Maybe this can help! Study Harmonic mixing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oze9...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGaXllDn96I

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Dr.DRE "It's not the equipment....it's the muthaf@#%r running it"

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Originally posted by Pagan-za Fighting online is like winning the special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

I'd agree with most of these posts on varied techniques to help your mixing and ears i.e. listen at different volumes (mainly lower), taking breaks, also use a professional reference tune that you like and switch to this often to keep the freq ranges in check.

However you said in the beginning of your post that everything now sounds out of tune. If somethings out of tune then none of the above will help. Out of tune is out of tune and you probably need to sort some of your melodies out.

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i probably shouldn't have said out of tune, sorry. what i meant was during the composing stage, everything sounded perfect. about an hour later i re-listened to it and i couldn't hear the harmony(ie.strings complimenting the piano) in the composition anymore, or at least until 5-10 playbacks later my ears started to 'catch on' i guess you could say

iduno

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I also think the problem isn't exactly "ear fatigue".

Ear fatigue is not when you pick up on "ghost sounds", its when you desensitize your ears and sounds start to dull out.

I still don't think that's the issue because even when my ears burn out I still have a fairly good idea how the track sounds.

What your describing is all in your head.
I think when people are working on a track they like, they lose the ability to objectify how shitty it really sounds.

If you don't wanna wait a day to realize your track sounds like shit, take a break, put in a pro track, and when you come back you'll realize it.
Its more hearing the same sound over and over and how it starts to condition you to forget what good music sounds like

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Egg cartons on the wall breaks up reverberation.

Also, this ear thing is a known phenomena called Fatiguing. Anyone who has been mastering for the last decade knows about this. Its when the ear get tired of hearing something because its too loud.
http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/xl/2006/09/28cover.html

My favorite quote from that article: "Compression works on recorded music the way MSG works on food: It makes everything sound more more."

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox What your describing is all in your head. I think when people are working on a track they like, they lose the ability to objectify how shitty it really sounds.

haha yeah. i just listened to it a few minutes ago after taking a break from it for a day and it sounded good on the first play, fucked up

@crono, yeah i think it was a case of ear fatigue & lack of rest, pushed myself over the limit to the point where i couldn't judge correctly. i did spend most of the night on the composition and didn't sleep until 3pm the following day

thx again doods

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