in my bedroom ive got the event 20/20 biamped monitors, and they sound nice as hell, generally very flat and with the potential to let you know when youve got a good amount of bass. they sound real sweet for what i paid for them (about $800 USD) compared to other shit i looked at.....
tom ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Brendan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 15:44:22 -0000 >You also need to consider the dimensions and acoustics of the room in >which you do your mix-downs. For example, a smaller room might not have >the space for the low-frequency waveforms to properly unfold, meaning >that you might want monitors that do emphasise bass somewhat. If you're >in a large room, however, then you will get a proper bass response >anyway, and any attempt to emphasise bass frequencies on your monitors >will have an overamplification effect. > >I mix down in a pretty small room, so am probably going to go for the >Alesis M-1 monitors when I can be arsed to ditch my hi-fi Mission >speakers! But my process for properly mixing down tracks currently >involves listening to them in the studio, then in my bedroom, then on my >flatmates crap-but-bassy sound system downstairs, then on headphones at >work, then at my friend's house, etc etc etc. I also like to have the >track playing in my room, and walk in slowly from outside - it's often >interesting to see which parts of the song are the first things you hear >as you "walk in" on it, rather than always listening to it bloody loud >from start to finish... > >Brendan > >| -----Original Message----- >| From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >| Sent: 05 December 2002 15:40 >| To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org' >| Subject: RE: (313) Studio Monitors >| >| >| >| > M-Audio Studiophile SP-5B's are nice (I have a pair). I've >| heard great >| > things about the Behringer Truth monitors too. >| >| i've heard this too tho i've heard build quality isn't really there. >| >| keep the suggestions coming folks as i'm about to get >| something to replace >| the 15 year old wharfedale hifi speakers i use. >| >| two schools of thought: >| >| something with no strong bass so that your mixes don't >| undercompensate on >| the bass (downside: you don't hear the bas freq and you >| overcompensate) >| >| something with strong bass as this is dance music yer >| producing and it's >| designed for big speakers (downside: you produce music that >| doesn't have >| enough bass as the speaker flatters) >| >| >| obviously you want something completely neutral (ns10s? top end a bit >| bright?) >| >| anyway i guess this is offtopic but it interests me anyway :) >| >| >| robin... >| >| > ________________________________________________________________ andythepooh.com
