[LAU] get on board the blues - D&B variant

Chris Bannister cbannister at slingshot.co.nz
Sun Jul 22 22:12:25 UTC 2012


On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 05:28:03PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 21:11 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
> > I had a really good /round/ bass-sound on my monitors and headphones,
> > then I noticed that on e.g. thinkpad speakers it was not audible at all.
> > So I cut everything below 50Hz, increased 120Hz and 300Hz by around 8dB
> > and added quite some compression to it. Now it sounds OKish on most
> > speakers that I have access to but not really great on any on them.. Any
> > hints?
> 
> For good reasons most mixers have got a 80Hz EQ, so try to increase it
> there. However, IMO there's no big difference, if people say bass is
> from 50 to 300 or 60 to 250Hz. What notes are played and what are their

AIUI, you can't hear "proper" bass unless it comes from at least a 15
inch speaker. So anything else is just a compromise, right?

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