Mix Balance – Level sounds Headphones vs. Studio Monitors – Production Techniques Forum

Likely, yes, you can lower these sounds. If you are checking mixes – and please do on more than headphones – if things stick out then lower them 1-2 dB and check again, equally if you find an element has got lost then raise it a bit.

Keep checking and adjusting, try some different speakers. And don’t forget your room and monitors may have its own bumps and dips.

*One caveat for headphones… Check a headphone response EQ curve and just double check that the headphones don’t have an EQ bump at that frequency.