fthesoundguy
Senior Member
I'll just add one more thing to what people have said here. It really depends on what kind of music that you are mixing. If its just a standard rock band, a more immersive 5.1 mix will sound better. If there are a lot of sound effects or synthesizers and you are not making that stuff fly around the room, then shame on the engineer. Don't do a bunch of panning if the music does not suit it.
Also, I will just make a point to echo what was said above. Do NOT cater to the LCD. A great mix in your studio is a great mix anywhere. Some engineers use airpods, their car or avantone/auratone small reference speakers to listen to their mixes to make sure that it correlates properly. It's a little harder to do with surround mixes, but I would take your them to a couple different places if you can just to hear it in environments that you are not familiar with. Something might pop out to you during those listens that needs to get fixed. I'm sure plenty of people here would be willing to give some feedback on your mixes if you want.
Also, I will just make a point to echo what was said above. Do NOT cater to the LCD. A great mix in your studio is a great mix anywhere. Some engineers use airpods, their car or avantone/auratone small reference speakers to listen to their mixes to make sure that it correlates properly. It's a little harder to do with surround mixes, but I would take your them to a couple different places if you can just to hear it in environments that you are not familiar with. Something might pop out to you during those listens that needs to get fixed. I'm sure plenty of people here would be willing to give some feedback on your mixes if you want.