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Hey, glad to hear you got some monitor speakers! A few points about bass: - our ears are much less sensitive to low frequencies than high frequencies; additionally, the amount of difference changes with the overall volume. At louder levels our hearing becomes more even (although it's never ruler-flat by ANY means!). So if you're mixing quietly, you won't hear the low end accurately. - most consumer systems can't reproduce bass frequencies below approximately 35-50Hz, so if you're busy pumping up the EQ around 20Hz you won't be accomplishing much. - to make things punchy and thumpy, you'll want to add some boost around 80Hz. To make a bass guitar more melodic and clear, you'll need some boosting around 150 - 250Hz. Be careful though, as 250Hz - 1000Hz can be a really muddy area. - be careful not to over-do the low end, as it can easily push you into the red without really helping your mix. What's worse is if you're going through a limiter on your master output, excessive bass will pump it and make your whole mix sound wonky. As Aristotle says, everything in moderation 
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 japanarian Mixing With Headphones Tue 20 Sep 2005, 04:31 lepetitmartien Don't use them…
More seriously, don't mak... Tue 20 Sep 2005, 06:47 japanarian QUOTE Also it'll screw you on the stereo imagi... Thu 22 Sep 2005, 02:25 AlexeyMohr Really the best advice is "don't use them... Tue 29 Nov 2005, 17:50 japanarian Hey Alexey. Thanks for the sound advice(no pun int... Fri 2 Dec 2005, 18:43 swilder Also keep in mind that there is no such thing as ... Sat 3 Dec 2005, 05:22 kaboombahchuck One thing I do.....
I have an old stereo system h... Sat 3 Dec 2005, 14:01 mortalengines I have some headphones and I work construction, ... Sun 4 Dec 2005, 10:28 jaffi QUOTE (swilder @ Dec 3 2005, 04:22)Also keep ... Mon 5 Dec 2005, 08:32 beyaRecords If you are going to mix with headphones there is o... Tue 6 Dec 2005, 09:41
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