Question re: burning CD's

[camo]

I have finally progressed to the point of trying to burn CD's of my completed JS tracks (final mix-down with vocals, efx, etc.). I get a good result with WAV. files, except for one problem. Everything sounds great except for the bass which is exagerated. Often to the point of ruining the song. These same tracks however, sound great played on my computer. The CD even sounds great when played through my DVD player (which comes out of the speakers on the tv). The exagerated bass is most noticable when played on the car stero. I can adjust the stereo and get it to sound good, but I should be able to just play it (like any other CD) without re-configuring the system. So, am I going to have to go back and reduce the bass on all my JS music tracks and re-do everything, or can I use a EQ to reduce the bass enough to save the track? Shoudl I try compression on the entire finished track to combat this as well? Just curious if anyone else has ever had this problem.

[Ant]

  What everyone should do is have a DAW so you can edit your sound before you get to the point of burning Cd's.Your sound should be monitored wit LTD read out so you can tell how hot the song is.Bass should always be compressed.

[camo]

Thanks Ant! I am using Audacity. I usually normailze all the tracks (inlcuding the JS music track) before mixing. I will go back and try compressing the music track before I output the final mix to WAV and see if that helps, along with a little EQ'ing of the music track to reduce the bass frequencies.

[camo]

Compressing and EQ'ing the Jam Studio music track does'nt help. In fact, this makes the music track sound like its coming out of a tiny am radio. The problem is that I simply mixed in too much bass guitar when I created the music tracks. Fortunately, I kept those tracks so all I had to do was open them up in Jam Studio and reduce the bass guitar track by half, then export them out again as mp3's. Then, open my DAW and simply replace the original music track with the new, reduced bass track. The only down side is that I did not keep all my original masters so there are a few songs that will need new vocals, but hey, live and learn, right? Word to the wise: Be carefull with that bass guitar when composing in Jam Studio. My new rule of thumb is, no matter how cool that bass sounds, don't mix it in past the half way mark or it could ruin your final mix. Better yet, leave it out and export it seperately (if there are enough tracks on your DAW), then you will have total control of it later on in the mixing process. 

[Ant]

  the best thing is to make a file for each instrument and mix it as separate tracks.Them keep your Master tracks.

[wyotryot]

I'm happy to say I've not had an issue with the bass.
Sorry about your problem.

[camo]

My problem turned out to be my headphones. They were not reproducing bass sounds well enough for me to hear them properly. Thats why I was cranking the bass up so much when creating my Jam Studio music tracks. I did not realize that I was doing this until I played the finished product back on a car stereo. Too bad I wasn't making house or techno music! I just re-mixed my JS tracks with less bass. I have since learned to watch that kick drum too. Ant was on target about mixing sound "too hot".