OK, that explains a lot

[mdlbear]

Just after Baycon cflute and I listened to the album on my livingroom stereo and Callie noticed that the bass was exceptionally boomy. The effect largely went away on my high-quality headphones or my studio monitors (which, admittedly, don't have a whole lot of bass).

Giving it another listen in the livingroom, I finally realized why: It's not that my speakers are particularly bass-heavy, it's all the junk piled in front of them. In particular, piled right in front of the tweeters. It's not that they have a lot of bass, it's that the treble is being attenuated. A lot.

I feel much better now that I understand it.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Know that feeling. That's why I do a lot of listening on a boom box which I can pile on top of the junk, or on my computer speakers.

[mdlbear]

I'm just relieved to know that it really was the speakers and not my mixing. There was too much bass, just not that much.

[callibr8]

A-HA! So glad to hear that you figured out the problem.

I hope this doesn't mean that you have to redo all the mixes...

[mdlbear]

I've mostly been mixing with headphones and monitors, and listening in the car, so it doesn't really change anything. And I've already removed a lot of bass, mostly under 50Hz, since Baycon. At this point I could ship it to Oasis next week and not feel too bad about anything.