strtblstr,
While I'm downloading your song .....
I'm learning to home record too....
Headphones and mixing ..... don't mix!
Well, maybe they do, but the inherent problem with headphones is you are creating a closed environment to you ear. With a good set of headphone even a bad mix sounds good.
That's not to say "don't get headphones", you'll need them anyway. But when it comes down to "getting the sound" and mixing it down, real monitors are the only way to go. That way you get exactly what others are going hear on their systems. You can really fine tune the mix that way.
( ok ... now let me eat some crow here ...
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I don't have monitors yet and I do use headphones to record and mix. And the problem I have every single time .. it sounds great with HD's on, sounds "mushy" thru speakers in an open air enviromment.
any way ....... you song is almost down ....
Les