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usually when i make tunes i mix everything down in the computer whilst running just a stereo output to my mixer before it gets to my amp, speakers etc. i usually eq it on the mixer a little as most djs do this when playing out so it gives me the sound as it would be" heard in a club" , now should i do this or am i just deluding myself to what my sound actually sounds like? what do u do?
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17-03-2006 15:25 |
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Friscko 
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dunno, I mostly play with something around +2db on the low's
but i also pitch up tunes to the 185-190bpm range 
I put my amp on mono, put it's high filter on, turn the bass up a bit and let it play fukc-me loud to emulate club circumstances
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17-03-2006 20:53 |
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Surora23
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Originally posted by MUNKI C
usually when i make tunes i mix everything down in the computer whilst running just a stereo output to my mixer before it gets to my amp, speakers etc. i usually eq it on the mixer a little as most djs do this when playing out so it gives me the sound as it would be" heard in a club" , now should i do this or am i just deluding myself to what my sound actually sounds like? what do u do? |
i leave an eq flat...figure if your mix sounds good flat....with any adjsutments later on itll just beef shit up... i mean common sense *on a certain level* will tell you when something is too much ya know...
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18-03-2006 02:16 |
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I'm a little confused as to what you're asking, to me it sounds like you're asking about mastering. One of the most important things you can do at this step is to tune your sound system to your room. Every room has it's own characteristics that will color the sound produced in it.
Make sure the speakers that you're using as monitors are a few feet infront of the wall that you're facing and in between the side walls, also arranged so that when sitting a few feet away from them each of them is pointed directly at you and the tweeters are at eye level.
For the next step you'll need a graphic eq...there are two ways to do this. The more accurate way is to use an RTA mic (or a good flat omni condenser mic) and some sort of RTA software. Place the mic where your head would be while listening and plug the mic into your interface if it has phantom power, or into your console with phantom power. Load up the RTA software as an insert on the mic's input channel in Cubase, or Protools, or whatever multitracker you're using and play pink noise out of another channel and into your sound system. On the RTA's GUI you should see the noise moving around at different amplitudes throughout the spectrum, the idea now is to adjust the graphic eq until you see as close to a straight line as you can get on the RTA. If you do this, what you hear when you listen to your production will be close to what it really sounds like with very little color from the room.
The other, less accurate way to do this on the cheap, is to use a cd that you know inside and out as a reference. A cd that you think is of top production quality. Play the cd through your system and adjust the graphic eq until it sounds as it should.
After you feel you have your track sounding top drawer, take it to as many different systems as possible...Play it at the stereo shop, at your friends place, in the car, in a crappy boom box, at the club (before people show up), in your disc man (not mp3 player unless it's a 44.1/16 wav)....Keep a sheet of paper at all times and write an edit decision list so you can find the happy medium between the different environments.
If you want to know more about mastering or mixing, PM me, hope that helps.
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18-03-2006 07:23 |
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thechronic
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I wouldn't put a graphic EQ in the monitoring chain. If you use nearfield monitors and don't play too loud you can easily adapt to the room acoustics. Graphic EQ's introduce phase shifts or time smears across the frequency range. That's OK for a live sound or party sound system but unacceptable in a production studio.
I've yet to see a professional studio which has a GEQ on their monitors.
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