Right now I got the M-Audio Studiophile BX5's that I got for free when I bought my keyboard. When I listen to other people's beats, it seems like theirs bang harder than mine. I just wanted to know if better monitors would reflect a better mix cuz I remember classic making a comment about someone's beat not sounding good on his speakers and I was also thinkin of getting an upgrade on monitors. So 2 in 1.
Monitors Reflect Mix
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I'm not the best at mixing but I have gotten better over the last year or so. IMO for a home studio, you need to get the mix right in a descent pair of studio quality headphones first. If you mix from home unless you spend alot of money, the room i which you mix doesn't have the proper acoustics to get the mix right. From the mid range to highs, you won't get a better mix on those frequencys with anything less than studio monitor headphones. As far as the bass u would need a nice pair of monitors that can handle the low end (not all do). I use to be very bass heavy on my mixes. I apply the same principles every time to bass and lately it comes out pretty good. IMO if you get the technique and principles down for mixing bass it doesn't matter what you monitor it with i.e headphones or monitors it'll come out pretty good. Learning how to compress your drums and the mix over all and adding some "subtle" eq'ing makes a world of difference in my opinion.
I have the MDR V150's and they get the job done for me( I blew my Alesis Monitor Ones). What i did to get the bass down was mix it a few diff't ways and burn it to cd and pump it in my car,home stereo and a small radio. If it sounded good in all 3 I knew it was good enough. Most of the time your compression and eq'ing of the bass will be the same on every track when it comes to hip hop/rap music. U may have to adjust a little here and a little there but you should be in the ball park with the same technique. I use Reason and I have my set mastering suite. I may have to make minor adjustments to it but it's never a drastic difference. Once u get one mix pretty tight save or write down your setting on your compressor,eq or what ever else u use and use that as your base. You should never be doing anything drastic to your mix IMO. Probably the most adjustments I make is when I'm trying to make my mix as loud as I can without distorting it and that's done with the compressor limiter. GOOD LUCK!
Getting you studio room treated is ver important as well.
Alot of that early reflection and what not is beacuae the room isnt treated...
We can get the best monitors in the world but you wont get the best effect out of them until the room is treated...Or you learn what works with the reflection in your room.
Alot of that early reflection and what not is beacuae the room isnt treated...
We can get the best monitors in the world but you wont get the best effect out of them until the room is treated...Or you learn what works with the reflection in your room.
If you got the loot to treat the acouostics of the room take the deminisons to one of your local Audio stores like the guitar center and see what they recommend for the type of music you'll be mixing. There are poor man ways of treating the room that won't break the bank.