to distort/ratlle. The other is fine. (The part in question that is causing the distortion is a classical guitar rhythm part, strummed with the back of my nails. The only fx I have on the guitar is Sound toy's decaptitor and some room reverb)
Having said that if I listen to a commercial mix at the same volume (the commercial mix being a tad louder than mine) there is no sign of the speaker distorting.
Could the reason for this be that my mix/master isn't loud enough to begin with, and that I'm compensating for this by cranking the volume on my amplifier.
I've listened to my track through other means (headphones and sperate stereo) and still no problem.
If I want to get the desired volume out of my home stereo on this particular track. Is it just a case of perhaps injecting a tad bit more gain on the limiter, and not having to rely on cranking my amp??
It's really annoying me as I'm really happy with the tone and mix and the altogether sound of the track.
Dave