@sam-houston
Learned Some Stuff
<p>Aside from music, I also enjoy wildlife photography. And, in digital photography, an image will appear a little different on different computers, depending on the computer itself, the video card, the operating system, and the monitor. It didn't occur to me that the same holds true for audio. An audio file will sound a little different on different computers depending on the computer, the sound card, the operating system, and the speakers or headphones.</p><p>This finally hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. In working with Joseph on the remix of Full Blood Country, something didn't sound quite right to me for some reason. But, I was on my computer at work with headphones when I was listening to the remix. I'm sure I drove Joseph nuts because what he heard on his computer was great and he couldn't figure out what I was talking about. Then I took the song home and listened to it on my computer there through speakers. It sounded much better and more clear. I could even tell a difference between listening through speakers and listening through headphones at home.</p><p>So, how do you determine what is the correct sound, if different computers sound slightly different, and how do you deal with that in recording?</p>
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I use to get mad of my music because not sound,the stereo - stereo,and the center not in the center, and a friend of mine told me that i need to eq my room,wow! i need to buy too much sound baffels and a lot of eq's and thats get me the idea to search the internet because it has it all(lol).
so i find a program that eq your audio card not your room,and resolved my problem. so i mixed thru a tiny Infinity speakers by Radio shack or my headphones,and of course i trust my ears too.
Well the way I do things is I have my PC configured to sound like a basic home hifi system.
The pc out channels go into a domestic home amplifier,which is hooked out to ORDINARY domestic speakers.
It isn't foolproof but it gets you halfway there.
All this business about buying nearfield monitors is all well and good,but if they are placed in an average room,unmodified,their worth is largely negated.
Find a real crappy stereo,and if yuor mix sounds good on that,chances are it will sound good on most average systems.
I know, its very hard to deal with!!.. Ive listened to a track ive recorded on my PC at my small home studio... via cans, been at my mums, listened there on cans and its a different sound,less bass. more trebble and high end EQ..
One thing i have done to tell if the sound is good is this.
Ive burnt the tracks to CD from the PC i record on. Put the CD into my PS3. I have my PS3 set up digital (optical out) to a 5.1 amp and speakers. CD audio will only play in stero, but, its digital... this gives me a good balance, esp where bass and clarity is concerned. I only tend to do this for tracks ive mixed vocals for... which is not much.. but it works for me..
I thought about that, if burning to a cd and then listening to it on my stereo would make a difference. I'll try that. Thanks!