Speakers LIE.,....all Of them !

[can_you_funk]

So I have been doing some home recording of my bands project...

and I am having a hard time to adjust to monitors....

I have two sets of powered monitors, Event project Studio 6, and a set of Alesis M1 Actives , and My ear is NOT used to flats.

I always seem to resort back to the headphones because of comfort, and I am wondering what frame of reference I need for mixing and monitoring on these flats.
ie......I know I am looking for flat responde, so that both in Eq'ing" and dynamics?

I am having a hard time finding a center while mixing on these flats vs, what I hear on other speakers


~Funk

ps ..is it that I just havent listened to enough commercial music on said flat's?

 

[MrWrenchey]

ps ..is it that I just havent listened to enough commercial music on said flat's?

I'd say it's probably this.

When you first get new "flat" monitors, you're going to want to listen to a LOT of commercial mixes on them. The goal with ANY monitors is to understand how they sound, so you have a frame of reference when you're mixing. If you don't know what a good, professional mix should sound like on them, you'll be mixing in the dark.

 

[MrObjective]

Indeed

 

[bouldersoundguy]

The room will have a big effect on how your monitors sound.

 

[mixsit]

For me after spending enough time zeroing in and around' about what is neutral(ish), and sussing out the "how should this sound?" part of it, everywhere else ('tone/fidelity wise), you start noticing how weird or 'off it sounds. Be prepared for a life of sometimes wishing you could turn it off. Cheap live concerts-- Fagget' about it; 'Why the hell don't they fix that (such and such)!?'

 

[RAMI]

Speakers only lie to a certain extent. Your un-treated room is the biggest liar, your in-experience is the second biggest liar. Don't blame GOOD speakers, they're probably the only thing actually telling you the truth.

 

[moresound]

Only if the speakers are gooberment speaker will there be lies attached.

 

[Ethan Winer]

Your un-treated room is the biggest liar

Exactly. Even cheap speakers are reasonably flat within their effective range. No speaker has half a dozen nulls 20+ dB deep, all below 500 Hz. But most rooms do! For the OP:

Acoustic Basics
Room Measuring Primer

--Ethan