![]() Although it can be easy to get lost in the details, many engineers now mix under headphones - largely because so many end listeners do the same, whether on ear buds or higher-end open-back headphones. I often mix on headphones, with only occasional cross checks on my small ATC loudspeakers to check the low end balance and spatial issues in the real world, so the easiest thing to check first was headphone playback. I obviously had some issues to explore, and wondered if there were any PC-based utilities that could help. However, on my other playback system the top-end improvement was as clear as day. The second was at the other end of the spectrum I’d been experimenting on the mix bus with an EQ plug-in renowned for adding ‘air’ to a mix while still sounding effortless, yet could hear little difference after adding a conservative +2dB at 10kHz. ![]() The first was a section of string bass that proved to be noticeably louder than during the rest of the song, and which was plainly audible through my hi-fi system, yet I hadn’t noticed it in my studio. I recently ended up spending some time investigating the playback chain of my little studio, after missing a couple of anomalies on a recent mix.
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