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Post by bartacusad on Feb 9, 2016 15:22:56 GMT -6
Want to get your thoughts on this...so you're all done perfecting your mix, you get in the car and.....a.) you listen to the mp3 you put on your iPhone, b.) you listen to the CD you burned? There are plenty of arguments for both but just wondered what the forum has to say. I do both and try to consider the source of both and then decide whether I think I am actually done mixing or not. What about you?
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Post by jcoutu1 on Feb 9, 2016 15:35:28 GMT -6
I've been uploading a "Mixes" folder in Google Music that I have set to automatically download to my phone. By the time I walk downstairs, the track is on my phone and ready to be plugged in via 1/8" jack in my car.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 18:28:00 GMT -6
Always upload to dropbox and check in the car. My system in my car is just awful and as long as it sounds awful the way I know it should I'm good.
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Post by Ward on Feb 12, 2016 7:47:17 GMT -6
4 places I always listen to my mixes... places where people are going to listen to the final product.
1. Ear buds. Dr. Dre beats too in this category.
2. Macbook pro speakers.
3. Car with surround sound on and off
4. Ford F150 pickup.
These are the 4 top places where music is listened to these days. So, you MUST review your mixes in these places. Doesn't matter how good it sounds in your studio, in someone else's, in the mastering lab, on a big home stereo. If it doesn't sound good in the 4 places mentioned above, everything is for naught.
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Post by M57 on Feb 12, 2016 8:00:56 GMT -6
Damn, Now I have to get one of these?? One thing I know for sure; the new ones sound like shit. So.. Vintage King Audio or Vintage Auto King? |
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Post by Ward on Feb 12, 2016 8:03:07 GMT -6
M57 Vintage Audo King. Nothing past 2008!! That was the last year where stomping on the F150 floor boards sounded like the kick drum of your dreams too.
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Post by jimwilliams on Feb 12, 2016 10:39:13 GMT -6
If you want the ultimate car mix you need to mix in the car.
It has been done before. Back in the 1980's at Wonderland in LA we "borrowed" a 30 watt FM pre-transmitter/processor (exciter) from the local FM station Stevie Wonder owned. We set up an antenna on the roof of Wonderland and sent the mix output of the Neve 8128 console to the transmitter. A blank spot was found around 88 mhz and the mix was broadcast.
Stevie's brother Calvin then drove Stevie around the block in his Silver Cloud Rolls Royce as Stevie would call in the mix levels on his cell phone. That would go for about a couple of hours and then we took a long break to avoid FCC "detection". Stevie wanted the ultimate car mix for his new single.
The song was called "I Just Called To Say I Love You", a smash hit and an Oscar winning song.
To me it was I just called to say the bass is too low.
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Post by lpedrum on Feb 12, 2016 10:54:51 GMT -6
I stopped listening to mixes in the car years ago--it's insanity. Every car stereo is wildly different and don't even get me started on critiquing a mix while driving and battling road noise! We play music while we drive because we have no choice, but in reality it's just about the worst place to listen. And my opinion is that the volume wars were in part started by people wanting to hear music loud in their cars. I really have to bite my tongue when a client starts a sentence with, "I was listening to the mix in my car and...." A good mix and master will sufficiently translate to any car stereo.
Mixing for the car. Jeesh. Stop the madness.
(please take my rant in good humor!)
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Post by nobtwiddler on Feb 13, 2016 20:46:30 GMT -6
I agree with the above statement, as each car stereo is so different, and half of my clients have subwoofers that are set so far out of whack it's of no use to me.
But that being said, I do know what my car sounds like, so on occasion I will still reference to MY car stereo if I feel I need to.
I have a small transmitter with antenna mounted on roof of studio.
After a mix, I transmit the mix so all band members might have a listen in their individual cars.
As for me, I would usually loop the new mix, and drive into the little village where I live. (about a mile away) and I'd make notes about what needed to be changed.
My transmitter would allow us to drive up to 5 miles from the studio, before the signal was lost.
Worked great, and was a great time saver, instead of having to make a CD copy for each person in the group!
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Post by tonycamphd on Feb 13, 2016 22:08:16 GMT -6
It's totally important what mixes sound like in automobiles as they are the #1 place music is consumed, but you could chase your tail listening to different car systems for the rest of your life, that said, i trust my monitors in my room, i know exactly what they sound like because I listen to a ton of music through them, which gives me the confidence to know that what ever I mix on them will translate decently anywhere, so just KNOW your studio rig, and the monitors in front of you, the rest is really just a distraction or a sign that your main rig has a sub par monitoring set up/environment.
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 13, 2016 22:46:38 GMT -6
Yeah - I know what music sounds like in my car...and I know what albums sound the best in my car. It's depressing sometimes to go from a 24/88.2 mix in your $xx,xxx studio and you immediately play it in your car and it lost all of its glory...but then you put on something that you know is a good mix and it kinda sounds like shit too. lol.
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Post by Ward on Feb 13, 2016 23:01:42 GMT -6
If you want the ultimate car mix you need to mix in the car. It has been done before. Back in the 1980's at Wonderland in LA we "borrowed" a 30 watt FM pre-transmitter/processor (exciter) from the local FM station Stevie Wonder owned. We set up an antenna on the roof of Wonderland and sent the mix output of the Neve 8128 console to the transmitter. A blank spot was found around 88 mhz and the mix was broadcast. Stevie's brother Calvin then drove Stevie around the block in his Silver Cloud Rolls Royce as Stevie would call in the mix levels on his cell phone. That would go for about a couple of hours and then we took a long break to avoid FCC "detection". Stevie wanted the ultimate car mix for his new single. The song was called "I Just Called To Say I Love You", a smash hit and an Oscar winning song. To me it was I just called to say the bass is too low. A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! |
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