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Zoomby · Post by **Zoomby** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:49 pm

hi,

Am I right, that you need to lower some mid frequencies (sometimes dramatically) in nearly every track (or nearly every sample/sample bank) to get a transparent sound? Or am I doing something wrong?

bye
Chris

butter · Post by **butter** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:59 pm

Depends on the sounds.

Left Headphone · Post by **Left Headphone** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:15 pm

I scoop out the 400hz on the bass drum about -6db.

lanfear · Post by **lanfear** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:17 pm

Exactly, it does depend on the sounds.

This is not an answer to your question but when I'm composing dance music I often remove a lot of bass around 350 Hz, it usually helps a lot in getting a clear lower region.

IainF · Post by **IainF** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:32 am

Perhaps your monitoring system has to much mid-range, or perhaps the acoustics of your room are favouring the mids. It could be anything.

When I mix, i like to cut the mids out of a few things so that the vocal, or lead instrument can sit in the mid range. Part of the key to great mixes is EQ'ing so that each instrument has it's own frequency range. If a lot of instruments are all in the same frequency range (the mid-range, for example) then a mix can sound very 'clouded' and each instrument can be difficult to hear as an individual instrument.

Left Headphone · Post by **Left Headphone** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:44 am

IainF wrote:Perhaps your monitoring system has to much mid-range, or perhaps the acoustics of your room are favouring the mids. It could be anything.

When I mix, i like to cut the mids out of a few things so that the vocal, or lead instrument can sit in the mid range. Part of the key to great mixes is EQ'ing so that each instrument has it's own frequency range. If a lot of instruments are all in the same frequency range (the mid-range, for example) then a mix can sound very 'clouded' and each instrument can be difficult to hear as an individual instrument.

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Ahmed · Post by **Ahmed** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:38 am

or perhaps the acoustics of your room are favouring the mids

BTW,What do we mean by acoustics?

When I mix, i like to cut the mids out of a few things so that the vocal, or lead instrument can sit in the mid range

You are talking about any kind of instrument whether synthitic or realistic, right?

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:35 pm

well consider your preamps and microphone selection?

It's always good to scoop the mids out

RonC

Programentalist · Post by **Programentalist** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:34 am

Ahmed wrote:
or perhaps the acoustics of your room are favouring the mids
BTW,What do we mean by acoustics?

He's talking about the resonance nodes of your room (believe that's the correct terms), basically, every room depending on it's dimensions and materials have resonances of different magnitude all over the frequency bands... smaller rooms can tend to be very bassy and that could be a problem.

Other things that affect are the furniture in the room, eg. a massive sofa or bed will usually dampen lower frequencies.

IainF · Post by **IainF** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:32 am

Ahmed,

Acoustics is the way that sound behaves in a room. In your room perhaps high and low frequecies get absorbed, but the mids don't, which means they sounds louder. Perhaps the sound reflecting off your desk in only mid frequencies and adding to the sound from your speakers to make it sound more 'middy'.

You are talking about any kind of instrument whether synthitic or realistic, right?

Yes, mostly mix with real instruments that have been recorded, but the same thing holds true for synthetic sounds.

mixing: lowering mid frequencies