ok there's a point to this...

i was messing with a drum loop. not much bass in the kick drum. but
had a nice balance to the sound on small boombox, small tv speakers,
etc.

so then i put the loop up on a huge set of 3-ways, 15 inch woofers,
1200 watt system. in that setting, the drum loop definitely sounded
thin in the low end.

so i dialed in some low end in the bass, and then it sounded great.
instant quick fix. done, go grab a beer.

so why not just mix for the small speakers? if someone has a huge
subwoofer system, they will be able to dial up the bass a bit anyway
if they want. if someone is listening to a small boombox, they
probably don't have that control. even if they did, the small woofer
couldn't throw that kind of bass anyway.

so leave the bass register a touch light. that way all systems can
sound good with it, and your apparent levels will be hotter on radio.

it's similar to the idea of letter-box movie screens vs. tv screens.
just let the people using big audio systems "adapt the music to fit
their sonic screen".

i was hoping some people could gnaw on the pros and cons of this idea
a bit...

How's the new mix sound on the boombox etc? If it sounds identical - then
why not mix for the big systems as well?

The idea is to make the mix sound as good as possible on as many different
speaker and amplifier configurations as possible in as many different
environments as possible.... isn't it?

"xy" wrote in message
om...
ok there's a point to this...

i was messing with a drum loop. not much bass in the kick drum. but
had a nice balance to the sound on small boombox, small tv speakers,
etc.

so then i put the loop up on a huge set of 3-ways, 15 inch woofers,
1200 watt system. in that setting, the drum loop definitely sounded
thin in the low end.

so i dialed in some low end in the bass, and then it sounded great.
instant quick fix. done, go grab a beer.

so why not just mix for the small speakers? if someone has a huge
subwoofer system, they will be able to dial up the bass a bit anyway
if they want. if someone is listening to a small boombox, they
probably don't have that control. even if they did, the small woofer
couldn't throw that kind of bass anyway.

so leave the bass register a touch light. that way all systems can
sound good with it, and your apparent levels will be hotter on radio.

it's similar to the idea of letter-box movie screens vs. tv screens.
just let the people using big audio systems "adapt the music to fit
their sonic screen".

i was hoping some people could gnaw on the pros and cons of this idea
a bit...

good thought. i didn't "retro mix" it, but it's something to try. to
mix using the huge 3 ways, and then see if it backward-translates.

but if you boost the bass, you're stealing available apparent-loudness
real estate, cos bass "costs" a lot.

"xy" wrote in message
om...
good thought. i didn't "retro mix" it, but it's something to try. to
mix using the huge 3 ways, and then see if it backward-translates.

but if you boost the bass, you're stealing available apparent-loudness
real estate, cos bass "costs" a lot.

True, but you know, in these days, most people don't like to adjust the bass
control while they're listening to the radio. When you make an "apparently"
louder mix where you put less bass, it still sounds bass-light in most car
systems. Many people actually think that owning a subwoofer somehow makes
their system "good", and it's getting more and more common.