MIXING PROBLEMS..BAD MONITORING?

[FUNKY]

Hi pals..
In this moment I'm mixing on B&W 602 studio series and get a some kind of "coloured" mix..
Everything sounds fine and when I take the mix to listen somewhere else it's not what I expected..
What to do to avoid that colouration of the sound?
Tell me some tips about this..

P.S. Maybe those speakers are more in HiFI class than the monitoring but I'm saving money to get better speakers..(maybe Dynaudio I suppose)

Tell me how to "survive" the mix with these speakers till i get a new one's..

Cheers
FUNKY

 

[Jon X]

Since you mentioned they aren't really monitors, you might have somewhat of a tough time. One thing you can do is listen to pro recorded stuff that is similar to your music through those monitors until you get a good idea of how they make stuff sound, how they color the sound in other words. Then make frequent comparisons between your stuff and the commercially done stuff to keep yourself on the right track. Once you get something that you think sounds good, play it on other systems and then go back and tweak it until you get it right. It's really gonna be more of a trial and error thing, so several attempts might be necessary to get it sounding like you want. Oh, and if you have any EQ on the speakers either take it off and leave it off or never change it once you set it. You want to have those speakers stay the same in order to get used to hearing how they color the sound. And since you mentioned they are more HiFi, most speakers like that are gonna add more bass than anything else... so you might want to plan on accounting for that if your mixes tend to end up bass heavy.

 

[vox]

The perfect speaker does not exist! No matter which speakers you buy you will have to learn their sound and do some guesswork, the better the speakers however the less mental compensation you will have to do. Take Jon x's advice and reference your mixes to Pro recordings, but more importantly sit and listen to lot's of material through your monitors and learn their sound.

 

[Wallycleaver]

. And since you mentioned they are more HiFi, most speakers like that are gonna add more bass than anything else... so you might want to plan on accounting for that if your mixes tend to end up bass heavy.

I disagree with that. If the speakers are bass heavy, the your final mix will lack bass because, the bass is louder than it really is, hence when you mix and listen to on standard speakers, the bass that you thought was there is gone.

 

[camn]

you know... thats what I think, too... but it never works out that way. I dont know why. I like Boomin bass. I mix too bass heavy, so I crank the bass on my monitor systems.... and people still say its too bassy. I don' know.

xoox

 

[RKB]

I found it's also important to have the monitors positioned in the correct position for optimum effect, usually so that the middle of the speaker is level with your ears from your listening position.

I had a problem in my home studio with things sounding muddy and/or boomy. I got some stands and repositioned my monitors. It sounds a lot different now. You'd be surprised how different things sound just based on your listening position. Now the sound is focused directly in front of me and my mixes are sounding a lot cleaner.

 

[Jon X]

lol. You're right Wally, and that's what I was thinking as I wrote that. I just said it wrong. I gotta start reading my replies before I hit Submit.