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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Wacky Monitors? Bass Gets Louder As I Get Closer
« on: March 05, 2016, 08:24:51 am »Hey guys so I'm not very used to mixing on monitors but I've been making more of an effort recently to use them instead of my headphones.
I have the monitors in the triangle position so that they're at a little bit of an angle. One thing that I just recently noticed is that when I bring my ears closer to the computer screen the bass gets louder. With that being said... when I'm sitting down normally on my chair with a tiny bit of distance between myself and the monitors the bass gets softer.
Which one do I base my mixing decisions off of? Is this what people mean when they say that you need to "learn your monitors" or "learn your room"?
Most likely you are facing a wall and your speakers back too. What you hear are the reflections coming back at you.
The only way to solve this problem is treating your room, if you don't have this option then, if you have, face a big window, so that the back of your speakers aim at it. Another option would be to listen on a quiet level and change the listening position.