My songs sound like shit in my car

[elyhess]

I've been working on a couple songs recently and i've noticed that when im in my car and i listen to my song, the kick gets quieter when all the basses start playin. the sub bass is sidechained, maybe it just needs more? i'm not sure

Besides my car i think it sounds fine. I have pretty good speakers, and nice headphones and everything sounds loud and the kick comes through nicely. even the Wav on soundcloud sounds fine. so i just wonder if its my car speakers?(subaru outback w/ stock speakers) they bump other electro house songs real loud, kicks loud. Maybe because my song isn't professionally mastered.

i just need some light shed on this, anyone else play their songs in their car

[Bassf4ce]

Sometimes car speakers have exaggerated bass so it could be interfering with your kick, but I could be completely wrong. Maybe mess with the eq in your car.

[ehbes]

Maybe mess with the eq in your car.

you'd want a flat eq

personally, i like checking my mix on my car..good for sub checks

[Bassf4ce]

Maybe mess with the eq in your car.

you'd want a flat eq

personally, i like checking my mix on my car..good for sub checks

Yea that's what I meant, check if the eq is flat or not. Thanks for elaborating.

[mks]

You need a new car.

[Ficticious]

Finding the right EQ on every sound system is the hardest task.

[Today]

don't fix this with heavier sidechaining OP
review the money shot thread, EQing mixing and mastering specifically for the low end and fix that volume dipping the right way
IMO of course

possibly cchange your kick sampe

[Efrafa11]

You need a new car.

[elyhess]

i like my lesburu! i'm just wondering if its the car. cus i feel like my mixdowns are pretty good

[bkwsk]

They sound alright here at least.

[MaZa1]

I have the same problem...i've set my car audio settings so that like every "commercial" tune i play in my car sounds ok, and i compare my mixes to those.
Shit, i had something to say but im too drunk to think how to write it................

[elyhess]

HAHAH

[Aufnahmewindwuschel]

seen this mentioned somewhere yesterday had a look what it does is recreate rooms basicaly you could try to find your car room and then compare in your home haha but its really fucking expencive and i didnt find any freeware yet
http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.ph ... did=652422
might try those

[elyhess]

so could all this really just be because i haven't professionally gotten a tune mastered? it's self mastered but def not as loud as the songs we all know

[NinjaEdit]

Then turn it up.

[noctuidae]

maybe you've compressed too much on the master channel...thats a good way of getting rid of the kick with a lot of subbass going on.
try eqing the hit of the kick on the sub bass channel with a tight Q? I mean you shouldn't have to do that if you've got the subbass side chained on the kick.

[elyhess]

I re listened today after making some changes. Sounds quite nice! Can hear the kick come thru great. I did the low end Eqing and such. Still not mastered and felguk "thumpin" but I think it's just cus it's not mastered thanks guys

[daeMTHAFKNkim]

Send me your song so I can do a shit master.

[NinjaEdit]

A random guess is that monoising the subbass frequencies might help your speakers carry them (spreading them evenly over both speakers).

[elyhess]

A random guess is that monoising the subbass frequencies might help your speakers carry them (spreading them evenly over both speakers).

yeah my sub is def mono