Hearing your basseline on labtop speakers

[SMOOTH87]

I am working a track that sounds good on the monitors and it the car, but when I play the track on my labtop I cannot hear the bassline. I can hear everything else fine. Has anyone else had this problem?

[blackwax]

yes I have this problem all the time

my car stereo is very bad at referencing bass

however i will say that when you get it sounding good on the laptop it in theory should sound good any where

try different compression settings and maybe some EQ in the mid range

the real test however is what does it sound like on a club system. This is where being a DJ can really help you can test your stuff them make notes and go back and tweek it

what DAW are you using?

Alternativey get a pro to mix down and master your tracks. This makes a huge difference

[SMOOTH87]

yes I have this problem all the time

my car stereo is very bad at referencing bass

however i will say that when you get it sounding good on the laptop it in theory should sound good any where

try different compression settings and maybe some EQ in the mid range

the real test however is what does it sound like on a club system. This is where being a DJ can really help you can test your stuff them make notes and go back and tweek it

what DAW are you using?

Alternativey get a pro to mix down and master your tracks. This makes a huge difference

Hey Blaxwax,

I am using sonar. I think I found the solution. I made a copy of track basically to layer it. On the copy I took out bass from the low end and eqed up the mids & highs. Due to time I still need to test this out on the labtop but the bass now sounds a lot more fuller and defined. Sounds ever better now. Will update if this solves the problem or not. I belive this will wk.

[bai-ee]

I get frustrated by this 2. It seems to me the frequency / type of bass line being used and how it's sitting within a track effects rather or not you can hear it on cheap, tinny (labtop) speakers.

Maybe its as simple as understanding why you can't hear sub bass or deep low end when listening to music on a labtop... the speakers just aren't designed (or big enough) to play certain frequencies?

[SMOOTH87]

I get frustrated by this 2. It seems to me the frequency / type of bass line being used and how it's sitting within a track effects rather or not you can hear it on cheap, tinny (labtop) speakers.

Maybe its as simple as understanding why you can't hear sub bass or deep low end when listening to music on a labtop... the speakers just aren't designed (or big enough) to play certain frequencies?

That is the same thing the wife said. But when you listen to most great records, house, rap, r&b etc you can still hear all the elements on the crapiest of systems. You will not feel the bass on laptop speakers but you should know that a bassline is there.

[SMOOTH87]

Still wking with this. Bass is sounding even better. Using multiband compression also. The big problem with the bass is that it is filtered down a lot to get a specific sound. Opening the filter up brings in stuff I do not wanna hear.. Will have this figured out soon....

[LukeRichardson]

Not sure if this is relevant, but friend of mine suggested when making a esp low bassline to also play it higher on the same synth and layer that into the mix really low. As it sounds the same it sounds like the bass, even thou its technically not. And also it allows you to effectively make the bass sound panned, even though it wont be on a club system.

[Dal-Tex]

http://soundcloud.com/nawewtech/technostab

A track created in Garage Band with sub basslines.

[SMOOTH87]

I was listening to some dub tracks by Madd Professor. There were some tracks that I could not hear the basselines to also on computer speakers. I have come to the conclusion that some speakers are just not gonna produce certain frequencies. This does not mean that the track is not mixed correctly. It is just not meant to be play on certain systems. I will say I have learned a lot. I know my wife is tired of hearing me wk on this as welll.. LOL.

[djbuzzard]

You need better computer speakers that handle the frequency range of the music you play. I'm sure if you played classical music through the same speakers, you will miss the dynamic range of the recording. Take an ipod/mp3 player to the store to test out the speakers before you purchase. Also, a subwoofer is most helpful but not realistic in most work environments.

[the crackhouse]

You need better computer speakers that handle the frequency range of the music you play. I'm sure if you played classical music through the same speakers, you will miss the dynamic range of the recording. Take an ipod/mp3 player to the store to test out the speakers before you purchase. Also, a subwoofer is most helpful but not realistic in most work environments.

Yes, as simple as that, every speaker as a limited frequency spectrum.

Idance

[migumartinez]

never trust laptop speakers.
even top productions sound often weak.

[Traxsource FL]

I am working a track that sounds good on the monitors and it the car, but when I play the track on my labtop I cannot hear the bassline. I can hear everything else fine. Has anyone else had this problem?


Yo yo smooth, check this bass frequency chart attached to this message
hopefully it should help you when EQing your bass so you can hear it :)