Over the past 12 months I have been focusing on learning my board(Roland VS2400CD) and also getting the sounds I want out of my instruments and amps.  I have been working on one song that is still baffling me. It sounds great on every system except my PA system, where it sounds unlike commercial recordings. Though in the car, at home, everywhere else it seems to sound fine. I am not up to snuff on my compression skills and havent really come to grips with panning. I record and mix and try to get the levels perfect while recording each instrument.  Anyone else run into this one song syndrome?  What did you do to solve the problem?

 I suspect a lot of the problem is not knowing the board completely, though a lot seems to come from unfimiliarity with what makes a commercial recording sparkle and have that radio playable sound(other than the $50,000 worth of recording time).

 I figure once I learn my board and get the sound I want for one song, every other song will be a snap as I will have that basic 80's type of sound I am looking for(think Alan Parsons, Asia, Toto).