Consistent pattern now over maybe fifteen songs. I finish something late, it sounds full and exciting, and the next morning the same file sounds muddy with harsh vocals. Nothing has changed in the setup. Is this a…
Large diaphragm condenser, treated with two foam panels behind the mic, singer about 20cm away. Every take has a honky midrange thing around what sounds like 300 500Hz that I end up carving out with a big EQ cut, and…
Every mix I finish sounds balanced on my monitors and then in the car the bass disappears almost entirely and the cymbals are painfully bright. On phone speakers it's tolerable. I've been compensating by boosting bass…
Dynamic broadcast mic into a budget 2 in interface, gain at about 3 o'clock to get peaks around 6dBFS on spoken word. The take is fine but there's a constant hiss under everything that becomes obvious once I compress.…
Spare room about 3.5 by 4.5 metres, monitors on a desk against the short wall, currently nothing on the walls. I have around 200 and can build or buy. Everything I read says corners first, but the reflections off the…