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Post by deepak on Jan 2, 2024 11:57:54 GMT
Its been floating around my mind for a while, how some mixes can sound pleasant enough on stock tv speakers, i haven't ever been a big tv sound guy....i had a sound bar but bugs me in general how Netflix sound never seams balanced with music and dialogue, one min you cant hear what people are saying so you turn it up to then have sound effects and music that doesn't seam to balanced well and you jump with a boom or load music....that's not my issue though, i can cope quite well with tv speakers, a pair of blue tooth headphones fill the gap if needed. its when i listen to my music in multiple locations...car...stereo...studio...phone...wherever.....its normally only luck that it sounds ok on tv speakers....atm im listening to porcupine tree live on youtube....now while I'm just sipping a beer and scribbling my notes its all fine...it fills my gap....i had it on bluetooth headphones before the batt ran out...but is there a reason for this...im starting to think about mixing my music though the tv....cause if i get it good there it should sound good elsewhere...any ideas!?....or is it just a case of expert mixes?
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Post by Hexspa on Jan 3, 2024 21:12:55 GMT
Translation is one of the Great Pillars of mixing. Beyond technical requirements, you have to account for preference and people differ.
A debate that still rages is about the merits of "flawed but popular" vs "objectively flat" speakers. This is an oversimplification but your question about using your TV speakers to mix is in here. The answer is it depends but it's probably not going to work.
Of course, it's possible that your speakers suck in just the right way to compliment your room, where they're placed, and your unique hearing ability. However, it's more likely that using neutral monitors in a neutral space will help you produce a product that will sound good in the greatest number of systems. The logic is 0-y is y. In other words, if your room and speakers neither contribute nor detract from the source material then whatever crap your audience listens on will only make it deviate from neutral. In contrast, if your whole system had a 10dB peak at 1kHz, you'll under-represent that range. Then if they have a null there, then it's bye-bye intelligibility.
By all means, reference your mixes. I'm of the thought that your main source of speakers a probably better off flat. If you want to juice them, then sum to mono in one speaker (true mono, not dual mono) with a high pass filter to about 250Hz. The combination of those things will give you a fresh picture of your mix, remove low frequency masking, enable you to focus better due to listening to one speaker (Harman) and mono itself makes stereo mixes sound different as well.
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Post by deepak on Jan 7, 2024 13:28:52 GMT
superb! excellent understanding and advice here, thankyou
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