haha i mean i know you need to absorb all that bass reverb its showing… but i knew that without the graph tbh 
I did this at college fucking years ago and can’t remember lol, but it looks like you only have a problem up to 1000Hz. At least you have a nice graph to prove it now 
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How embarrassing, bin all your gear and your house and start again Agent imo
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Yeah how u gonna make bass music if the bass is fukd lolss
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@knobgoblin would probs be the best guy to ask…
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Yeah i literally have a degree in the subject and still dont get it
tbh ive just been re-reading basic acoustic stuff and its all coming back to me but the reason i asked is i wondered if there was a follow on from that graph to get specific info on where to place but i think thats pushing my luck lol
with a home studio your never going to get it perfetct, the main bits are bass traps which usually occur in corners and then reflection points where the speaker directly hits like the walls either side, the floor and the ceiling (can literally use a mirror to figure this out actually). If you get those 2 things as close as you can i think it’s fine and ur probably 90% of the way with the other 10% costing thousands
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Was it @knobgoblin who did that really good post on gain staging and any idea where i can find it? im so shit at the search function
no that was macc on the old forum
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yeah i think just bass traps would help going by the graphs
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These are pretty effective at a great price
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LondonTrapGy--primacoustic-london-bass-trap-grey
Looks like your biggest problem area is going to be low mids especially at 500hz. One of primeacoustic’s room kits paired with those bass traps will go a long way. Probably would be the best $600 you could spend to improve your mixes.
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Knobgob is such a Don u dun even kno…
But for monitoring and playback environments:
Try turning it down. Seriously - wow. All those levels you couldn’t wrangle before? You see what’s what p quick when shit’s at like 3/10 lol.
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just build a pillow fort around your sitting area
ill post pics later
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This. Mixing with low volume really is the way to go. When you turn it down it’s much easier to hear what stands out.
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Biggest mindfuck and awakening ever for me.
Turn it down?!?!?! Wtf???
Fr tho. Mixing at low volume is the one. Also mixing in mono.
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Amen (break), brother.
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Bonus tip: if you keep reaching for the volume to turn things up to hear something better in the mix, its most likely not mixed well.
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Yeah, low volume is where it’s at. Room reflections and Fletcher-Munson curves won’t come into play much at low levels. Turn up to check vibe and boom every so often but then immediately turn it back down.
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its probably only half way true
a good mix has some colour and some clear transients going
but I’d think its only the transients that still translate thru to low volume miiindsystem(?)
Nice one bru!
Mastering thread:
The Money Shot thread: (this is the one where you need to read the macc posts)
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