Do you have any type of monitor speakers to mix your songs?

[Danny Danzi]

Originally Posted by HamerPrototype

I'd be more apt to run into a decent amplifier as opposed to counting on monitors (powered or not).
I find I get a lot less discoloration running into a quality amplifier !

Hamer, just remember....if the room is not set up correctly and the monitors are giving you a false representation, the power amp won't make as much of a difference as you may think. Of course the best bet is to get a power amp designed for proper recording playback, but the right monitors and room make all the difference.

There's a product out that I feel is essential in the recording environment by Ik Multimedia. It's called ARC. It can make any set of monitors in any room sound fantastic. It's a bit pricey, but to me well worth it if all my recording issues go away...which they have completely. I've even brought back monitors that I haven't used in years because of this. Check it out if you get a minute at http://www.ikmultimedia.com/arc/ and look up testimonials to see what I had to say about it. It's the most powerful tool of the decade as far as I'm concerned.

[savageweed]

wow.................I just have to throw in here that this is a 3.5 year old bump in a thread.

[Auburn RSX-S]

Lots of good info in here and I'll toss in my 2 cents.

I mix on a set of M-Audio BX8a's (still saving up for those Adam or Genelecs!)

And will listen to the mix on my wife's klipsch desktop setup, my home theater in my den my laptop speakers and finally in my car and take notes the whole time on each setup noting what is too loud, what's not loud enough, what frequencies are overbearing and which ones aren't loud enough, etc... then will go and tweak then listen again.

I think most importantly (and not sure if it has or hasn't been mentioned yet) is to occasinoally take a break. go grab something to eat, chill out outside away from any noise or music or anything like that to let your ears rest. If it's getting late in the afternoon, your mind and ears will be fatigued anyways and listening to music at the dB's often needed to get a good mix out of a studio setup can fatigue your brain and ears so if it's late in the day, go get sleep and hit it again the next day with a fresh set of ears.

And don't be scared to have friends listen and critique the mix. That's been a big help for me as well. Different ears hear different problems or good things in a mix.