Hello there, you’ve got such a great knowledge about production, mixing, mastering and acoustics which leads me to the following: you deserve a lot more subscribers on your channel. Any producer out there, no matter what genre, can learn from your video’s. Keep up the good work. Best, Emiel.

I saw this recommended and I thought it was about stereo image in mixing. I'm always very impressed by Wintersun their orchestral layers. I hear instruments all around me and it always look like the instruments are outside of my earbyds when I'm listening to it, I can identify the location of all of them, and after watching so many mixing video's, I'm yet to figure out...

I remember when I got my first set of monitor speakers. I fired them up and wondered at first if I had done something wrong, as the sound was clearly coming from my computer screen, and then I realized there's no way the sound I was hearing could be coming from those tiny built-in speakers.

Putting wooden disks under your soundcard helps as well I heard

Nice Vid! And i totally Agree. Especially about placement of the speakers! Its to me the most important as each room needs a totally different aproach with placement of speakers even you use the same ones!! It took me a very long time to find it in my home studio as its actually a horrible room. Still after a very long way i am very happy after all! I use the genelec 8030c and found a great place in my room but didnt expect to end the way i did. They do sound amazing on this place, any other place they actually sound bad. But i also use two Mirage m5-si at the same time and they are bipolar so radiate both directions and i got the right fase and timing of both systems and it sounds great to me and have a near flat response from 28hertz all the way up. I dampend the walls and ceiling, have two very nice bass traps which work the way i want. And two diffusors to make the room sound larger as it is and that also works very well. Like you said yourself, with those things your ears will be more pleased and get less tired with longer sessions. Best regards.

4:20 (sorry)) - It's the operational amp in the output section of the converter. AD8066 is optimal for mixing, best details, best stage and so on. Although you won't find it even in expensive converters. But. You can buy a DAC from one Russian company, for ridiculous amount of money - about $300, that beats e.g. Apogee Rosetta 200

I'll place my speakers wherever the truck I want to!

I'm very impressed by this video !! You get it. You really do! Cheers! ✌😎

In headphones what about the space simulations plugins, like 112 dB Red Line Monitor and Waves NX?, i found that both gives a better "coherence" in sound, although Waves claims his is a complete space simulation, it sounds ok, better than the rest, unfortunetely uses a lot of computer resources.

Been watching all your videos!!!!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Great video dude

People have no idea how much proper placement makes a difference....especially tilting/ rake I have to say, you're missing a vital point. The right way to do placement is focusing on the bass first, then vocalists. The perception of the vocalists should also be at the right height, as he/ she is standing in front of you, NOT sitting down. That's where the magic starts happening....Great vids Wytse...keep it up.

You Rock, my bro =) always!

Speakers on sides or upright? Do a show please!

Sorry, but: no. When I bought my first hi-fi stereo speakers, I tested two pairs of speakers against each other. One of them I was clearly able to locate with closed eyes, the other pair created a soundscape without gap in the middle, making me unable to locate the individual speakers - and those were the ones I bought. I am still using them today, and I am grateful for the fact that I do not need to install a "center" speaker in my home theater. A good stereo image is based on the set of stereo loudspeakers you use. Also: I don't quite see why people bother so much with acoustics. Just use a good set of studio headphones for mixing and test your mix on different kinds of loudspeakers, like in your car and on a laptop. If you feel adventurous, try a phone and earbuds. Why would you trust your mix to a bunch of more or less random room acoustics?

T This is a good subject.

do you have any advice for someone who never has the opportunity to mix on monitors and can only use headphones for the entirety of the composition, sound design, mixing, and mastering process?

Why not use a calibration microphone :)

Rear wall reflections are essential for a proper image, but, the reflections must fall within the Haas Zone.

You need a haircut.