post fade stage
Near Field Monitors (part of a Mr Soul post)
Good near field monitors play an essential role in consistent referencing.
The monitors should be capable of reproducing frequencies from 60hz to 17Khz and be able to handle high SPL, and set up in a triangular fashion 3-4 feet apart.
Make sure the monitors are not too close to the plane of the console so to minimize high frequency reflections that will corrupt proper imaging.
If you’re using monitors that are not true in frequency response, equalize the monitors in the monitor stage (post fade) to allow for discrepancies. This will alleviate you from incorrectly EQing your mix to compensate for inaccurate monitors.
Also the distance from your ears to the monitors should be set up so the room acoustics do not play a significant role in the sound of your mix.
For example, if the monitors are too far away and the room is reflective your mix will sound too dry.
How does one do this?
What if you fed a swept frequency (which you can generate in CoolEdit)to the
output. Mic the speakers and feed what the mic hears to a wav file.
Then see what a spectrum analyzer sees and adjust your master EQ to
obtain the flatest reading you can.
Or adjust the EQ on the speaker (if it has one)to obtain the flatest response.
Thx 7 that link I gave was for a live sound system 
I’ll consider what you’ve posted but will look for an easier way first.
Don’t have cool edit or a spectrum analyzer.
I have slides, cords, strings and straps.
You get spectrum analyzers at the drug store don’t ya? I know who I should be askin! 
HOW TO EQ HEADPHONES
THIS ONE MIGHT APPLY
Here’s one quick way to do it;
http://www.jblpro.com/catalog/General/Product.aspx?PId=28&MId=7
Although the thing is, once you understand how what you are hearing in your monitoring space translates to other contexts, you can get it pretty close.
Thx thomas i’ll try that aaa the cash factor
Looks like well need some “Pink noise” a sine wave sweep, and an ingenious little program called “SineGen”. darn!
CoolEdit is a free download. You can google the free ver.
Does the same thing and has pink noise generator as well.
Work on the room first. It’s part of the instrument. 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar02/articles/monitors.asp
Cheers 7 Jack Daniels said hi
I’ll get cool edit and pink sound.
I do very much appreciate your help
Thx to you to phoo
make do with an existing room and off-the-shelf monitors. It’s not always easy to get accurate results under these circumstances, but, by applying a few basic principles, you should be able to produce good mixes that sound reasonably accurate when played back on other audio systems. I actually expect more than that.
We’ll see what they have to say though…
I wan’t y’all to know I
just labored 12 straight hrs mastering a song today and tonight!
I think it’s going to be one of my better attempts but won’t know until monyanna.
There’s no law stating that I can’t get lucky before I have my room and monitors balanced and purrin
The song has passed all the low and moderate volume tests but we’ll see when I crank it up tomorrow.
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Cheers 7 Jack Daniels said hi
I'll get cool edit and pink sound. I do very much appreciate your help
Thx to you to phoo
make do with an existing room and off-the-shelf monitors. It's not always easy to get accurate results under these circumstances, but, by applying a few basic principles, you should be able to produce good mixes that sound reasonably accurate when played back on other audio systems. I actually expect more than that.
We'll see what they have to say though..
I wan't y'all to know I
just labored 12 straight hrs mastering a song today and tonight!
I think it's going to be one of my better attempts but won't know until monyanna.
There's no law stating that I can't get lucky before I have my room and monitors balanced and purrin
The song has passed all the low and moderate volume tests but we'll see when I crank it up tomorrow.
In reference to the room. I will move if this room can't produce.
I did manage to do most of the mastering in the new room.
By placing my free standing monitors at head level, and set up in a triangle.
About 3 and a half feet apart, from me and speaker to speaker.
But the monitors are not equalized yet.
http://www.homestudioguru.com/1293/whats-your-favorite-audio-myth/
This is REALLY good stuff, especailly when Ethan is talking about standing waves and how things change with even the smallest head movements.
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Cheers 7 Jack Daniels said hi
George Jones says hi
Yeah Cool Edit is cool. It might do audio analysis and sinus signal generation, too. Been a while since I used it. Audacity does some of the same stuff.
According to wikipedia, pink noise is used to test speakers and such.
Wikipedia: Pink Noise,
links to some noise samples too.
Here is an analyser:
Inspector
Dunno if the link is OK, I’m using the older Elemental Audio release of the same plug-in.
Anyhow, if you go this route, the EQ response of whatever recording chain you are using is gonna be an issue.
I:-T
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Cheers 7 Jack Daniels said hi
George Jones says hi
7, Jack Daniels said HIGHER
Just kiddin for cryin out loud, don't do booze for breakfast! At least no more than a tablespoon full ;)