Mixing Woes

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Appreciate any help with this one. We are currently using
Saw Plus to record our tracks. As we fly the tracks in individually,
everything sounds great on the studio monitors. After vocals are recorded, we burn the mix onto CD, but playback in car stereo etc. is terrible. Vocals come out good but the snare sounds "papery", the beat sounds almost tinker toyish, lacking depth and layers. should we be mixing the sounds on the mixer before we fly them into the computer? Were just not sure where to start trouble shooting thje problem. I've heard "mix down on headphones, or use low quality speakers" Any advise on this would be great !
THanks
 
Sounds like you need a good pair of monitors..

What is your current set up for mixing?

What do you monitor you mix on?

Any outboard gear?
 
Using Alesis MK2 studio monitors, crappy old model Euro mixer,
and no outboard gear.... Have a tube pre-amp for the Mic....
Do you recomend mixing on the Saw Plus program? we are saving fo ra better mixer / studio setup , but in the interim, how can we fix the problem? The track sounds great during playback in studio, just a little anemic when burned to CD. Vocals sound great though...

THanks...
 
First, is this your first experience doing this? or using these monitors? first I would take a cd that sounds like what your going for and play it though your system, and compare it to what you've recorded, just to make sure your hearing what you think your hearing.
 
Weve had these monitors for awhile now. We usually produce the track <using Roland XP60 / Korg Triton> then fly the tracks individually into the Saw Plus program. Then take the data to get mixed down... We want to start mixing it ourselves...However, we aren't sure where to start trouble shooting..Sorry to be so vague- not sure how else to explain the problem. We are musicians/producers foremost & havent even begun to understand the depth of mixing/mastering. What boggles me is that playback sounds great, just when burned it sounds terrible.

THanks for responding... Please let me know if theres any other info that I can clarify for you to help you understand our problem...
 
You could have frequecies over lapping each other and fighting for space..
 
So if you burn the disk and than play it directly back though your monitoring system (amp and speakers) it sound bad? Just trying to narrow it down, your mixing or something in the actual burning proccess.
 
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