
taeyoung
New member
Alright, so, after comparing a lot of mixes and (crap) mastering jobs I've been working on to some pro CDs that I appreciate, I've got this idea that's been pestering in my mind. Nothing ground breaking, but maybe someone with mastering experience will come and shoot my stupid thoughts down.
So, on every sound system I own, I have a sub. In my car. On my computer speakers. On my home theater. Probably that is becoming common nowadays.
So, the way I understand it, most nicer studios probably don't use a sub when mixing mastering, but they have full range speakers that can produce nearly, or the same, frequencies that subs produce anyways? Or not? Not really sure, but it seems to me that most mixing or mastering jobs are made more with the everyday user in mind, that probably doesn't have a sub.
Now, to my point, which is, when I forget about the little peon guy with his crappy speaker set up and just make a mix the way I like it, it sounds damn good in my systems! I mean, like way good, better than a lot of pro CDs I like to compare it to.
Let's take for example a benchmark CD that gets brought up on occassion here: Metallica Black CD. So, I like that CD, it's cool stuff, but am I alone in thinking it sounds inferior on a good system? The bass is pitiful. When I compare that CD to some other rock CDs it makes me feel like I'm going from CD to a cassette tape.
Is it just because some CDs are engineered to work well on a wide variety of systems that things turn out this way, and if an engineer focused on making songs sound good on full range systems they would take a whole different approach, or am I wrong?
Give me some opinions on this guys!!

So, on every sound system I own, I have a sub. In my car. On my computer speakers. On my home theater. Probably that is becoming common nowadays.
So, the way I understand it, most nicer studios probably don't use a sub when mixing mastering, but they have full range speakers that can produce nearly, or the same, frequencies that subs produce anyways? Or not? Not really sure, but it seems to me that most mixing or mastering jobs are made more with the everyday user in mind, that probably doesn't have a sub.
Now, to my point, which is, when I forget about the little peon guy with his crappy speaker set up and just make a mix the way I like it, it sounds damn good in my systems! I mean, like way good, better than a lot of pro CDs I like to compare it to.
Let's take for example a benchmark CD that gets brought up on occassion here: Metallica Black CD. So, I like that CD, it's cool stuff, but am I alone in thinking it sounds inferior on a good system? The bass is pitiful. When I compare that CD to some other rock CDs it makes me feel like I'm going from CD to a cassette tape.
Is it just because some CDs are engineered to work well on a wide variety of systems that things turn out this way, and if an engineer focused on making songs sound good on full range systems they would take a whole different approach, or am I wrong?



Give me some opinions on this guys!!


