Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By sopre Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:53 am
Trying to mix my beats is killing my creativity. I will spend two hours mixing one track. I'm trying to mix my beats in an untreated room. Bad idea, I've learned. I’m trying really hard to improve. I really enjoy using studio one, its inspired me to try to mix. I live in a small apartment, so my room is small. So at the moment I said to myself do I buy some bass traps and do my best to treat this small room? Or just focus on making beats? Before I would make a certain amount of beats a month and send to an engineer online to mix for me. Any suggestions? I have two options I think:

A. Buy some acoustic stuff to try and treat my room. Buy some monitor stands. I already of a small new computer desk. Try to mix my own beats in studio one the best I can.
B. Focus on beats. I was thinking I would put my money on more vsts, or possibly purchase the MPC Renaissance. Take my best beats and have an engineer mix my instrumentals every other month or so.

My set-up:

Win 7 Desktop and Laptop (DJ use)
Presonus 44 VSL Interface
Yamaha HS50M Monitors
Audio Technica ATH M50 Headphones
Novation Remote SL 61 Mk1 Keyboard Controller
DAW-Studio One (Main daw for now-others FL Studio, Ableton, Reason)
NI Maschine
VST-Komplete 8 Ultimate, and more.
Turntables/DJ mixer

Thanks for any help!
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By Ibunshi Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:11 am
use headphones if you dont want to buy both monitors and have your room treated..

Headphones removes the need for room treatment..

I use some very cheap ones and they're not even for a studio purpose.. Yet they allowed me to improve my mixing a lot more and a lot quicker than when i used studio monitors in an untreated room for years, lol.. So personally i will just continue with these until i'll sooner or later make the next step and get studio headphones.

Edit: i also mix as i go along and make a track, its part of the creative process and removes a lot of time from having to do tweaks afterwards..