Mackie HR824
Yamaha NS-10
So what are all you studs using for monitors?
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Behringer Truth's - oddly enough they sound great in the room I'm in.
Well I get very accurate mixes with them myself which is what counts.
Great monitor for those of us on a very limited budget I might add :).
Well I get very accurate mixes with them myself which is what counts.
Great monitor for those of us on a very limited budget I might add :).
My aren't the wings of butterflies beautiful and do they not make wonderful perturbations.....
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is it worth it to buy a good sub for monitoring, or is any old garage sale powered sub gonna do the trick?
Genelec 8030's - heaven in a pint-sized box
I've only had them for 4 days. Simply "deelish" to use a technical term. I wish I could say something objective about them, but I can't 
I was worried that they wouldn't have enough bottom-end (58Hz), but they're fine. The bass sounds so crisp, I'm in love. I haven't got any music written for the last 4 days. I just sit here putting on favourite bits of music and swooning.
-Rick
I was worried that they wouldn't have enough bottom-end (58Hz), but they're fine. The bass sounds so crisp, I'm in love. I haven't got any music written for the last 4 days. I just sit here putting on favourite bits of music and swooning.-Rick
soundproofing your room, on a budget:Parisongs wrote:I really appreciate all the responses. I know when it comes to my mixing environment I need bass traps. I have hard corners behind and 2.5 feet to the L-R of my speakers. The speakers are not right up against the wall - they are on rubberized stands that are part of a Quicklok studio desk. The wall is close behind which makes me think the Mackies would be good because they feature a function switch that accomodate for a scenario like this. Anyone know anything about that?
This siteDoes anybody know, or have a link to information on what kind of room sizes are best suited to monitor/driver sizes?
http://www.realtraps.com/videos.htm might have something for us. I'm going to check out the video. This guy Ethan Winer is supposed to be the man when it comes to acoustics.
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/hearnoevil.pdf
Here's some general advice whan it comes to monitoring:
-If you're producing tracks for live performance, you probably want speakers with bumpin' low-end, and some power, so you can "feel" the track. Just like a guitar or any other instrument, if you have a good sound, you'll be inspired to create.
-If you're mixing an album, I prefer NOT to have extended low freqs, I'd rather hear detailed mids. I enjoy the sound of Genelec 1031's (they're pretty, but they lie to your face, kinda like some women I know...), but I trust the sound of my NS-10's. Plus, I always reference my mixes on crappy speakers, preferably in mono. Auratones (Horrortones), a boombox, or an old tv work great.
-Of course your room is part of the sound, too. Unless your room is built specifically for music, you probably have parallel walls, and NODES, (certain freqs, mostly low, will build up and cancel out in certain parts of the room, depending on room size, absorption, etc. Listen to a familiar CD, and walk around the room, to hear how the sound changes with your location. Sometimes listening to mixes outside the door is a good alternate reference).
-You and your speakers should form an equalateral triangle, for accurate stereo field. If you have a decent sounding room, you can spread the speakers further apart and sit further back, but if the room is less than ideal, I'd place them closer and sit closer.
I love my NS-10's! Despite my opinion, Genelecs are popular, but not cheap, I think the Mackie 824's are a reasonably priced alternative. I know Event 20/20's are popular, but I think the bottom end is too big and flabby, but hey, maybe you like big bottoms!
-If you're producing tracks for live performance, you probably want speakers with bumpin' low-end, and some power, so you can "feel" the track. Just like a guitar or any other instrument, if you have a good sound, you'll be inspired to create.
-If you're mixing an album, I prefer NOT to have extended low freqs, I'd rather hear detailed mids. I enjoy the sound of Genelec 1031's (they're pretty, but they lie to your face, kinda like some women I know...), but I trust the sound of my NS-10's. Plus, I always reference my mixes on crappy speakers, preferably in mono. Auratones (Horrortones), a boombox, or an old tv work great.
-Of course your room is part of the sound, too. Unless your room is built specifically for music, you probably have parallel walls, and NODES, (certain freqs, mostly low, will build up and cancel out in certain parts of the room, depending on room size, absorption, etc. Listen to a familiar CD, and walk around the room, to hear how the sound changes with your location. Sometimes listening to mixes outside the door is a good alternate reference).
-You and your speakers should form an equalateral triangle, for accurate stereo field. If you have a decent sounding room, you can spread the speakers further apart and sit further back, but if the room is less than ideal, I'd place them closer and sit closer.
I love my NS-10's! Despite my opinion, Genelecs are popular, but not cheap, I think the Mackie 824's are a reasonably priced alternative. I know Event 20/20's are popular, but I think the bottom end is too big and flabby, but hey, maybe you like big bottoms!
KRK?
I have a dilema and feel this should be a good topic to post this dilema. Well for the first question that started this topic I like the KRK's I've heard good reviews and I've seen them on Americanmusicalsupply.com for $249 each for the KRK 8".
Well my dilema is a just sold my Fender Hotrod deluxe tube amp and my intentions were to replace this with another guitar amp being this was the only one I had. But I've really focused on recording and I'm of course using Live 5 and Reason 3 and I use alot of guitar pedals and soft/analog/modeling synths ..etc....I've been using just my home pioneer stereo with 2 10" home speakers. So would anyone suggest forgetting the amp which I was going to get the Vox Valvetronics 10" 30 watt amp for $239. But I'm thinking a good pair of Powered monitors would do the trick and just play my guitar through the monitors. I also just purchased a ART tube mic Preamp which really boost my line level for guitar and analog synths and such.......I'll cut loose but any suggestions would be really great being I already sold my Fender amp and I'm ready to make this purchase but need help....
Thanks
Dustin
Well my dilema is a just sold my Fender Hotrod deluxe tube amp and my intentions were to replace this with another guitar amp being this was the only one I had. But I've really focused on recording and I'm of course using Live 5 and Reason 3 and I use alot of guitar pedals and soft/analog/modeling synths ..etc....I've been using just my home pioneer stereo with 2 10" home speakers. So would anyone suggest forgetting the amp which I was going to get the Vox Valvetronics 10" 30 watt amp for $239. But I'm thinking a good pair of Powered monitors would do the trick and just play my guitar through the monitors. I also just purchased a ART tube mic Preamp which really boost my line level for guitar and analog synths and such.......I'll cut loose but any suggestions would be really great being I already sold my Fender amp and I'm ready to make this purchase but need help....
Thanks
Dustin