Hi, I dictated a long dictation and it got lost. I will summarize it again.
I use an ART EQ341 dual channel 15 band 2/3 active equalizer. I use a CD called Helicopter Girl, how to steal the world. This is an old 1990 CD. Song 9. Subliminal punk is the song you tune your speakers to. Then, when you listen to song 1. Escape cloud it sounds unbelievable.
By tuning your room and the speakers to make the song sound good, you'll find when you actively nicks anything, it will translate out to most of the systems. This is an old trick that eliminates do utilization of all kinds of electronic room tuning equipment. It is best to tune the room to your ears.
If you are not a spring chicken with great hearing, you're going to find that you will start to have a hearing loss at 1500 Hz. That is the fact of life with everyone in the industry.
If you have some type of sound dampening in your room, so it does not sound too bright, you should be able to easily tune your speakers.
I have a commercial recording studio and people always talk about tuning the room. However if you tune your control room to this particular song on the album, this is an award winning album and it has virtually all of the instrumentation you will need.
By the way, I am both analog and digital. I am running 2" inch and log tape for acquisition Otari MTR90 through a Soundtracs console, with Dolby SR 24 I reduction.
I am also digital with an Antelope Orion 32+
Mac Pro with a 12 TB raid. Also Raven MTI2. monitors.
The speakers are old Electro Voice patrician speakers placedinto infinity cabinets with woofers and sub woofers. They stand 7 feet high. I am running this with a Yamaha power amp. The subwoofers are also powered.
As with all older studios, I use Yamaha NS10m studio speakers powered by Crown amps and Tannoy 6D Active speakers with sub woofers.
I know that this system works because I've been using it this way for years. I have just completed Recording and editing a 40 piece wind ensemble and an 18 piece jazz group.
Yesterday I finished another album of rock.
Purchase one more piece of gear, an Active equalizer and buy the album off of eBay. You'll find this will be the easiest way to tune your studio without all of the fancy electronics that the stores want to sell you.
Tom