help with distortion

Alright guys probably a stupid question but when I listen to my music through headphones the kicks and basslines are fine yet when I listen through my mixer and speakers the low ends distort really badly and its ruining my beats. No matter how much I compress them they distort or are then to quiet to use. Many thanks

Could be down to the accuracy of your headphones. If the bass response doesn't extend very low you might be over-compensating with some big EQ boosts to hear them in your cans, and then when you move over to the monitors there's too much low end coming through so it's distorting? Try pulling down the levels of the kicks and bass and see if that has a bearing on the outcome.

I've never found a set of headphones that have ever translated that well over to my monitors. But that's just me.

Could it also possibly be that the mixer is adding distortion? You've not left any EQ knobs turned up, or knocked one by accident?

Compression is not the answer. Your sound is clipping outside of the mpc not internally. First off what do you have the master set to internally? I have mine at -6 and no problems.

I'm not on about with the mpc mate, it when I'm composing a beat in logic. The levels and that are set correctly but I can't use
Hardly any of the plug ins because the low ends make my speakers rattle yet when I listen to a song on itunes for example through my speakers they sound fine

Learn the art of EQ. It pays to know if a certain frequency is boosted too much or not enough.

A decent plug-in like iZotope Ozone will help you out tremendously in this area.

Are your levels clipping inside Logic?

If so, someone posted this in another thread and it is brilliant. Give it a read and see if the distortion stops.

http://www.dubstepforum.com/this-thread-will-answer-your-mixing-and-mastering-questions-t74832-20.html