#1895264 - 02/20/08 08:58 PM
HELP HELP FOR GOD SAKE HELP
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Kit
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Ok. I am not a total newbie to recording, mixing and mastering HOWEVER--I am totally lost right now...
I use Acid Pro as my DAW--and try to master everything in WaveLab or Audition (depending on my mood)--however something is happening that I have never seen before.
My mix sounds pretty good (not great) in the headphones, but like HAMMERED MONKEY CRAP on the monitors. I thought maybe it was the monitors or the soundcard, so I burned it to a CD and played it in the car and it sounded TOTALLY different. Not as good as the cans, not as bad as the monitors--
But here's the kicker--the difference is that on the Monitors and in the car, the vocals sound flat--but NOT in the headphones--I have re-cut the vocals three times and while recording, they sound great--but on playback they sound flat, but only in the monitors--
WTF???
Any guesses?
Edited by Kit (02/20/08 08:58 PM)
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#1895392 - 02/21/08 05:27 AM
Re: HELP HELP FOR GOD SAKE HELP
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Dude, your "panic" title isn't going to endear you to anyone.
That said, you're not telling us what your monitoring chain looks like - what kind of cans you're using, what kind of monitors, amplifier on each, DAC, etc.
Even without that info, the stereo spread is always exaggerated in cans, which makes anything panned center seem bigger than it is.
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#1895406 - 02/21/08 06:16 AM
Re: HELP HELP FOR GOD SAKE HELP
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How are you doing your mixes?
Through the cans or the monitors?
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#1895458 - 02/21/08 08:00 AM
Re: HELP HELP FOR GOD SAKE HELP
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Kit
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Dude, your "panic" title isn't going to endear you to anyone.
Ok. Well I guess I am sorry for that, but I didn't realize that there were rules on titles. I was trying to be funny.
To answer the other question. I am doing my mixes primarily through the monitors but go back to the headphones from time to time, the same way I always have. My headphones are AKG 271's and my monitors are Mackie SRM450 Actives.
This is not a new set up. And this has never happened before. And I did a new mix last night of a different track and didn't have any issues at all...but came back to this one re-mixed it and had the same problems all over again.
Edited by Kit (02/21/08 08:03 AM)
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#1895521 - 02/21/08 09:57 AM
Re: HELP HELP FOR GOD SAKE HELP
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Maybe you should check your settings on that one "bad" mix.
It is possible some kind of unexpected processing is being applied...something that you are not aware of...?
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