how to keep the ratio of bass? example up

[androidlove]

my speakers aren't too bad. i used to have some mega speakers. i would crank the bass until the coil jumpped off the magnet. seriously, the woofers were facinating to watch.

This is an indicator you either have too much ultra lows (high pass everything at 50Hz or higher), unstable bass instruments (stick to square & sine waves), too many instruments with low end (high pass everything but bass at around 200Hz or higher), a DC offset problem (batch process your files & get a new soundcard), or any combination of the above. A well mixed track will sound huge but you won't see the cones bounce.

that was through a nice system (fuckin divorce) crankin some manson

[.jon]

I don't see this is spoken really much about, but the playback volume and system have huge meaning when playing sound-oriented music, like all dance and most of metal. I don't fully appreciate the idea that this kind of music should sound huge at normal listening volumes.

If you crank up a well-mixed jazz album, it just sounds stopid, but you can only hear a dance tune "correctly" if you turn up the volume. I'm not talking eurochart top 40, but you the vinyl stuff the djs play.

And what comes to the frequency balance of a mix, there are special cases. I like that sort of hard-driven samba techno with a wide low-end. The groove is based on fast, huge dynamics and highlighted with sparkly highs, and there is very little space for any mids. It's a big thick mass of brutality that is meant to sound like a planetary riot machine... and not mixed for casual multimedia speaker listening, it makes sense only when you feel it, but then it really makes sense.

[The Chase]

I never ever touch my winamp EQ