Trouble in the mix

[bsr2002]

OK, here goes when I am mixing down on the 'puter everything sounds fine. I will burn it on a CD and play it in my car stereo still sounds good. Then I play it on my home theatre system and I hear everything jumbled together wrapped in effects. Everything sounds mixed up instead of mixed down.

Anyone have any ideas or advice or anyone heard of this ever happenning?

 

[Stealthtech]

Are you mixing with a good set of monitors ?
Different sound systems will produce coloring dependent on there settings.

 

[faderbug]

it's not a SURROUND system is it?

 

[Tukkis]

Yeh sounds like it's going through like dolby pro-logic and it's trying to decode it for the different speakers and it's not doing it right

Tukkis

 

[bsr2002]

I am using ElectroVoice SonicX speakers with subwoofer. My home stereo does have surround. Didn't think that would matter...

 

[faderbug]

any kind of emulated surround fucks up your panning and eq.

 

[Strryder]

Everything sounds mixed up instead of mixed down.

All the hours of work you put into your mix, and in the time it takes to push the play button, that infernal machine screws it all up on ya...

LOL!!

 

[bsr2002]

Would I have to re-record thru some sort of surrond encoder or something?


(don't know what I'm talking about)

 

[Massive Master]

Let's think relativity...

A. Do your mixes compare favorably with "pro" mixes on the system you're mixing on?

B. Do "pro" mixes sound jumbly through your home theatre system also?

Try extracting a really kickin' recording in the same genre and load it into your software on a stereo track -- Put one of your mixes on another stereo track -- Automate mutes or chop the tracks back and forth every 4 or 5 seconds so you have an A/B comparison -- Burn a disc of THAT and try it on several systems.

If it's the system, you'll know it right away. If it's your mixes, the immediate A/B's might give you and idea of what you're missing or overdoing.

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com