Re: Re: Re: things I've learned in the last few months - got my head down and really pushed for q
quote: | Originally posted by optik
Looney4Clooney - apparently I can do 16khz (according to a test) but the point stands - if you eq pro tracks and watch them in a decent spectrum analyser, you'll see that there is plenty of stuff up there for the teenagers to hear. It's not the same maths, it's different maths btw.
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Did you actually go to a certified Audiologist for that test? Because I hate to say it but those shitty ones you find on line don't mean anything. What most people are actually hearing is the harmonics, not the target frequency. If you're in your late 20's or early 30's (judging by your time on TA), been clubbing a lot, done some DJ'ing, played in a band, and/or produced in any studios then I seriously doubt your ears can still hear anything above 15k.
There mat well be stuff above that in a lot of tracks but that's because not many people go out of their way to low pass things you can't hear.
quote: | Originally posted by optik
Rann - to try and help a little; finally got my tracks sounding how I want them on my monitors, and in my car, and on the little radio in the kitchen - these are the things I changed that made a difference - things I didn't really think mattered so much before.
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That I applaud. I only hope more people do it. There was a great thread by Eddie Zilker a while back where he explained his producing process from start to finish with pictures and a bunch of people chimed in with the same. Thread was fascinating.
I just though the way you bombed this forum all of a sudden with these types of posts was a tiny bit strange but as I said, sharing is caring.
quote: | Originally posted by optik
my monitors do 30hz no problem, drops off down t9o 20 - all decent club systems do 30 no problem, the key is getting your bass sounding right on consumer and the big club rigs.
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Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit on this. The Barefoot MM27's state 30hz as their utmost lower limit but I was speaking to the guy who is in charge of technical support for them, and he said it's more like 45hz at best.
Now those are arguably some of the best monitors you can buy right now, so unless you've got some really expensive install B&W's or Quested monitors then I promise you, that 30hz you think your monitors are putting out, isn't worth the papercone you think it's resonating from.
For instance: Do you realize that the free air resonance wave length of a 30hz sine is 38 feet long? Yes, probably three times the length of your room and likely 15 times the distance from your monitors to your listening position.
Good luck getting an accurate reproduction of 30hz in your studio. It's also virtually impossible to reproduce this frequency in headphones which is a large chunk of your market so what's the point in engineering for this?
I'm sorry if this comes across harsh, but this is exactly how audio myths perpetuate. People read stats off the KRK website and before you know it, you can't figure out why those little yellow coned turds aren't making you sound exactly like DJ PaulVanTiestoFold, even though they promised you.
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