To little low end in my mix ?

allanh · 15th April 2011

So i finished the mix without vocals, but i am told that there is not enough low end in the mix.
I would like to have a second opinion from the masters here.

kit · 15th April 2011

I'm listening on earbuds at work, so not the best way to listen. But I think it sounds pretty good and the extra low end may just be a preference to some.

Atlantis_AR · 15th April 2011

Not sure why you're mastering the mix already, but no, it's not so much that there isn't enough low end, it's just that it's deep and quite short-lived. But the treble and mid instruments are too loud in the mix really. This is where it's hard to listen to an already mastered mixdown because I don't know what kind of processing you're doing to the master. Strip the mixdown of its mastering and get the levels sorted first.

jimcroisdale · 16th April 2011

Could be my monitors, but I hear distortion in the left channel.

15th April 2011	#3
Atlantis_AR Gear interested Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 5	Not sure why you're mastering the mix already, but no, it's not so much that there isn't enough low end, it's just that it's deep and quite short-lived. But the treble and mid instruments are too loud in the mix really. This is where it's hard to listen to an already mastered mixdown because I don't know what kind of processing you're doing to the master. Strip the mixdown of its mastering and get the levels sorted first. __________________ Put an end to the loudness war. Don't limit or compress your mixdown until mastering; leave the master channel alone.

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15th April 2011	#2
kit Gear addict Joined: May 2007 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ Posts: 474	I'm listening on earbuds at work, so not the best way to listen. But I think it sounds pretty good and the extra low end may just be a preference to some.

16th April 2011	#4
jimcroisdale Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Mirfield, U.K. Posts: 979	Could be my monitors, but I hear distortion in the left channel.