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What is optimum Mixing Levels - db?
What is the optimum mixing level, for least amount of ear fatigue and best frequency response to mix?
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Re: What is optimum Mixing Levels - db?
0 db is unity gain and thus optimum level? In terms of not hurting your ears then I assume anything that doesn't hurt your ears when you listen to it. I never see the point in cranking up the volume when monitoring anyway. What are you monitoring on?
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Re: What is optimum Mixing Levels - db?
I have a pair of Event TR8's, but someone once told me a DB level that is around 75-80db I thought, that was supposed to be the best level to mix at because your ear's perceieved frequencies are most balanced at this supposed level.
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Re: What is optimum Mixing Levels - db?
85 dB SPL
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Re: What is optimum Mixing Levels - db?
Thank you Chris.
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95 to 100 is cool too. Frequencies start to level out at that volume. (Fletcher & Munson) Do not listen to it all day at that volume though. You can safely listen at that volume for 15 minutes. An hour if at 94. Don't forget though, listening to something in the next room at quiet volumes reveal a lot in a mix too.
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Re: What is optimum Mixing Levels - db?
Ninio, 100 dB SPL is more than 4 times the loudness of 85 dB SPL...I strongly urge you not to work at that volume for extended periods of time! Mixes created at that volume often tend to lack bass and treble and seem mid-heavy at normal listening volumes resulting from the Fletcher-Munson equal loudness Curve.
I tend to mix at around 75 dB SPL but frequently check the mix at 85. 85 seems pretty loud and fairly fatiguing to me as it is...I can't imagine trying to mix any higher than that.
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I like to wait until my ears bleed and then I can really hear the ringing of the cymbals, even when I turn off PTLE! Cool!
Radio shack digital SPL meter. - 50 bucks Having your hearing your whole life, Priceless!.
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