From Rob Walker Sent Mon, Feb 18th 2019, 15:44
Biggest problem with untreated domestic rooms is the room modes accentuate c= ertain specific bass frequencies. So one track which uses certain notes in t= he scale will be mixed a certain way, another a different way. Then you have= inconsistencies between your tracks. In general the mixes end up bass light= - treated rooms have less LF resonances, so you tend to mix the bass freque= ncies higher. Some music is just unlistenable in cars - deep bass often gets masked by the= engine noise. Cars lie in a different way, but I agree they are useful for u= nderstanding what pokes out and what gets lost. Another trick I use is liste= ning with the door open from the hall - it has a certain averaging effect an= d lets you hear certain types of problem. Rob > On 18 Feb 2019, at 10:51, Brian Willoughby <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote= : >=20 > You could save yourself the 7 repetitions by using a laptop and a car ster= eo with a digital input (maybe even an analog input). >=20 > About 18 years ago, I got a new car and installed a Nakamichi 6-disc in-da= sh changer with an outboard DAC. The DAC also had a spare S/PDIF input that c= ould be selected from the front panel. My passenger seat then had a permanen= t cable dangling behind the seat. After an initial mix in the studio, I woul= d copy the Logic Studio Pro project to my Mac laptop and head to the car. A s= imple USB Audio interface with S/PDIF outputs was all that was needed to int= erface to my car in a manner that was identical to burning a CD for playback= . Between this car stereo setup, MD-7506 headphones, and the studio monitors= , I was able to check mastering on three completely different systems. >=20 > Of course, any improvements you make to your studio will help. >=20 > I also have a home theatre system that includes a microphone for calibrati= on. The four corners, center, and sub are all adjusted for time delay and am= plitude matching. I=E2=80=99ve found that the biggest step in accurate sound= is to correctly set the level of the subwoofer. Too many systems have a sub= woofer that=E2=80=99s too small, or the volume of the sub is cranked up too h= igh. Calibration helps make sure that the reinforcement of the sub is subtle= , not overdone. Then, when you mix for a properly balanced sub, your mixes w= ill also be subtle and powerful, as appropriate. >=20 > Brian >=20 >=20 >> On Feb 14, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> The problem I am trying to fix is one that I didn't know I had. >>=20 >> My mixes are always inaccurate on the low end. As such, its >> my habit to drop a test mix onto a SD card and run out to the car >> to listen. The car tells me where the problems are. Then I run >> back inside and adjust. This repeats about 7 (or more) times >> per mix. >>=20