Don't Make This Mistake When Mixing With Spectrum Analyzers

Sound on Sound Article

00:00 Intro
00:26 Spectrum Analyzers I’ll be using for example
02:04 Pink Noise Slope
03:16 Slopes on Spectrum Analyzers
05:00 Key Points

TAGS: sound design, serum, free serum presets, sam smyers, voxango span, spectrum analyzer, spectral analyzer, frequency analyzer, ableton, ozone

[INNERMONO_]

With lower frequencies needing a lot more energy compared to highs in relation to loudness the spectrum 0db makes sense to my brain but the voxengo one by default makes my brain just go nah somethings off here haha glad you cleared that up for me though I wasn't aware of this :)

[kylelav]

you should show how to make "food for the soul - it's murph"

[zechs]

But how should it look in the end with a finished track? If you have the slope set to 4.5 in span, do you ideally want everything to be relatively level across the frequency spectrum?

[martijn_nl]

I wonder why white and pink noise are often referred to as a frequency balance reference. I have Izotope Audiolens installed to compare music to spectral references like other tracks or white, pink and brown noise. Most commercial tracks have a spectral balance closest to brown noise.

[wilbvr_]

Is a good mix for most bass heavy edm supposed to have a -3db slope?

[Saied_Official]

And what's the point of the slope to begin with? Isn't that deceiving