Ok, I know that headphone isn't the best tool to mix a track. It dont have the same acoustics that a reference monitor have, etc.
But, there are some people who say that if you know your equipment, you could do some great job, relatively. Of course, not the same as you do with a good monitor, but something listenable.
Well, I have a very cheap akg k404. Far from flat, it have a heavy bass, a weak mid and pretty clean high.
I only use it when i'm producing, as I dont listen too much music when i'm home, only at work, where I use a phillips slh3000 (cheaper than akg), so i'm more used to the phillips sound.
But, recently I've noticed that the akg have a very heavy bass (sub and bass) when compared to other producers music, so I started to bring down my bass and it helped a lot, but i'm still not happy at all with my mixes. And here is my question:
How could I know when my mixing problems is with my equipment or is a technical issue? I dont know if i'm following the right path learning to mix.
The simple comparison A (my music) to B(other music) can truly show me if a track have a good mix? Is there any good way to monitoring without expensive equips?
Sorry for my english, its not my native language.
Here's an example of a little piece of track that I made 2 weeks ago, when I realized that if I bring down the bass, it sounds better. (PS: I changed it a lot, add a synth and delete some percussion) (PS2: there is a demo version of glissEQ to see the spectrum, so it cuts the track sometimes)
But, there are some people who say that if you know your equipment, you could do some great job, relatively. Of course, not the same as you do with a good monitor, but something listenable.
Well, I have a very cheap akg k404. Far from flat, it have a heavy bass, a weak mid and pretty clean high.
I only use it when i'm producing, as I dont listen too much music when i'm home, only at work, where I use a phillips slh3000 (cheaper than akg), so i'm more used to the phillips sound.
But, recently I've noticed that the akg have a very heavy bass (sub and bass) when compared to other producers music, so I started to bring down my bass and it helped a lot, but i'm still not happy at all with my mixes. And here is my question:
How could I know when my mixing problems is with my equipment or is a technical issue? I dont know if i'm following the right path learning to mix.
The simple comparison A (my music) to B(other music) can truly show me if a track have a good mix? Is there any good way to monitoring without expensive equips?
Sorry for my english, its not my native language.
Here's an example of a little piece of track that I made 2 weeks ago, when I realized that if I bring down the bass, it sounds better. (PS: I changed it a lot, add a synth and delete some percussion) (PS2: there is a demo version of glissEQ to see the spectrum, so it cuts the track sometimes)