I am just learning of mixing (instructional DVD series), so the following request for insight may very well shape my future mixing process/goal, please assist . . .
My equipment sales rep (of sound engineering education) stated that I should not be too surgical about EQ'ing (in terms of getting flat signaling) but rather try to finish a "musically colorized" mix--arbitrary, of course, in term, so let's set that aside, please.
Important to my need of understanding, whether end-users' playback is on better shelf or car speakers, or low-end headphones/ear buds or computer speakers, do each have something of designed colorization that requires uncolored (flat) mixes to translate well?
Does playback format, like MP3 and WAV, play a role in choosing whether to mix toward flatness rather than colorization?
I respectfully realize there is much more to mixing, but resolving this initial dilemma is pivotal in how I approach mixing for the expected range of end users' devices and formats, likely as above mentioned.
Thanks very much, JeffF.
My equipment sales rep (of sound engineering education) stated that I should not be too surgical about EQ'ing (in terms of getting flat signaling) but rather try to finish a "musically colorized" mix--arbitrary, of course, in term, so let's set that aside, please.
Important to my need of understanding, whether end-users' playback is on better shelf or car speakers, or low-end headphones/ear buds or computer speakers, do each have something of designed colorization that requires uncolored (flat) mixes to translate well?
Does playback format, like MP3 and WAV, play a role in choosing whether to mix toward flatness rather than colorization?
I respectfully realize there is much more to mixing, but resolving this initial dilemma is pivotal in how I approach mixing for the expected range of end users' devices and formats, likely as above mentioned.
Thanks very much, JeffF.
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