Mix sounds different on different devices

Discussion in 'Mixing and Mastering' started by MaXe, Oct 13, 2017.

  1. MaXe

    MaXe Kapellmeister

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    My problem is like I mix a vocal track on Beyerdynamic headphone then I go to check it out on cheap speakers or hands-free. The vocal sounds crystal clear and powerful on the mixing headphone but sounds like crap on the hands-free and speaker or totally vice versa.
    How do you overcome this problem?
    Don't tell me you should check your mix on different devices and try to find balance with experience cause I am already doing that and I think I can at least reduce the attempts to check the track on different devices for every minor issue.
    I seriously have no idea on how the hell I should EQ the track to sound good on every fu**ing crappy device.
    I have seen some plugins available on the market but If you know any which is available on Audioz and works well, and you yourself have also tested it and checked that it works and has solved this particular problem please recommend me one. If not, please take time and write a guideline for me so I can save my mixes.
     
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  3. No Avenger

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    "Mix sounds different on different devices" yes of course, it's in the nature of things.

    Get yourself most neutral sounding studio monitors and headphones and choose some reference tracks.
    If you want to and it seems necessary make small adjustments for hifi speakers and headphones and call it a day.
     
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  4. YFManagement

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    @MaXe one trick i use back then was to mix purposely on crappy logeitch cheap speakers with decent sub.
    later decided to blow those speakers out purposely and thought to myself
    "if i can make mixes sound great out of those speakers it should sound decent on the unbroken device speakers"
    so later after venturing through many many studio it stuck as a method but only difference is now i use the most
    flat frequency speakers (that i already learn the sound of the speakers and the mixing room) to mix from vocals > instrument > Drms & Percs
    then use the broken speaker for reference on my final output mixbus and see if its lacking anything i should be adding on or subtracting

    "i did try plugins that reference different devices but it all really just sound like HPF & LPF with a Resonate Freq or Distrotion , not what i was really looking for as for referencing on different devices"
     
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