Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
Quote Originally Posted by BloodStar
i feel more comfrotable while reffering on boxes. but,,when it's late night and i have to use headphones, i pay more attention on Spect.analyzer while working with sounds.and i just EQing roughly. i'm more working on arrangement,.+ finding the right sounds,,which fits well in the track,. Next day while i'm on boxes i'm doing all the things,like mixage,,decent EQing,,effecting.

feeling of sound positions and overall freq.spectrum in the track is not accurate on headphones. I tried to do everything on headphones a few times, but the mix sounded really bad and i would get much more of it,,if it would be all done on speakers.
Yeah, there are reasons for this, due to the speakers closeness to the ears you get certian archetypes in respect to how bass works, and in general the top end willdrop back a little, not to mention stereo imaging is all wack.
Spectrum analyzers are good as an aid when you really can`t locate a freq with your ears in a busy mix, but should in no way be used as a replacement for your ears, which are what music is all about.
closeness to ears is why people think it's better to use headphones instead of nearfields. i know lot of people who's using headphones and thinks it's the best way,. i think it's good way, but just for something,,not all proccess...

i sometimes tend to use Spec.analzyer quite often. especialy when i didn't have good reference boxes,. it's much better now after smart buy :))

i catch the freqs with my ears and then spotcheck on Spec. analzyer if it stays in line.. maybe wrong, but it helps me a lot to understand and balance the levels, correctly.. first ears and little check on analyzer, then,. anyway this is only possible while on nearfiels,, because when i'm on headphones and doing this,,i'm ****in surprised while i'm reffering on boxes,, next day. the sounds are on different places in mix than i wanted them to be.. headphones are quite tricky., especially for making well balanced stereo mix.