First: Thanks alot, Tarekith, for sharing your experience!
pixelbox wrote:Shit hot article Tarekith! This should totally be a big, fat, STICKY!
So...how do you train your ear? I know you said it takes time and practice, and I do know that before I've thought that things were sounding good in my little room, but playing it on a different system made it sound not so good, but there have been times where I thought what I did sounded good, and other (more experienced people) noticed flaws in the mix or they even thought it sounded crappy.
How do you listen in order to train your ear to what is "right"? Just listen to whatever mix you think sounds good?
I think there are two answers to this question depending on for whome you do the mixing/mastering to begin with.
1. If you want to reach a "standard" sound that most people are used to (at a given moment in history, as it will change by time anyway) and thus satisfy other people foremost then you have to listen to
their music on their systems alot. After that you listen to
your music on their systems alot and try to make out the differences. When back at your own flat you listen to both, their and your music on your system and try to make out the differences again.
2. If you want to satisfy your own listening needs or create your own unique sound without giving sh*t what other people are used to or expect then do it the way that
you like it (and hope that anyone else might like it as well)!
You would use 1 if you are mixing/mastering for other people mainly, a mixure of 1 and 2 if you mix/master your own music for other people mainly and 2 if you mix/master for yourself mainly.