I need your ears for a few seconds...

[Acid Hazard]

Please have a listen to this small snippet of sound and let me know how you guys feel the ride cymbal sits in the mix.

http://acid.experimedia.net/Sound%201.mp3

[OurDarkness]

Not really, it's too much in front and rather loud.

[Acid Hazard]

OK, that's what i thought. I'm just trying to figure out the way my monitors bring out frequencies. It sounds fine in my headphones (Sony MDR-7506) but they do sound too upfront with the monitors (KRK Rokit 5s)

[LuckyFelix]

i agree. It's right at the front of the mix and appears to be by far the loudest track.
Felix xx

[Reptil]

yep front
for the rest it's ok.

[chrisso]

With a small home studio I quite often had to mix on headphones.
I found I was almost always mixing to a misconception.

In the end, I think headphones are ok to work on, but not ok to mix on, or to make final master decisions on.

[Clem Snide]

You really can't mix on headphones. Cheap hi-fi speakers are better.

Headphones are handy for double-checking and listening for subtle artifacts, but when it comes to overall balance, even poor speakers will fare much better.

[Acid Hazard]

I've been working in just headphones for a long time. And have never had any issues. No one has ever said my mixes were out of balance.

[alexp]

Holy acid batman!!!

That music brings back a lot of memories for me.

Thanks


ps yeah the ride is front and centre a bit!

[Popbott]

Agreed, the ride need to come down in volume a bit. If you don't want to do that, maybe turning down the mid frequency and highs a bit to tone down it down would also work. Nice track, brings back some memories also!

[Acid Hazard]

Yeah i'll just drop the volume a bit.