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Tarekith wrote:I rent a townhouse and have a studio in the basement. I don't think it HAS to be loud to make music though, in fact since I started turning it down my mixdowns have been sounding better than ever.

Loud = Fun sometimes, but not always better.

you are 100% right ,i produce on cheap monitors (alesis mk2) ,but sometimes i wanna know what it would sound on a stage sound & press the red button of my 2kw system ,i love it when the whole house start shaking & the funitures start dancing by themselves .

I own my house and have a studio in the back room, doesn't seem to keep the kids up, or I put on headphones, the house is in a light indutrial area so not to many neighbours. When me and my co-Live dude jam we go to his work (radio station software) they have good monitors and whole three storey building to ourselves on weekends. Also I'm a sound engineer at a large film/tv post facility so late night and some weekends I can access three theatres (96 channel AMEK consoles and multiple Protools HD3) or twenty-one edit suites (PT HD1 or Mix+, Tannoy 5.1 powered monitors), the theatres are alright if you just want to hear your music loud but in film/tv theatres they start to roll off the high end at about 6kHz and it's almost gone by 16kHz so it's not so good for mixing/listening (big system tho')

Lots of options is nice.

Good point about mixing at lower volumes, that was something was impressed upon me a lot while at audio engineering school. It is nice to practice mixing at loud volume sometimes though, just to get that club feel.

I also make hard rock so I play drums,guitar,bass and sing- so I do need to be able to be pretty loud for that. Electronic drums are the solution for apartments or situations in which I cannot be so loud.

So...the hunt for an affordable house continues! I may just end up in an apartment mixing at lower volumes or with headphones...

there is always this if you have a bit of money :
http://www.studiospares.com/viewproduct ... p=1&gid=15
http://www.esmono.nl/