Mix Cube

This, and just generally focusing on mids whilst mixing. Avantone Mixcubes really help me with that.

Mixing in headphones or normal monitors never gave me mixes that translated, then I discovered Auratones/Avantones, the little mid-weighted cube speakers you see in photos of studios. Now my mixes translate to everything from monitors to cellphones to home stereos to car stereos. Mixing with proper

Auratone sells their A2-30 amplifier that they make to drive their passive monitors. It's pretty budget conscious. I have it, plus a pair of the newer passive Auratones. I think they're great for checking your midrange, and the A2-30 is a nice small form factor that can fit on your desk. Mine sits b

No auratone, but am using avantones--they are extremely helpful to clear up the midrange, as too much congestion sounds awful on them in a way that might only sound mediocre on full-range, ported speakers. My understanding is the Avantones are a bit more hyped than the Auratones, but this works real

I haven’t found too many people who own the model of Avantone Mixcubes that I bought back in ‘09 (I’d love to know how they compare to the OG Auratones). They were the redesigned amp versions (after complaints of noise from the power supply on them) and came with signed frequency charts by Ken Avant

see I thought this but I don't believe it anymore. The frequency response plots (ironic to even consider the mixcube worthy of such analysis) are terrible. And it's a grotbox I get it, but there are huge resonances from 5Khz and up. The plot I saw (I'll link it) has about a 13db difference from 4 to

Right now I'm just using my single Avantone mixcube + HD650s (with Sonarworks correction) and they get me about 95% of the way there with all my mixes. Untreated room and sort of temporary living situation so I won't be changing that. My midrange feels great on just these two. I occasionally test in

Try switching to mono to check levels. On speakers/monitors. Or, get an Avantone mixcube. This never lets me down when getting levels right. It may take some time to get used to (it's strong in mid frequencies) it but, it's very good for levels especially when posting audio to social media (mono/wea

As already noted- Auratones are better for the midrange focus purpose than Avantones, which are a bit too full range. Not sure which version you have (there are quite a few), but they should be useful if you understand their purpose.

I've never used the Auratone. Because it's mono if you have something hard left (or right I forget) it doesn't represent on the Avantone. I'm running it as an ALT from my Apollo Twin. It's not a huge deal, I know it so if I want to check something that's blind I just pan it over and then put it back