Mix notes
Make your mix understandable on a small speaker
How it works
Load your mix to audition the Smartphone Speaker profile, which combines restricted bass, focused mids and limited upper bandwidth with mono playback. This page selects the phone profile when you enter; you can change it without interrupting playback. Review original-file loudness, peak, stereo and broad tonal diagnostics alongside listening. Strongly negative channel correlation or a large fold-down loss can identify material that loses level when channels combine. Compare with Studio Flat and independent Mono, then audition your own phone.
Listen for the musical anchors
Export a listening copy and audition it on your own phone using a normal player. Keep the volume comfortable and listen in a reasonably quiet place. Ask whether the lead vocal, melody and rhythmic pulse remain easy to follow. Deep bass may become less audible on a small transducer; listen for the bass part’s upper harmonics rather than expecting subwoofer weight. Check both dense choruses and sparse verses, because intelligibility can change as the arrangement fills up.
Investigate before adding brightness
Use the band-energy view as a broad comparison, not an automatic EQ prescription. A low-heavy reading does not prove that the song lacks mobile clarity. Masking between vocal, guitars, synths and percussion may be the real issue. Compare a trusted reference through the same phone at a similar listening level, then return to the mix session. Try arrangement, balance or selective processing changes before applying a bright shelf to the entire master.
Keep the limits visible
Phone hardware, speaker placement, playback volume and built-in processing vary, so this generic profile cannot guarantee translation to every device. The approximation cannot reproduce those factors or confirm audible distortion on your phone. Diagnostics continue to measure the original file, not the simulation. Integrated readings also hide section-specific problems. Repeat the real-device audition after important changes and check headphones or studio monitors as well. Treat small-speaker listening as a complementary musical test, while the general readiness percentage remains a separate technical checklist.
Frequently asked questions
Is the phone simulation active?
Yes. Entering this page selects Smartphone Speaker. Its bass restriction, focused mids and mono approximation affect listening only; you can select another profile at any time.
Can I measure mono compatibility now?
Yes. Correlation, side energy and measured mono fold-down are available. Use Mono for an independent listening check. Smartphone Speaker is intrinsically mono even when manual Mono is off.
Should I remove bass for phones?
Not automatically. Compare real listening and references; upper harmonics, arrangement and masking can matter more than broad low-frequency energy.