I'm having a mix translation problem
I have some clues but I don't know how to put them together,
can you help me
-monitors, Yorkville YSM-p1
-Software- Sonar 3
-mixing space- apartment bedroom,
only treated on the the hard reflective
surfaces with light burlap.
-genre: hard rock, 70's -ish with heavy guitars
-my secondary reference for mixes- my car a 1996 Honda Accord with the stock stereo. Radio and CD's sound great in there.
the clues:
a) my main reference has bee this Fugazi tune called "Waiting Room" .I love that song, although I barely know the band. In my car, the song is full and rich, excellent. High end, low end, all seems right.
b) this same Fugazi song on my monitors sounds sunken in, far away, very wide.
c) my band tunes. In my Monitors, Sound rich and full to my satisfaction,
hi-'s lows, all in order.
d) My band tunes, on CD, in my car, Dull, Tight, small,; almost like they're not using all of the speakers if that makes sense.
I re-create the rich bass of Fugazi, with my bassists tracks on my monitors, but it sounds hard and annoying on CD, in my car. I know its not the best place to test stuff but its what I have now. I know the sytem. My only guess so far is to mix my stuff to be too bright on the monitors, and learn the varying degrees of too much/not enough when I hear it in my car.
my guess, is that the Yorkvilles, my listening space, or combination of the 2 is misleading me. On the high end and in other ways.
Is the sort of scooped sound I get from the Fugazi on my monitors, telling me something? They sound great and =not= scooped in my car.
very confused
any comments or diagnosis would be greatly appreciated.
I have some clues but I don't know how to put them together,
can you help me
-monitors, Yorkville YSM-p1
-Software- Sonar 3
-mixing space- apartment bedroom,
only treated on the the hard reflective
surfaces with light burlap.
-genre: hard rock, 70's -ish with heavy guitars
-my secondary reference for mixes- my car a 1996 Honda Accord with the stock stereo. Radio and CD's sound great in there.
the clues:
a) my main reference has bee this Fugazi tune called "Waiting Room" .I love that song, although I barely know the band. In my car, the song is full and rich, excellent. High end, low end, all seems right.
b) this same Fugazi song on my monitors sounds sunken in, far away, very wide.
c) my band tunes. In my Monitors, Sound rich and full to my satisfaction,
hi-'s lows, all in order.
d) My band tunes, on CD, in my car, Dull, Tight, small,; almost like they're not using all of the speakers if that makes sense.
I re-create the rich bass of Fugazi, with my bassists tracks on my monitors, but it sounds hard and annoying on CD, in my car. I know its not the best place to test stuff but its what I have now. I know the sytem. My only guess so far is to mix my stuff to be too bright on the monitors, and learn the varying degrees of too much/not enough when I hear it in my car.
my guess, is that the Yorkvilles, my listening space, or combination of the 2 is misleading me. On the high end and in other ways.
Is the sort of scooped sound I get from the Fugazi on my monitors, telling me something? They sound great and =not= scooped in my car.
very confused
any comments or diagnosis would be greatly appreciated.