Do your mixes sound great in your studio but fall apart in your car?
When reflecting on how to mix, its important to consider the many ways in which our audience listens to the music they enjoy. Many pieces of listening equipment are advertised to be a stereo perspective. Laptops, Bluetooth speakers, Home sound systems usually feature two speakers which makes their output stereo, But do you really hear them this way?
The true stereo perspective comes from sitting an equal distance away from two speakers, an equal distance away from each other, together forming an equilateral triangle.
This is how most of us mix our music, but do consumers ALWAYS listen to music this way? Speaker sources are affected by the listeners position in the Room. The room is the biggest factor that can distort how we perceive music to sound. Its an important thing to consider while mixing. Many listeners will be experiencing your music from outside the near stereo field of studio monitors and because of this, that perspective needs to be considered when mixing. That perspective is Mono.
Mono is the perspective of a single output source. This involves Listening to your mix through one speaker to make sure everything is heard clearly. At this angle we can be sure that everything has its own space and is clearly audible without being fooled by false stereo separation.
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