Unless you have Flat response monitors there is no point relying on just listening to the mix! Stereo speakers or standard headphone will dress and excite the sound. Also club limiters In my experience knock out at around -10db on the low end (30-200k) So just keep the sub under that and it wont flap on a bad system.!

Last week I had the joy of a function 1 system in Bristol.! Knowing this, I knew I could get away with the extra couple db so went higher.! truth is you wont be able to tell until you play it live. Then you can tweak it go to a different club and its completely different.!

On the subject of that equal loudness test, does anybody know if this is good or bad?

I didn't bother with 16k+, my headphones roll off the highs quite a bit i always put high hats too loud in them



Cheers!

Mike

It deviates too much in the high range from Munson curves. On the sound pressure level it should match Munson.

That you would actually have higher sensitivity in the high range than mids - that's just wishful thinking.

You would have to go up in level in low and high end, and mids as a reference.

This is how I interpret the test.

Thanks for the reply, that test would actually make some sense surprisingly, i had some problems the year before last with ETD (constant build up of pressure) and stuff, left me with tinnitus, i still have crackling noises in my ear every day and stuff but most of the problems have cleared now

However when i went for a test he said i had some mid range loss which he didn't know would come back or not (whether it was a side effect of the crackling etc.) - i noticed i struggle a bit with 'p' 'm' 'n' sounds, well words that begin with them letters, which are around that range while i can still hear high frequencies crisp

So maybe it makes some sense i'm not sure, i think the higher frequencies are the most important if i'm correct? I'm only 22 years old so it taught me to lower the volume if anything!

Cheers

Mike

You may have distorted hearing in mid range - as you mention. And it would be severe if being that flat.

Start as instructions say - in the middle of the chart for 1kHz, you started rather high up.

And set starting frequency to modest level with colume knob to headphones.

Don't forget that neutral headphones - good for mixing - might be the best alternative. Many cheaper models may have weaknesses boosting highs etc.

Take care of your hearing.

There are earplugs(Bellman is one) that adjust to give flat frequency response even when attenuating 15-25dB. But I guess these might be used to correct your response when doing mixing - just an idea I got now. So you get normal response in your mids as well. These are adjusted and molded to your ears on individual basis.
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Bass at very high levels and very low frequencies cannot hurt your ears, but it can kill you.

@lfm, yeah to be honest i have gotten used to my ears now, i did start at 1khz and worked downwards then upwards,

I produce almost everyday for like 15 hours a day as well (below 60db) so maybe that could affect the test i'm not sure..

heres a picture of the frequency response of my headphones



I don't think that means much though, it's just something i've learnt to live with almost, but who knows.. after this crackling noises and shit goes away they might return to normal

Cheers again

Mike

Sorry Wrong thread.!
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I meant, top - bottom - in the middle - like instructions say.

You run really high output level from the test - from start.

4-5 steps down from where you start now, maybe is a good spot.

Even with what you said - it does not look natural, the results you got.
Looks like some compression is kicking in.

I test this odd soundcard, more than 10 years ago, Creative Extigy, and even running spdif signal from portastudio into computer they had this going through their circuits that did compression and I don't know what. It really degraded signal and musical content.

So going for 15dB or so lower starting level, I'm thinking that could be avoided if anything like that happends and those high levels you ran.

Good luck, and take care of your hearing.