[rqstudio]

Welcome to the world of mixing. One of the hardest things to do is to make your mixes sound the same in the real world as they did in your control room. But first you need a reference, and typically this reference should be flat. Your mixing room should have treatments on the walls, bass traps in the corners, deflectors on the ceiling. If you’re not using a good pair of monitors you could tune them with a noise generator and a 30-band equalizer. Once again you want all of this to be a flat as you can get it. Then take it out to your car, and once again, your car EQ should be set to Flat, and your mix should sound the same. If you’ve added sub-woofers and other stuff to your car stereo you won’t get an accurate mix. If they are still overpowering your smaller speakers, ADD a little bass to your studio’s speakers, this will make you mix with a little less. But if you’re (like you’re suggesting) lacking bass in your car, turn the bass DOWN in your studio and this will make you mix with more bass. But if you’re lacking a lot of bass altogether, check to see if your speakers are wired in phase, if they are out of phase the bass will cancel out, BUT DON'T CHANGE THE LEVELS IN YOUR CAR! Leave them the way you normally listen to it. I hope this helps a little, there are books written on the subject!! Many of the Home Recording Mags have articles on the subject. Good Luck.