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Comparing your mixes to Mp3
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| Damie Mckeown |
DONT DO IT !!!
I always compared my music to the pro's in my mp3s and always thought my stuff souned too stereo, turns out half my mp3s are mono or quality, and you get unrealistic sounds and Mono reverb etc,
so when I thought 'How is that sounding BIG, yet not, that was why
So yeah, If your as dumb as me be warned, NEVER compare your mixing to ty quality mp3s, Ive just started comparing my mixes to cd tunes and realised I dont suck after all, If I did this in the first place I could be GOOD by now:( |
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| GelatinPufF |
Yep. Never ever compare your tracks with ty mp3s or master your tracks based on their sound. What I do is try and get hold of a really really good quality mp3 SET, get a feel for the overall sound of all the tracks, and then do my thing.
I think it's better to compare your tracks to a set, as apposed to just one single track. It's also important that the set is perfectly recorded in the first place.
Unlike the sets available through TA's download page:rolleyes: |
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| alanzo |
| Or you can just buy a CD.. I tend to compare my tracks to Paul Van Dyk - Politics of Dancing |
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| Mossy |
| compare your tunes to vinyl, listen to them on more than one system and get your friends to listen to them. its the only way. |
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| josh |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mossy
compare your tunes to vinyl, listen to them on more than one system and get your friends to listen to them. its the only way. |
Good idea.:D TO get comments and also lsiten on the lousy hifi system too to make sure it dun sound awful on it. :p |
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| Tranc3 |
| Professional engineers will listen to a cd they've made before and use it as a reference point for their working environment. If you're looking for a reference point, use a CD or a vinyl. |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranc3
Professional engineers will listen to a cd they've made before and use it as a reference point for their working environment. If you're looking for a reference point, use a CD or a vinyl. |
some will some won't (pro mastering techs).. according to Electronic Musician Magazine.. most of the time if they are unfamiliar with the room they will listen to something they did as a reference, but if they are familiar with the room then some still do.. and others do not... |
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| Taz |
| quote: | Originally posted by GelatinPufF
Yep. Never ever compare your tracks with ty mp3s or master your tracks based on their sound. What I do is try and get hold of a really really good quality mp3 SET, get a feel for the overall sound of all the tracks, and then do my thing.
I think it's better to compare your tracks to a set, as apposed to just one single track. It's also important that the set is perfectly recorded in the first place.
Unlike the sets available through TA's download page:rolleyes: |
Hmm.....problem with sets is that they're almost always tweaked EQ-wise. And often compressed too. From a composing perspective it makes sense though. |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
some will some won't (pro mastering techs).. according to Electronic Musician Magazine.. most of the time if they are unfamiliar with the room they will listen to something they did as a reference, but if they are familiar with the room then some still do.. and others do not... |
Yeah, that's why I said "working environment":p It's usually if they're in a new place so they can figure out the acoustics. |
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