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FreshSkweez · 22nd December 2007, 02:03 AM

First off. Thank you guys so much for your replies. To tell you the truth I was afraid I was gonna hear something along the lines of ‘maybe you just don’t know what you are doing’ - period. I mean obviously compared to some I don’t and I’ll be the first one to admit it. But this is my life and my career so I tend to take the matter close to heart. Jim, thank you so much for taking the tine to write, your response was dead on the spot the way I see it but I’m also wondering what the hell I’m gonna do about this.

As to my hearing. I’m extremely careful about that. When I mix live, song 3 is already done with earplugs in… I don’t go hunting and I try and stay away from excessive sound pressure when possible. There’s very little or no ringing in my ears after an FOH gig or a day at the studio. I would expect hearing loss to initially occur in the top part of the spectrum, but am I wrong in presuming that? As a matter of fact I think I’ve started hearing a lot more over the last few years and that might also be something that’s throwing me off - like I hear compression (especially ITB) a lot earlier than I used to.

As to room treatment, monitors etc. It’s different rooms and control almost every time (I’m freelancing). Most of them are crappy but so are most of the studios in this city. I always reference CDs when I mix but for the sake of feeling out the general direction and not to copy somebody else’s sounds or the way they are layered (which is close to impossible the way I see it). I do hear the scoop when I reference now but as soon as I dive back into the mix I can’t bring myself to add something that sounds ugly/overdone to my ears. To tell you the truth (and I’m not trying to start another ITB/OTB discussion here) I tend to assume that it has something to do with the way I’m mixing nowadays (and WHAT I’m mixing nowadays). After moving back to Russia I was forced to switch to ITB for most of my mixes (obvious reasons) and 1K boosted 2db with RenEQ with a wide Q sounds a whole lot different than it used to with a 550.

So gentlemen, once again I really appreciate your input and I’m hoping to find a hint at what I can do to fix this and get my career back on track.

22nd December 2007, 02:03 AM	#5
FreshSkweez Gear nut Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 83	First off. Thank you guys so much for your replies. To tell you the truth I was afraid I was gonna hear something along the lines of ‘maybe you just don’t know what you are doing’ - period. I mean obviously compared to some I don’t and I’ll be the first one to admit it. But this is my life and my career so I tend to take the matter close to heart. Jim, thank you so much for taking the tine to write, your response was dead on the spot the way I see it but I’m also wondering what the hell I’m gonna do about this. As to my hearing. I’m extremely careful about that. When I mix live, song 3 is already done with earplugs in… I don’t go hunting and I try and stay away from excessive sound pressure when possible. There’s very little or no ringing in my ears after an FOH gig or a day at the studio. I would expect hearing loss to initially occur in the top part of the spectrum, but am I wrong in presuming that? As a matter of fact I think I’ve started hearing a lot more over the last few years and that might also be something that’s throwing me off - like I hear compression (especially ITB) a lot earlier than I used to. As to room treatment, monitors etc. It’s different rooms and control almost every time (I’m freelancing). Most of them are crappy but so are most of the studios in this city. I always reference CDs when I mix but for the sake of feeling out the general direction and not to copy somebody else’s sounds or the way they are layered (which is close to impossible the way I see it). I do hear the scoop when I reference now but as soon as I dive back into the mix I can’t bring myself to add something that sounds ugly/overdone to my ears. To tell you the truth (and I’m not trying to start another ITB/OTB discussion here) I tend to assume that it has something to do with the way I’m mixing nowadays (and WHAT I’m mixing nowadays). After moving back to Russia I was forced to switch to ITB for most of my mixes (obvious reasons) and 1K boosted 2db with RenEQ with a wide Q sounds a whole lot different than it used to with a 550. So gentlemen, once again I really appreciate your input and I’m hoping to find a hint at what I can do to fix this and get my career back on track.