[BACKGROUND]
Guys, I've been lurking hear for a few yrs.. mainly reading and educatingmyself - thanks !! I'm in a cover band and we have recorded some 'live' demos to use as handouts along with the requisite pics in the promopak !!
I have a Korg D1600, so we used that. We are limited in the number of tracks we can record simultaneously, so we went with 4 at 24-bit vs. 8 at 16-bit. We are six-piece.. 2 gtrs, keys, drums bass and 4 vox. We took the matrix outs on our A&H GL2400 and basically bussed drums onto track one, bass on 2, instruments on 3 and vox on 4. I set up the input levels, etc. and our soundguy actually did the physical recording - as I play guitar.
I transferred all to the computer via 24-but wav files on a CD. Mixing down and doing my own mastering has been fairly easy, in spite of not so good balances between keys/gtr and lead vs BGV's on some of the songs. I have a boom box, Creative Labs computer speakers, Event TR8N studio monitors, Infinity car stereo and a range of headphones {MDR7506, AKG240M and Yammy's [forget model]} to listen/mix on. Should be enough right ?
[PROBLEM]
My problem is this - and I'm guessing [hoping] it's not unique. I just can't get the balance of drums/bass to the rest of the mix to my satisfaction. I get a really good mix on the TR8's and PC speakers, but when I play the CD on the boom box, there's barely any bass or kick- unless I have 'loudness' on. Then, the same mix in my car has W-A-Y loads of bass and the kick is making the windows flex !!! I have FFT'd the mix. Nothing untoward...
Please HELP!! What can I do to fix this... I just can't figure out why the difference in playback on these songs....
suggestions welcome..
Regards,
Steve
Guys, I've been lurking hear for a few yrs.. mainly reading and educatingmyself - thanks !! I'm in a cover band and we have recorded some 'live' demos to use as handouts along with the requisite pics in the promopak !!
I have a Korg D1600, so we used that. We are limited in the number of tracks we can record simultaneously, so we went with 4 at 24-bit vs. 8 at 16-bit. We are six-piece.. 2 gtrs, keys, drums bass and 4 vox. We took the matrix outs on our A&H GL2400 and basically bussed drums onto track one, bass on 2, instruments on 3 and vox on 4. I set up the input levels, etc. and our soundguy actually did the physical recording - as I play guitar.
I transferred all to the computer via 24-but wav files on a CD. Mixing down and doing my own mastering has been fairly easy, in spite of not so good balances between keys/gtr and lead vs BGV's on some of the songs. I have a boom box, Creative Labs computer speakers, Event TR8N studio monitors, Infinity car stereo and a range of headphones {MDR7506, AKG240M and Yammy's [forget model]} to listen/mix on. Should be enough right ?
[PROBLEM]
My problem is this - and I'm guessing [hoping] it's not unique. I just can't get the balance of drums/bass to the rest of the mix to my satisfaction. I get a really good mix on the TR8's and PC speakers, but when I play the CD on the boom box, there's barely any bass or kick- unless I have 'loudness' on. Then, the same mix in my car has W-A-Y loads of bass and the kick is making the windows flex !!! I have FFT'd the mix. Nothing untoward...
Please HELP!! What can I do to fix this... I just can't figure out why the difference in playback on these songs....
suggestions welcome..
Regards,
Steve
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