Agreed.

Happy mixing KIN-G :-)

Hey Roland, thank you for taking the time to comment and for the kind words. I really appreciate it. Any questions, fire away – happy mixing.

Thanks Mixalittle

Hi Memo Pro, thanks for the comments, great to have the conversation…

Yeah agree, if your track already sounds good go straight for the chocolate brownie, consume with a smile and start the next mix :-)

I would never advise breaking a great mix in response to how a spectrum analyzer looks. Which is great point – If it sounds good it is good.

No, a spectrum analyser is for the times when something is not good, it gives a quick indication of the area of the frequency spectrum that might be out of line when compared to commercial mixes in your genre.

Regarding headphones, yeah, always good to do a quick check with the headphones within the bass area, but remember, no mix room is ever perfect, whether acoustically treated or not. What the best mixers do is adapt to the imperfect room they have. Mix in the same room, over and over again, without changing anything and you will soon ‘know’ exactly what the room is telling you – including the bass area.

My preference for mixing and mastering regarding the above headphones/monitors is to rely on and know ‘one’ set of monitors in one room, as recommended by Bob Katz too. Once you know exactly how your mixes translate its happy days; whether your room sounds great or not is not the issue, it is how your mixes translate across replay systems.

Have fun :-)

A pleasure YZCORUHT, all thanks to Tomislav for a great site.

1. You don’t need to add some frequencies that appear weak on the visual spectrum (eg 2000 Hz) if the track already sounds good.

2. Headphones can be used not sometimes, most of the time, for example at 70%-80%, especially if you do not have an acoustically treated room.