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Hi all,
A seemingly simple question - how do you judge the "real world" sound when mixing a song? I'm speaking from the perspective of using a PC multitrack recorder ( in my case Cool Edit Pro 2 ) where inevitably the mixdown (eg mix to mp3 played back in Media Player) is completely different from the carefully balanced mix in the multitrack software. I find I have to suppress the low and particularly the higher frequencies, am I using the wrong software, or is there a trick to judging how a mix sounds in the wild?

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First of all, I would never mix directly to mp3. mp3 is a compressed format and you lose a lot of detail. Mix to .wav.

Then encode it as an mp3. Use a high a bitrate as you can. I personally think anything encoded at under 192kbps sounds like ass.

As for posting, you can't post audio directly to this site. But lots of us use lightningmp3.com which is run by an HR member. It rocks.
 
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Thanks Madaudio, I know whereof you speak as regards bitrates etc, but I suppose I'm asking, what's the best way to mix a track in anticipation of it being played through everything from headphones to PC speakers to radios? A different mix for each maybe. Even mixing to lossless audio formats, I find a gulf between "what I hear in the mixer" and real world listening.

(Have just signed with lightningmp3, what next?)
 
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