Ok so I mixed on my monitors, but it sounds shitty elsewhere. Suggestions?

[CoolCat]

yea, but i would bet that it has more to do with tracking issues than mixing...for example, i have a less than ideal room for tracking drums in - so small that it won't allow for any bass trapping, so i spend a lot of time combating the mud

sounds like you got the vibe on where the root cause lies in the mix.

my brother and i were talking about rooms, and like a 57mic'd cab, its so much in the face of the amp there's not alot of room effect so I wouldn't think thats it. Bass Gtr, you can go direct only and see if thats it?

do you mute each drum track one by one, to see if things clear up all of a sudden? or mute the bass gtr track out and listen to just the drums for a day or two and see if the freq-smearing is gone..

an interesting problem, like doing forensic science in the audio spectrum....
is it 350hz or 425? maybe 180hz??

are your drums well-tuned? I'm not a drummer but I can hear the difference in my sons kit, and new heads make a huge improvement over a flappy worn head.

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[vaultstudio]

So yeah... I used a pink noise track to make sure my monitors were putting out all the freq's equally (adjusting each freq with my monitor hardware eq), then I listened to some of my fav music through them and tightened up the eq a little (meaning I made the eq curve sligtly less severe). Remember that some of the quiet noises on your monitors will not be heard on normal stereos. One thing I like to do while mixing/mastering is turn my monitors down reeeal quiet and make sure the song still sounds good.

Randy

If your room has issues you're still gonna have portability issues with your mixes. Before I treated my room, I had an ugly peak at approx 150Hz (12-14dB ugly). I did some experimenting with EQ notching out 150 and could never seem to notice any change. My suggestion is to look around the 'net (note the previous post mentioning www.realtraps.com and www.johnlsayers.com) and grab one of those programs that calculate your room modes. I believe Ethan (www.realtraps.com) also has tones for room testing - takes a while, but you'll be surprised.