Low and High pass

[Rusty K]

Hello all,

I downloaded the chart on frequencies appearing on one of the other threads. Very helpful. I'm sure my question has been ask and answered many times and I'll keep looking but........

I just mixed and mastered my first tune, actually not the first but I'm stuck on the learning curve and can't move on till I reach an acceptable plateau.

It sounded great on the monitors and on other media but I put it in my son's discman, which happened to be on maga bass, and the bass was distorted. Sounded awful.

Obviously I didn't do as good a job as I had thought.

Questions:

1. Am I correct in assuming that I loaded the mix up with unnecessary bass frequencies, i.e. should I high pass and if so what freqs.?

2. What about the other instruments? Same deal?

I'm sure I was reading something about it from Sonusman a few months ago so if anyone remembers just direct me to it.


Thanks much,

Rusty K

 

[Shailat]

Rusty,

First off I would sugest you put in a disk you know well in your sons Diskman and then use it as a reference.
For all you know the diskman could be the problem.

With out hearing your mix I can only give you first aid suggestions.

Asumming you are not going to reopen the mix and start again, try one of these.
Start by low shelving 20-50Hz. I'm not sure this is the problem as I doubt your diskman has the capability to produce these freq's.

Try a cut around 65-80Hz.
Cut only a bit so that you dont lose low end punch.
Use a narrow band, boost to search the problematic area, then cut it when you find it. This will help if the problem is to much energy in the bass.

A cut at 100 -160Hz might also be the solution instead.
This will help if the problem is to much boom.

These kind of posts are very difficult to answer becuase
you might not be mixing corectly and these first aid corections are only a patch and not a real solution.

I would suggest you start practicing with the drum kit and the bass only.
I promise you that if you can get those down to sound good on any system, then you are more then half way home.

On what format are you working?
Maybe if you send me something I can try to guide you a bit more with my humble advice.

 

[Rusty K]

Shailat,
Thanks man. No I am perfectly willing to start over with the mix. I've been working with just this one tune to try to learn my new software, NTrack, and to begin to understand this mixing side of the business.

I only mixed the unfinished tune, no solo instrument yet, so my band could listen. They were impressed by the way and is sounded ok on a small portable unit.

I'm sure the sony discman was working fine as I've listened to other discs with it and of course with bass boost as I am a bass player.

How should I send the mix to you? I have a web page with band music but it would take a while to set it up there.

I'd really appreciate your input.

Thanks,
Rusty K

 

[Shailat]

Before you send me.
Did you try any of the tips I wrote?.

Did you try to reference it against a disk you know well using the Diskman?.

If none of those help then I'll need from you a detailed discription on every stage you took and then the full mix.