No Low End on Low End Theory Speakers

[MaxBouvrie]

AMEN!

[Xander]

Boost around 900 Hz. Usually works to get some attack out of the bass. Go another octave up for more pick, and another octave for more string noise.

[Chrisc_o]

Originally Posted by Xander

Boost around 900 Hz. Usually works to get some attack out of the bass. Go another octave up for more pick, and another octave for more string noise.

You're apparently talking about a bass guitar. I think the OP is referring to low frequencies in general, and he's right about not using laptop speakers to decide if there is a lack of bass frequencies in a mix.

[audioboffin]

... and keep going till the bass is a triangle?

[biggator6]

Laptop speakers and earbuds... the death of fidelity.

[theblue1]

Originally Posted by audioboffin

... and keep going till the bass is a triangle?

What are these clients listening to when they're creating their music? You'd think if they were composing/recording over iBook speakers they'd already be ahead of the (admittedly dumbass) game they're playing by crafting bass sounds that could be heard on such speakers.

FWIW, while I was pleasantly surprised by the built-in speakers in my old Dell laptop -- I can't imagine trying to record or mix using them as monitors.

Do these guys have headphones?

Corollary question: do they have half a clue?

[dkelley]

holy cow - you guys answer an OP that went unnoticed for FOUR YEARS!!

but yes, I agree, it's bloody annoying.

funny thread :-)

[biggator6]

Originally Posted by dkelley

holy cow - you guys answer an OP that went unnoticed for FOUR YEARS!!

but yes, I agree, it's bloody annoying.

funny thread :-)

HA! I hadn't even noticed the OP date.

[joeq]

Originally Posted by dkelley

holy cow - you guys answer an OP that went unnoticed for FOUR YEARS!!

but yes, I agree, it's bloody annoying.

funny thread :-)

And we can't even tell him that modern laptop speakers have better bass than they did four years ago!

FWIW, I have done lots of recalls, but I never had a client complain about the laptop bass sound as a reference. Maybe I am just lucky to have clients that have half a clue, I dunno.