Accurately Hearing Low End vs. High End When…

…when monitoring via earbuds or headphones or speakers.

Note: For this post when I use the word monitors I’m referring to any earbuds, headphones or speakers you’re using to produce audio.

When mixing on monitors that you are not extremely familiar with, you run the risk of producing a mix that has way too much low end (sounding very bassy and boomy) or way too much high end (sounding very thin and harsh). There are also many other potential problems with this but we will keep it simple for now.

To avoid the two issues stated above, you can either become very familiar with your preferred monitors (by mixing lots of episodes, reviewing each mix on every speaker you have access to, and adjusting your mix processing to taste), and/or use professional monitors that are frequency balanced.

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