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The question . . . Is there anyone after hearing an arrangement through monitors or headphones and love it, also love that same arrangement on a live gig, or do you sometime think where were my ears man?

Your opinions, experiences and/or advice is appreciated.



I strive to make my one mix "translatable" - such it sounds good on just about all systems that don't have inherent problems of their own to deal with.

Again I must stress the importance of having those Reference Recordings and knowing what they sound like.

Those Reference Recordings should be in the same style, genre and basic instrumentation and sound as what you will be putting through your PA.

You should have been listening those all important Reference Recordings all along, at conversational volume levels, on your home recording system whenever doing anything besides recording and mixing on your system.

Get thoroughly familiar with them. Good sounding recordings professionally mixed and mastered. Mine are all CDs now, but there was once a time when there were records as well as tapes. CDs are fine for the purpose, maybe better.

CD player connected to the two RCA inputs on your PA mixer, played back through it using the same overall EQ settings on the mains as you think sound right when you're using it live.

Walk out there, sit down, and listen to the Reference Recording.

Does it sound pretty much the same as when you "learned" it at home on the nearfields?

If it does, and your own recordings do not, then there is a problem with the mix of your home recordings. or BiaB, or whatever you are using.

If the Reference Recording does not sound the same, or close, then something is wrong in your PA setup. This could be as simple as the overall main EQ adjustment, or it may have to do with Gain Staging between your CD player, its volume control of fader on the PA, and the Main output fader on the PA.

OR, it may show something missing in the reproduction of the particular PA system. Speakers, speaker types, tweeters or horns, crossover, etc.

Get the PA to sound right with several Reference Recording CDs in a row without changing any settings - when you can do that, listen to your own mix and compare any differences that may show up between the two and govern your re-mix session accordingly.


--Mac

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