Speakafreaka
Champagne Rouletter
I have mixed on monitors before - the same model that Colin has I believe - very fine monitors by all accounts. Truth be told I was extremely confused by them. My overriding feeling was - I need to spend a year or two getting to know you.
Your mixes sound better than mine here. I can hear you've handled the mids in your percussion better, and dealt with compression with more finesse than I do. I don't feel I need better monitors to emulate that, just get better with the tools at my disposal. I'd say mainly you are much better with compression than I am. Do you use hardware here out of interest? Would be better for my self-esteem if you said yes
Joe in terms of that scoop, Alan can verify this too, I am aware of an issue in my monitoring chain circa the 100hz - 250hz area. I have pretty much isolated this, and I'm learning it. In terms of the final mix sound on our stuff - all credit goes to Alan, I'd say he has a better eye for detail than me, he does the mastering et all and finesses most of the stuff - however, I would say that when the mood takes me I can micro-tweak with the best of them, it's something I actively try and avoid these days. I far prefer to not apply EQ wherever possible , gain is nearly always the better choice, unless something is being forced into the mix which sometimes has to happen . So yeah, the scoop is going going gone. It was a combination of a flawed mixing strategy compounded by the point where the port on my speakers kicks in. I've learnt it, it's no biggie, just took time.
Alan, if my speakers died atm, I wouldn't be looking to replace them. Of course, in keeping with the point you are driving at, yes undoubtedly, I would prefer nearfields. But given the choice *1 mix for your life* I would take speakers I knew over monitors I didn't. Right now, if they died, I'd be obliged to mix on headphones exclusively. But I've done that before, and I can make that work. I do have very good headphones. I know Stackridge thinks they are the plague and fair enough, but they are very very detailed, albeit suffering from the same issues any pair of headphones suffers from.
As for mac, yeah, I like OSX too and run Logic every so often - can't say it gives me any problems here. Joe - *shh*
Your mixes sound better than mine here. I can hear you've handled the mids in your percussion better, and dealt with compression with more finesse than I do. I don't feel I need better monitors to emulate that, just get better with the tools at my disposal. I'd say mainly you are much better with compression than I am. Do you use hardware here out of interest? Would be better for my self-esteem if you said yes
Joe in terms of that scoop, Alan can verify this too, I am aware of an issue in my monitoring chain circa the 100hz - 250hz area. I have pretty much isolated this, and I'm learning it. In terms of the final mix sound on our stuff - all credit goes to Alan, I'd say he has a better eye for detail than me, he does the mastering et all and finesses most of the stuff - however, I would say that when the mood takes me I can micro-tweak with the best of them, it's something I actively try and avoid these days. I far prefer to not apply EQ wherever possible , gain is nearly always the better choice, unless something is being forced into the mix which sometimes has to happen . So yeah, the scoop is going going gone. It was a combination of a flawed mixing strategy compounded by the point where the port on my speakers kicks in. I've learnt it, it's no biggie, just took time.
Alan, if my speakers died atm, I wouldn't be looking to replace them. Of course, in keeping with the point you are driving at, yes undoubtedly, I would prefer nearfields. But given the choice *1 mix for your life* I would take speakers I knew over monitors I didn't. Right now, if they died, I'd be obliged to mix on headphones exclusively. But I've done that before, and I can make that work. I do have very good headphones. I know Stackridge thinks they are the plague and fair enough, but they are very very detailed, albeit suffering from the same issues any pair of headphones suffers from.
As for mac, yeah, I like OSX too and run Logic every so often - can't say it gives me any problems here. Joe - *shh*