Anyone have to adjust...

ctrulock
ctrulock Posts: 73
edited November 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
Balence according to the recording? I mean each cd is different (mastering), right? I use my knob on most cd changes. I must be insane huh? But i like the kick drum centered and sometimes vocals unless its like The Beatles (best band ever) or some prog rock craziness. Please give me some feedback. Thanks!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2007
    ..No
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2007
    No, never had to on any type of recording. Maybe you could go into more detail about the issue you are having.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2007
    I would do most anything, but I won't do that. No I won't do that.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited November 2007
    I love the Meat....wish he was still touring.

    And No,never have to adjust......
    But as a man,aren't we always adjusting?
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited November 2007
    Reference this topic: don't you love the old Beatles recordings where they are singing in one speaker, guitars in the other. Talk about stereo abuse.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2007
    What's a balance knob????
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2007
    ND13 wrote: »
    What's a balance knob????
    Unnecessary. :D
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2007
    never, i say never, touch the balance .....
    Testing
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited November 2007
    Same here...never touch it.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited November 2007
    The only one I know around here that has the balance a tad to the right is hearingimpared ;)
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited November 2007
    If I'm not sitting exactly in the center I will use the balance control to put me in the center of the music. I also like to make small adjustments to the balance to make corrections between the room and the recording. I have a remote that allows me to adjust the balance. If I didn't have the remote balance feature I probably won't adjust the balance however. To much getting up and down.
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited November 2007
    Balance is useful for testing stuff, but not for listening to "what the artist intended", I put that in quotes because what the artist REALLY intends may be much different than the record label tells the recording engineer to actually do.

    I will say this though... it is because of the god damned Beatles that we have to deal with these !@#$!$#$@ recordings these days with no dynamic range. You can thank Phil Spector for that "gift" to the recording industry.

    I say, do what your ears tell you is "right"... if it sounds good to you, gives you pleasure, makes you want to listen again and again... then it can't be that bad eh? No sense in being punished because of the ineptitude of recording engineers or big label executives.
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