Overly dominant mids

Stratcat · Post by **Stratcat** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:33 am

I am having mix problems and plan to do some of the acoustic treatment discuss here to my little studio room.

My monitors are Tannoy Reveal passives. They have always seemed to be very mid-heavy. I always assumed that was the nature of the Tannoys, but after reading here and thinking about it, I'll bet my room is doing something to over-emphasize the mids! My mixes sound good in the room and are very lacking in mids when played elsewhere. Duh...

If I understand correctly, building some hanging wall panels would probably help with this problem?

Would a simple wood framed panel made of fiberglass insulation covered with burlap help reduce this mid problem?

I am the same guy in the thread called "please help me fix my tiny studio"

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewt ... e80030ddc6

You can see pictures there.

Thanks so much for helping!

dymaxian · Post by **dymaxian** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:13 am

It could be a lot of things. Do you have an EQ in the signal chain to the Tannoy's somewhere? If you can, get an out-board unit to put there. Monitor speakers almost always need a little EQ adjustment to get them comfortable in a room, no matter how good or bad the room is.

Since I know how challenging your room is, I'd recommend you wait until you get it treated before just buying gear, but that'd be my next step.

Kase
www.minemusic.net

Stratcat · Post by **Stratcat** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:09 am

There is currently no EQ anywhere in the chain. Are you suggesting I put a graphic EQ in there and adjust it so that a commercial cd sounds "correct" to my ears?

dymaxian · Post by **dymaxian** » Sat May 01, 2004 12:29 am

Yup, that's pretty much it. You don't need to get a 31-band EQ or anything like that; just something that'll allow you to cut the mids down, and adjust the highs and lows to match your room. You'd have to do this with almost any monitor speakers, in almost any control room.

Look for a good-sounding EQ- go for higher quality over multiple bands. A 4-band with sweepable mids is plenty.

Kase
www.minemusic.net