hey, any advice is needed here. im not big budget or anything so what i do is i record straight into my laptop from my samson mixing board. i listen to how THAT sounds via headphones...theyre nothing special at all, probably not even good headphones. then when im all done, i go upstairs and mix it in adobe audition 1.5 on my dell desktop...i mix through again, crappy headphones and my dell speakers...i dont have monitors..i use the speakers to get a general idea of how a song will sound through a 2.1 system with a subwoofer, then i use the headphones to like finely mix the guitar levels or panning and whatnot, then i listen through speakers again to see if it still holds a decent 2.1 sound. i would love to hear any suggestions you had though! it's really hard for me to get a good drum sound i think, as im sitting there behind my drums, blasting the headphones so i hear that over my actual drums you know? and its hard to get a good kick sound, i thought i FINALLY got a good one with this song, because if you listen to the part towards the beginning when its just bass, drums, and those guitar chords are struck, i think the mids come through the speakers awesomley to get the big room sound of my kick fromt he overheads, and then the low end comes through the sub...however once guitar comes in, you don't really hear that as well. i love that part just because i think the drums sound awesome, but then it all goes to shit hahaha but yeah again, any suggestions you guys have for better mixing i NEED to hear lol