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Originally Posted by Ethan Winer But as I explained above, it's a common problem to have too much deep bass in a mix. And why is this a common problem? Because the low end in most home studios is way off because the rooms are small and don't have bass traps. |
The thing is in this particular case, I purposely recorded in a larger space to avoid the phenomenon you mention above. I took the two tracks I recorded and panned one hard right and one hard left and mixed it down in CEP. Other than that there was no processing done that could impart any additional small room effects.
But you said in your first post that you don't perceive any low end problems in this particular clip anyay, so none of this would matter in the instance of this particular file. I tend also to think whatever I heard was not due to deep bass but maybe in the 200Hz-400Hz region if anything bass related(but it might not be bass related..). It seems that is where I have the greatest concentration and those frequencies are even more prevalent when he strikes the harmonics.
I do agree that a great majority of people do experience low bass problems as you describe that are due to mixing in small untreated rooms. My first mixes were all bass, and lots of songs I have downloaded from here contained excessive bass. The perplexing thing for me is that I could have a mix containing a lower level of bass more comparable to commercial stuff, yet mine still seems to distort a subwoofer system more than some of the stuff (with more bass)I downloaded from fellow gearslutz.
I guess more than the question about a pro I wanted to hear your answer to the second question, Ethan:
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Originally Posted by eyesore Or what would you do if he you did this test and it was distorting significantly? |
Also, I read some of your acoustic information in your acoustics forum last night, and one thing I noticed you mention that could be a problem in a larger room such as this is low frequency reverb....
The bottom line is, if I went and tracked some pop rock type songs in a nice auditorium, am I still going to run into acoustic problems? This is what I planned on trying to do for my next project. One thing that I realized is that the room will probably have a higher reverb time without an audience? Or am I really better off just treating a small room and tracking there?
Thanks, Ethan, I do appreciate it.