mixing question

[shambles]

hi there,

i have just completed treating my small room at home. Basically i made my own bass traps and covered every single corners in my room and also put up alot of absorptive material on the wall. All roxul stuff covered with fabric.

i have notice that my stereo imaging has improve tremendously.

i am only using a laptop (mbp) - motu ultralite soundcard - active genelecs(with sub) near field monitoring to mix

I mix purely ITB.

Seeing my setup , i am still unsatisfied with my mixes.
Knowing my setup, do i have a limitation in regards to mixing?
i feel like i have reach the limit and cant go further to enhance my mixes.

My quetion: Lets say if i decided to buy the apogee symphony. Will this make alot of difference in regards to the mix? Will i be able to hear much much more compared to the ultralite? will i get better imaging/depth? will it help alot more using lush convertors?

Your pro advise is much appreciated.

Thank you for your time

 

[Kingofpain678]

I'm sorry to say that I don't have an answer for you

But what I do wanna say is welcome to Home Recording! While I may not have an answer to your question, I'm sure that there will be someone here who does. This site is incredibly useful and we hope you'll stick around

I also wanna say that I'm very jealous of your studio! Especially that little "dexter" guy on your DAW desk.

 

[shambles]

I'm sorry to say that I don't have an answer for you

But what I do wanna say is welcome to Home Recording! While I may not have an answer to your question, I'm sure that there will be someone here who does. This site is incredibly useful and we hope you'll stick around

I also wanna say that I'm very jealous of your studio! Especially that little "dexter" guy on your DAW desk.

hahaha ok ok thank you mate

 

[CFox]

Hi, post some of your mixes. Are you rolling off all the bass in the instruments that dont need it ? Do you have a 4 band compression over the master as this helps to highlight too much reverb or other faults in the recording. What kind of material are you working with ? What is the problem area ?

 

[Massive Master]

Full-range monitoring.

The little satellite/sub thing is great for post, but not for mixing.

(IMO, YMMV, etc., etc., yada, yada)

 

[shambles]

Full-range monitoring.

The little satellite/sub thing is great for post, but not for mixing.

(IMO, YMMV, etc., etc., yada, yada)

when u say full range monitoring, u mean a pair of speakers that can give out a flat response from 20hz - 20khz ?

if yes, they must be pretty big right? how many inch drivers ?

something like the bm6a dyna audio ?
even with the bm6a speakers they only go as low as 40hz. Is it necessary to get the sub to if i decide to get a full range speaker ?