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Subject: mixing for club sound systems
Original Message 1/26 29-Apr-02 @ 03:57 PM - mixing for club sound systems
Do club sound engineers re-eq the records on the fly anyway? I've also heard that all sound systems convert into mono before being transmitted to the speakers, is this true?
The reason I ask is I'm working on quite a clubby tune at the moment (sort of funky house)and I want to make sure it sounds good in the clubs (if it got that far). However, its quite bass heavey and sounds great on my Absolute 2's but Ive heard this are naturally quite bright and so Im worried Im over compensating for this.
Message 2/26 29-Apr-02 @ 06:49 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
Message 3/26 29-Apr-02 @ 11:03 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
If you add this extra umph in to a mix and the system is not designed for it, you can blow speakers or even just have it sound like mudd. So mixing on some nice big speakers in the studio can help, as long as you a/b them to sound good on the small system as well. I have taken bad mixes to the club and they sound great. The bigger the speaker the more forgiving it is to unballanced material.
Message 4/26 29-Apr-02 @ 11:21 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
Given that your monitors don't go all the way down to the really low frequencies... Is that where a sub-woofer comes in ? Do we want a sub to be able to hear what's actually going on down there, assuming that if we can get the mix to sound good on a pair of excellent monitors AND a sub then it will sound decent on just about any system ?
Message 5/26 30-Apr-02 @ 02:16 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
Message 6/26 30-Apr-02 @ 02:34 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
Message 7/26 30-Apr-02 @ 03:12 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
Message 8/26 30-Apr-02 @ 03:25 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
I've heard that the louder the system the more the lows and very high ends get emphasised and the mids get drowned out, is this not the case?
Message 9/26 30-Apr-02 @ 03:26 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
Message 10/26 30-Apr-02 @ 04:15 PM Edit: 30-Apr-02 | 06:26 PM - RE: mixing for club sound systems
one thing I've found about playing the stuff in clubs is that the system has enough bass. you don't gotta dump a ton of bass in there make up for any deficiencies. if you do, then it gets boomy and robs the mids of their energy. if your mix is nice and balanced, through a big system it should sound massive.
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