I will finally share some secrets about mixing!

[baldguy]

Ed, clearly the optimal monitoring volume is 83db....not 85db.

(According to some guy in Mix magazine about 4 years ago.)

 

[gatorhaus]

Thanks for bumping,

I spent about 2 hours at work reading this looking over my shoulder to see if my boss was coming lol. Great thread, I wish I saw this about a month ago when I did my first project. damn!

Time to remix,

Thanks again Ed,
Larry

 

[sweetnubs]

monitor at 85 db. jesus i get tired of misinformation just to sound like they know what they are talking about. . psychoacoustics: how the ear and brain together perceive sound. fletcher-munson curve: humans here the flattest frequency response at 85 db. that's it. no ifs, ands or buts.

 

[rocky outcrop]

FEEL WITH YOUR EARS

WHAT 85 DB MY EARS DONT EVEN START BLEEDING TILL 98DB AND NOTHING HAPPENS IN MY BOWEL UNLESS I AM GETTING UP AROUND 110DB.FOR ME MIXING IS A WHOLE BODY EXPERIENCE

 

[sweetnubs]

you don't know shit.

 

[sweetnubs]

you don't know shit.

 

[sweetnubs]

that was intedended for rocky outcrop. or as i will now call him: "rock-head".

 

[rocky outcrop]

I dont know shit hey

as a drummer of 20 years experience I think I have a fair idea of what shit is.heck its been dribbling out of my mouth for at least that long.It took me 15 years to learn to shave off my beard(when I say shave i realy mean weed wacker my shit encrusted folicules away from my cheeks)(both sets)

 

[savageblues]

Cant believe I didn't read this thread till today.

Cant believe I got suckered into the last, say 3 pages of it...oh well, you lose too...

Uh, oh...looks like another squable starting. Go to your room nubbler, or no allowance.

 

[Gabriel Sousa]

Yikes! It is alive again!!! This thread is like Alien, or Friday the 13th, or Austin Powers! It never dies! ... Ed

I hope so, thanks a lot for the TIPs ED

 

[jcmm]

you don't know shit.

Neither do I............
Thats why I ended up looking, and finding this site.

Nice info here Ed.
It's helped me get a grip on a few things I never bothered with before.

 

[jimi]

i totally agree with you man
jimi hendrix started out on a 2 track piece of shit , he didnt even know how to read notes !! let alone read ur future book ..
grrrrrrr
LEARN IT BY URSELF !!! DEVELOP UR EARS !!! MUSIC IS NOT A BOOK THING ITS AN EARS THING !!!

 

[musisious144000]

THIS A QUESTION FOR ED

I am very greatful for your advice but I have a request if you could please tell me what the db tolerance would be in your opinion to produce "releasable" tracks i.e. if I have a spike measuring a digital 4dB and the rest is hanging around say -12dB, within what range of eachother would be considered consitent in terms of the total song level?

 

[jimi]

6-8 db

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

You can't make a decision based on meter level.... you need to use your ears!

Perceived loudness determines the balance of track levels in a mix, NOT meter readings!

 

[musisious144000]

Thank you both. I will use both sources of information. I just want the consistency.I ussually go by my ears, which are in great condition all tests passed. But when I see spikes, or lower waveforms, I know that there is a frequency that I am not hearing change through whatever speakers I'm using at that point. I hear it later when i play it in other systems, and when I review my wave forms, I see it then I try to make everything level, and that is just seemingly impossible. so i kinda wanted a standard to follow and 6-8 dB margin puts me well within the margin. Thanks!

 

[frank_1]

BUMP!

 

[OstiaMan]

WOW
I really dont now what to say

now I lay down to sleep
pray to Ed my soul to keep...

 

[wfaraoni]

well it started off good!

 

[ditnoj]

Just the tips from sonusman alone fill up 13 pages!!!

Has the book come out yet?

D out ITNOJ