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Maybe I missed it but you'd have to take location into the equation as well. Exact same players with exact same instruments/amps/mics/recording equipment cannot be treated the same in a different location.
Theoretically a genius should be able to determine the exact frequencies, best possible dynamics that our ears want, and be able to create a vst that has no options, just automatic mastered. There's a longass algorithm out there, and someone will figure it out in our lifetime.
Theoretically a genius should be able to determine the exact frequencies, best possible dynamics that our ears want, and be able to create a vst that has no options, just automatic mastered. There's a longass algorithm out there, and someone will figure it out in our lifetime. Sure you may want it to sound different, but it'll always sound worse to the majority of people if you change it. Because our ears do have a standard with a slight variation between people. No YouTube video explains why, or what a wave even is. We need some geniuses who like music
Theoretically a genius should be able to determine the exact frequencies, best possible dynamics that our ears want, and be able to create a vst that has no options, just automatic mastered.
Yeah...that's it....we all made a pact.
Seriously...this forum is LOADED with helpful information and suggestions.
What you are looking for is a formula to apply to......to what?
If you don't understand that EVERY mix will have a different requirement, and that there is NO general guideline or formula...then you wouldn't be getting so frustrated about things.
Sure...that means you have to work more for each mix rather than just following a formula...but that's what it's all about.
I'm sure some folks will tell you that they (I'm just making this up) will "always roll off 3dB in the 250Hz range for the guitars"...etc...or that they will "always put the High Hat at 30 degrees to the right of center and boost at 12k Hz by 1-2 dB"...etc ...
...but that type of info is IMHO generally useless and I would hate to think that's how some people mix...where it's a numerical formula applied to everything they do.
You have to work at it...figure out what works for your mixes and your production goals.
If you want to put up a mix and THEN ask people what's wrong with it or what they might do different...at least then there is context, and everyone is talking about the same thing.
Otherwise...any "applies to all" formula is a lame way to approach mixing.
I don't understand how no matter what I seem to do the.avg sound never works thru different systems. Amazing in headphones but shitty through my car speakers .amazing in my car speakers but shitty threw my $300 pair of headphones and okay through my phone when others peoples stuff sounds great everywhere.
I understand mixing........................ Mine sounds...fake and like 12 different songs being played together.
Hey. No, this isn't a thing.
You might be able to come up with some processing or algorithm that shapes a mix to comply with a standard, preset by you, but if I don't like it the whole thing's ruined.
I mean, even if you hire two mastering engineers to work on the same song, there's a damn good chance I'll like one and you'll like the other.
There's no right answer and there's no best possible wether with regards to stereo image, dynamics, frequency content.
Even just simply the idea that no two people are really hearing the same thing (the same way) anyway...that's enough to kill it.
The stuff you detailed about translating between different systems....that's a mix issue.
Every scenario's different but I don't think many people would be reaching for mastering tools to sort that out. You'd be remixing the song in a reliable, known, environment.
Mine sounds...fake and like 12 different songs being played together.
Yea, come on. Back it all up. Let's see if someone can actually come up with something better than eq. So far everyone here sounds extremely uneducated. Or you'd be able to intelligently destroy my previous statement of an allmastering program. Not just "people like...hear things different bruh"
Yea, come on. Back it all up. Let's see if someone can actually come up with something better than eq. So far everyone here sounds extremely uneducated. Or you'd be able to intelligently destroy my previous statement of an allmastering program. Not just "people like...hear things different bruh"