12-01-2018, 09:10 AM
Boomyness can be caused by your room. In the long run it's not a solution to make a mix thinner to avoid problems.
Make or find a test file that plays notes one by one from some low note (C 32.70 hz ?) up to somewhere G (196 hz). Small interval between every note to silence the room. It may happen that you really hear your room's problems and get more insight to your mixing environment. Some note may die altogether and some notes may be very boomy. Listen the same file with good mixing headphones. If they are good, you should hear natural note progression. That kind of test shocked me some years sago and made me to treat my room.
Of course one can do real measurements but they will give you only numbers, not the emotional shock effect.
Make or find a test file that plays notes one by one from some low note (C 32.70 hz ?) up to somewhere G (196 hz). Small interval between every note to silence the room. It may happen that you really hear your room's problems and get more insight to your mixing environment. Some note may die altogether and some notes may be very boomy. Listen the same file with good mixing headphones. If they are good, you should hear natural note progression. That kind of test shocked me some years sago and made me to treat my room.
Of course one can do real measurements but they will give you only numbers, not the emotional shock effect.