Music too bassy on boomboxes

[Pahtcub]

Ever since my first project at recording school I've been told I mix too bass heavy, I've compensated by making it sound not bassy enough to me and seems to be getting better, but it's still bassy, should I turn the bass up on my monitors to make up for this so I start mixing less bass heavy? My ears just can't hear it.

Pat

 

[nonovice]

hope this helps

You say it is to boomy do you mean (muddy, loud) or both of the above. To fix mudd you can eq out the offending freq. in the lower mids to fix volume adjust it so the bass and kick are in sync but not interfering with vocals or lead lines for the center position in the mix. They should have punch so maybe even try some compression to control the sound. If you can supply me more details or sample audio i may be able to help you further. Or maybe a bass sound, example - I want it to sound like nirvana or jz etc.

 

[NYMorningstar]

Besides your own monitors, try your mixes out on other systems, a boom box, car stereo etc.. You want it to make it sound good on as many types of systems and as possible.

 

[Pahtcub]

I don't know what it is, you can hear any of my mixes at http://www.soundclick.com/artist/1/pahtcub_music.htm spray is a perfect example, I mixed with monitors, headphones, and computer speakers, then went and listeed to it in my car stereo and it was fine, but there's this anoying bassy tone coming through...I don't even have a bass in most of my mixes...could it be that I'm overcompensating the guitars bass to make up and it's not made for bass?

 

[nonovice]

I don't know how eq savy you are but a notch filter can be used to pull out any offending ressonance at any part of the audio spectrum. Try boosting the low end ressonance that is the source of your anguish so that you can hear it more distinctly, then use the notch filter to pull out that specific freq. kind of like a surgical scalpel.