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I don't know whether this question belongs to this forum, so correct me if I should go anywhere else.
I did a recording for our choir (where I sing also myself) using ORTF with a pair of Oktava MK-012 cardioids. I recorded the songs as is without any compression or EQ tweaking. We're not greatest singers and frequently have our faults, but listening to the track with a good headphones I like almost everything, it has air, space and my ear easily forgives our singing faults, sometimes I miraculously doesn't see them. The similar effect is with a good flour speakers (KEF).
But everything changes when I listen to the track using average headphones or speakers, the recording starts losing the air, space and my ear stops forgiving our errors.
What should I do next or should I try to change my initial setup to be more on par with average electronics? Compression, EQ, MS as a better solution for post-production tweaking? And finally, if it's about mixing, tweaking, should I use those average headphones to sit and adjust or it's a dead end?
Thanks in advance
I did a recording for our choir (where I sing also myself) using ORTF with a pair of Oktava MK-012 cardioids. I recorded the songs as is without any compression or EQ tweaking. We're not greatest singers and frequently have our faults, but listening to the track with a good headphones I like almost everything, it has air, space and my ear easily forgives our singing faults, sometimes I miraculously doesn't see them. The similar effect is with a good flour speakers (KEF).
But everything changes when I listen to the track using average headphones or speakers, the recording starts losing the air, space and my ear stops forgiving our errors.
What should I do next or should I try to change my initial setup to be more on par with average electronics? Compression, EQ, MS as a better solution for post-production tweaking? And finally, if it's about mixing, tweaking, should I use those average headphones to sit and adjust or it's a dead end?
Thanks in advance