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Still better than phone speakers :D I once read something about a famous music producer and/or mastering engineer who said his mixing and mastering goes throug
by moritzwarhier 3y ago
Still better than phone speakers :D
I once read something about a famous music producer and/or mastering engineer who said his mixing and mastering goes through two first passes: first on his studio monitors, then - before testing the final master on real-world speakers for final polishing - he would adjust everything in the mix again to sound good one his cheapest Mackie studio monitors.
Can't seem to find the original article, so maybe I mixed up some details.
Instead I found this 2011 forum thread:
https://gearspace.com/board/mastering-forum/720856-mix-engineers-who-insist-using-cheap-monitors.html https://gearspace.com/board/mastering-forum/720856-mix-engin...
Also, I agree with OP, I hate how mainstream productions nowadays target the lowest common denominator of speakers.
Of course they have to, but in this current age of phone speakers it really starts to show annoying effects.
Small BT speakers and even in-ears have become surprisingly OK though, also for music which doesn't participate in the loudness wars as much.
Also seems like these might be what most music is consumed on.
- spondylosaurus 3y agoBrian Eno has talked about optimizing his mixes for mid-range speakers to suit the widest number of listeners possible... might be what you're thinking of?
- trallnag 3y agoWhat's mid range to you? Kanto YU6 for 500 bucks?
- moritzwarhier 3y agoI think it was some Electronica, UK Bass or Techno producer. But I'm not entirely sure anymore tbh.
- mikepurvis 3y agoIs it? Certainly streaming compression + tinny phone speakers take a toll, but I would have guessed AM radio was still worse, at least on the perceptual measures that actually matter.
- moritzwarhier 3y agoI dunno, it depends. Actual phone speakers are hard to compare to an old car radio + AM transmission. I don't know the specs on lower frequency cutoff, dynamics on iPhone etc... I'd still guess the car radio would feel more powerful :)
- dizhn 3y agoIt's pretty standard mixing advice to mix on monitors that are as flat as possible (add no color of their own) but to test the final mix on car radios, headphones etc to make some adjustments. Back in the day I checked out my nephew's Beats headphones and quite honestly thought they were broken because the bass on them was pumped up so much that it was a muddy mess. The mixer's job is getting harder and harder with the tradeoffs they have to make between phone speakers with no bass and vanity headphones with nothing but bass.