Whats' going on?

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So I just started recording at home and I'm loving it. Ran into a major problem though. When I finally render a track, it's way too bassy in itunes and media player. Do they automatically just blow bass up? Is quick way to fix this so I don't have te EQ everything I record with diminished bass to make up for itunes and media player?

btw, Im using acid pro 6

Thanks!
 
60mm said:
So I just started recording at home and I'm loving it. Ran into a major problem though. When I finally render a track, it's way too bassy in itunes and media player. Do they automatically just blow bass up? Is quick way to fix this so I don't have te EQ everything I record with diminished bass to make up for itunes and media player?

btw, Im using acid pro 6

Thanks!
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Are you monitoring the playback via the same set of speakers?
 
Check to find out whether or not the EQ is on in iTunes. There are modes in that EQ which do pump the bass way up. Also, it can be very difficult to judge how much bass you have in your mix if your space isn't set up just right for it. If the EQ is off in iTunes and you are still getting too much bass, go back into your mix and see if you can't figure out why. Don't be afraid to do the same mix over and over again in differing ways; it's the only way to learn.
 
Same speakers, yeah.

Also, I made sure EQ in both itunes and media player were off. So weird.
 
In Acid it sounds great. Bass is dead on and tight.
In itunes and media player the bass drum is boomy mud and the guitar is too thick. I can get the guitar a bit tighter but the bass drum just doesnt lose the mud.
 
Then you've got a mix issue. In Acid all the tracks are being treated as separate entities. When you sum those together and render them as a stereo file the frequencies pile up differently. Low frequency energy will pile up more because the wave forms are longer. Also, the low mids carry a lot of junk sound that just causes trouble, between 400 and 800 KHZ give or take. Tune some of that out of your bass drum and you'll notice it thin out a bit and lose some of the mud.
 
Projbalance said:
Then you've got a mix issue. In Acid all the tracks are being treated as separate entities. When you sum those together and render them as a stereo file the frequencies pile up differently. Low frequency energy will pile up more because the wave forms are longer. Also, the low mids carry a lot of junk sound that just causes trouble, between 400 and 800 KHZ give or take. Tune some of that out of your bass drum and you'll notice it thin out a bit and lose some of the mud.
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Audio summing takes place on playback too, not just when rendering. A rendered file should sound exactly as it does when being played back through the DAW software. (unless the playback settings are set lower).

You must have something enabled...EQ plugin in the player, or something.

Are you using the same sound card for playback? Same speakers/monitors?

Try downloading another player without any extra features and see how it sounds.
 
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