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Originally Posted by waxxy
pafo i told understand your situation mate im in the same boat..
i know you realize that if you had more expensive gear your mixes would soound more pro sounding but the gear you have isnt crap its good.the monitors your using arnt crappy ones ..mine are broke so im using hifi speakers ! so your better than me  lol.. the thing about having alot of great vsts is you think you need too use them all but its best using some vst compressors sparinglly some do more damage than fix the problems.
a thing you could try too help you mix better is listen too cds threw the same set of monitors and try and adjust your mixes acordingly.youll get a better sounding mix if youve got a bench mark too set yours at.
if you want your sng too sound like a trance cd then get your favourite cd play it threw your desk and hear what sets it apart from yours ..is it the mid,top or bass range that are different if so pause the cd then play your song and adjust the ranges you find fault in and with each adjustment save your track as different versions so you can compare them again days later ..hope this helps and dont worry your set ups fine  |
Indeed its all about reference at the end of the day, you can have the room and the gear but if you havent spent time with your monitors in that set up well your not gonna get the best from it. I dont have great monitors by any sense of the word but ive had 5 years with them in many different setups and i know their general characteristics. Generally when i move into a new setup i just spend the first month or so listening to every CD i wanna listen to through them and get a feel for how things are sounding.
Most of the set ups ive had havent had acoustic treatment other than plastering the walls in posters and flags in order to try and stop some of the nastier more obvious room effects but ive managed to get some fairly balanced mixes just by knowing the character of my monitors. having 2 sets helps also, i use an old technics amp with some mordaunt shorts as another point of reference and again with those i spent a fair while getting used to them and between the 2 sets i can pick most things out and see whats what. Just sit down with all your favourite albums and have a mass listening session over the period of a few weeks and you'll soon be able to pick up on what your monitors are doing and then compare that to mixes youve done.