Missing Frequencies
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ChuckU
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Missing Frequencies
Lately, I've noticed my mixes to be muddy when played thru certain sound systems. They sound fine in my control room/studio, but I'm afraid my rug is eating certain frequencies. Without getting into size and shape of my area, I'm wondering if I should tear up a 10 foot square of the carpet and replace it with wood parquet tile. Or maybe lay two pieces of plywood down over the rug and mix over that. Suggestions?
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knightfly
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The plywood way is the quick and dirty way to find out if that's what your room needs - If that helps, then you should lose some carpet and put down wood flooring. Leaving plywood over the carpet long term is just asking for evil things to live there -
generally, if your mixes are "muddy" on other systems (more than just one, that is) then your room likely is absorbed too much in low mids, or not enough everywhere else - you then compensate for the imbalance by boosting low mids (or cutting everything else) so the mix doesn't travel well (sounds muddy elsewhere) -
What speakers are you using, and how are they set up? They could be sitting in a node of your room's resonant modes, which would attenuate that particular range of frequencies, causing you to boost them to compensate.
Do you have really HEAVY carpet and pad? If not, there may be something else that's helping pull out low mids for you - like stuffed animals laying around, or a couple of soft couches or chairs, a few sleeping bags rolled up on the couch, etc... Steve
generally, if your mixes are "muddy" on other systems (more than just one, that is) then your room likely is absorbed too much in low mids, or not enough everywhere else - you then compensate for the imbalance by boosting low mids (or cutting everything else) so the mix doesn't travel well (sounds muddy elsewhere) -
What speakers are you using, and how are they set up? They could be sitting in a node of your room's resonant modes, which would attenuate that particular range of frequencies, causing you to boost them to compensate.
Do you have really HEAVY carpet and pad? If not, there may be something else that's helping pull out low mids for you - like stuffed animals laying around, or a couple of soft couches or chairs, a few sleeping bags rolled up on the couch, etc... Steve