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Originally posted by CiTrus 1 qn that has been bugging me is, how do u guys gauge both tracks ? UV meter with eqs sometimes also are inaccurate say if its bass heavy ? i have this problem where even though the meters seems matched, when played the incoming track is louder than outgoing. is it the case of wrong EQing ? using Vestax 27Mk2

if possible play both tracks together in ur fones, with the headfones "mix" knob half way between cue & master/pgm then just adjust the levels of the track u are cueing and tweak the low EQ til it sounds right for u.

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Originally posted by skip mostly flat, but some tracks have seriously lacking bass for example due to bad mastering or whatever so then i'll boost it a bit to make it sound a bit better. some tracks on the other hand have way too much bass IMO and i have to cut the bass eq quite a bit to make it sound better (deadmau5 - faxing berlin for example). but these are rare occasions. it's usually flat at 12 o'clock for 99,9% of all my tracks, except during transitions of course.

Yep. Althought I've started remastering tracks before I burn them if they lack a bit of bass (or any frequency for that matter) - makes it easier to ensure everything stays pretty even.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox Yep. Althought I've started remastering tracks before I burn them if they lack a bit of bass (or any frequency for that matter) - makes it easier to ensure everything stays pretty even.

how do you go about remastering tracks before they go into the mix?

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Originally posted by R.j. how do you go about remastering tracks before they go into the mix?

u could use ableton for this and most other similar apps

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Wow, I'm shocked at the number of people who seem to default to "flat."

I EQ appropriately based on:

1. Track
2. Venue/Soundsystem
3. Whatever it is I'm doing on the decks.
4. Most importantly, what sounds good to me.

And I'd say that I'm at 12 o'clock less than half of the time, if really ever at all.

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Originally posted by R.j. how do you go about remastering tracks before they go into the mix?

Yeah, load it up in a bit of audio editing software and get busy.

Ableton's probably a bit of overkill, but if you've already got a copy then why not... saves spending more money on another package.

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Originally posted by RJT Wow, I'm shocked at the number of people who seem to default to "flat." I EQ appropriately based on: 1. Track 2. Venue/Soundsystem 3. Whatever it is I'm doing on the decks. 4. Most importantly, what sounds good to me. And I'd say that I'm at 12 o'clock less than half of the time, if really ever at all.

yea Im with u man, I usually always have the mids and highs kicked up a bit but I have some tracks where I have to kick them both back to level them out...I go by ear and adjust based on the setup Im on. Going 12'oclock all the time doesn't work well.

Also some mixers sound better with more high and mid.. all of the djm's sound better to me two in the red with high and mid around 1 o'clock, but xone mixers for some reason sound fine at 12 o'clock.

I never boost lows because it always sounds more muddy, now if there was a way to add a punchier kick i would be in heaven there are so many tracks that are lacking something or another, i just don't understand that

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Originally posted by starboy I never boost lows because it always sounds more muddy, now if there was a way to add a punchier kick i would be in heaven there are so many tracks that are lacking something or another, i just don't understand that

i know wot u mean... some tracks i have are far to bass heavy, yet if i lower the low and boost the mid a little bit i still lose the punch of the kick.... the only remedy would probly be to use stu cox's idea and re-master before burning/mixing

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Originally posted by Spoonz i know wot u mean... some tracks i have are far to bass heavy, yet if i lower the low and boost the mid a little bit i still lose the punch of the kick.... the only remedy would probly be to use stu cox's idea and re-master before burning/mixing

How would you fix something like that with remastering, exactly?

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