Mixing and Sub-Woofering

[dubz]

Lads - I'm thinking of picking up a sub to match with my shitty Alesis M1 Active monitors to help when making basslines. I simply don't find spectral analyzers helpful enough and I want to actually hear the throbbing of my b-lines. I've heard that mixing with a sub is dangerous because you can potentially get in the habit of mixing bass too low - what are the pros and cons? and how many of you use a sub when mixing?

[wormcode]

It can be hit or miss. Depending on the monitors, the room acoustics, and the room itself in terms of size and what's inside the walls. You can improve it buy building some bass traps and finding where they work best, but sometimes there's just no helping the situation. I'd say good A/B'ing is more useful than a sub in most cases, just make sure you are A/B'ing at the same level. In other words turn down the "pro" tune to match your tune's volume.

If you can borrow a sub from someone and get it in there to test out, that would be best. I would be very hesitant in dishing out cash for one without knowing first. It might muddy up the mix and sound like shit, and you might end up hating it and trying to sell it.. or it might work out great. Only one way to find out really. Also it doesn't necessarily even have to be a matched sub.

[deadly_habit]

acoustic treatment and and spike it then cheapest best for buck s10

[bobbym]

Lads - I'm thinking of picking up a sub to match with my shitty Alesis M1 Active monitors to help when making basslines. I simply don't find spectral analyzers helpful enough and I want to actually hear the throbbing of my b-lines. I've heard that mixing with a sub is dangerous because you can potentially get in the habit of mixing bass too low - what are the pros and cons? and how many of you use a sub when mixing?

I also have these monitors and find them terrible for production... absolutely no representation of the lower frequencies. was also considering bagging a sub too but i reckon we'd be better off just investing in a great set of monitors rather then shelling out for an additional piece of expensive kit which may or may not solve the problem.

anybody have any amazing monitors they'd recommend for production???

[deadly_habit]

on a budget krk or m audio
otherwise adams or if you can deal with them nah not gonna name company