Cakewalk Analyst - Does it work??

Admittedly, I'm fumbling through the mixing process
I have a piece that had a bass track with a little edge (treble) in it and a kick with a nice snap
I mixed down the song and then played it on several different systems (stereo, boom box, car)
The "edge" didn't really come through, and the bottom end seemed kind of muddy
I've read and been told getting the bottom end in a mix right is not that easy. So I have more work to do
I went into the tracks using the analyst to see where I was picking up the mud
Each time I EQ'd out from 100 & down. Even on a picked guitar, hitting "max" on the analyst shows a high value on the far left of the graph (I assume 20hz)
Can anyone tel me how I'm using the analyst incorrectly?? Or does it just not work this way?
Is there something else that does show the frequencies accurately??
Any help appreciated
 

thanks for the tip
i'll try that out

 
+1 for Voxengo Span
 
Bram, check out THIS POST I made a while back showing its basic usage.

Thanks Steve - I will try this out

Thanks again Steve
I printed out your screen shots & will print the manual as well
I loaded up span and compared what the analyst was showing against span
span showed what I would have expected in the frequencies and analyst looked out to lunch
On a hi hat it shows 20hz as 75% up the graph! span show zip until about half way across, which is what I would have expected to see
My conclusion: the analyst is useless
thanks again for your help

Thanks for the tip f@ker
I have a high pass on everything but the bass & kick
I'll try the 400hz cut as soon as I can & see what that does