another monitor question

[GalacticCelt]

I am currently using NS-10's for monitoring....what I find is that when I think I've got a good sound, I listen back on other speakers and it's almost always bass heavy.

Are there low end monitors I can use in conjunction with the NS-10's or should I try to compensate for the bass with board EQ so I'm hearing more accurate?

thanks

 

[Rochey]

I think whats best is that you 'learn' your monitors...

Equing your outputs to that your NS10's will sound better is the beginning of the end.

Putting a graphic in to balance your speakers can cause many phase problems.

Maybe someone a little more scientific can explain the whole thing.

Another point, - it's generally understood that the NS10's aren't really 'flat' in their output - they are considered as reference because everyone and his dog used to have them. It meant that you could go from one studio to another, and hopefully, your mixes would resemble the mix you did in the other studio.
The other rule of thumb is, that if your mix sounds good on an NS10 (Read: amazing) - then it will sound great on almost any other system....


your milage may vary

Rochey

 

[littledog]

The other rule of thumb is, that if your mix sounds good on an NS10 (Read: amazing) - then it will sound great on almost any other system....

The only problem with the old rules of thumb is sometimes you just don't know where that thumb has been. GC did mix on NS-10's and the mix sounded great - but ONLY on his NS10m's. That's a common problem with any monitor/room combination until you learn how to mix on that particular combination.

GC, what you need to do is spend a lot of time listening to commercial CD's on your monitors in your room. As you mix, you need to keep referencing back to commercial CD's that have a similar sound to what you are working on. Without training your ears to a reference, you'll just be pissing into the wind. (This would be true no matter where and on what you were mixing...)

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Without training your ears to a reference, you'll just be pissing into the wind. (This would be true no matter where and on what you were mixing...)

Well put!

 

[GalacticCelt]

so basically

I just need to burn my ears to the reference monitors?


That's alot cheaper, I suppose!!!!!!


I will take your advice....see if that helps clear up my mixes a bit....I knew that some low frequencies couldn't be accurately produced by the NS'....thought that may have been part of the problem, but I'll give it a shot of just referencing alot more.


Also, thanks for the compliments on the mix, littledog...mucho appreciato


new tunes up!
http://www.madmangraphics.com/boomstick/tunage/index.html

 

[LEADGTRPLAYR]

MASTERING

Just wondering when you master you do like a 40hz cut or somehwere in that ball park i hope,cause if you don't anything louder than shouting volume will kill and i do mean hurt normal car stereo or home stereo speakers.I am in training here so thats some of what i have learned from others that are very respected in the music industry.GoodLuck