What do you use for Monitoring?

[cellardweller]

What do you use for monitoring playback?

Sorry about the omission of Mac playback option. Please substitute Mac for PC , if you will, and describe your set up.

What kind of soundcard? What kind of monitors? What kind of cans? ETC...

I dump my tracks on my PC, and monitor on Yorkville YSM1P, via integrated soundcard. I do intend to get a REAL soundcard, as I've been told that their is a huge difference.

[mrmope]

I am using Fostex VF 80 and am using Yorkville YSM1P's
as monitors. I think I will be getting a VF 160 in the near future.

[Lawrence Bulloc]

Fostex VF80: Alesis monitor 1 MK2s

For the cheap set, I know...

[Axe4Yahweh]

Fostex VF160CDR>PC>M Audio SP-5B Nearfields.

[squeezil]

Surprised to see in the poll that most use headphones...I do understand though. I finally have a deticated mixing area with some JBL's (studio type) speakers-very nice quality, and some big home speakers with 12" woofers-plus head phones....Gives a nice combo of sounds.

[bsr2002]

I dump my tracks to my PC from my MR-8 and monitor on Telex EV SonicXS 2.1 PC Multimedia Speaker System, via Santa Cruz soundcard. I also use AKG K-66 Headphones.


http://www.epinions.com/pr-Speakers_...EV_SONICXS_2_1


Budget, budget, budget........






http://hire_on_the_fly.tripod.com

[T1ny]

Dump tracks from the MR-8 to the PC and use my Fostex PM 0.5 monitors. Still using a Soundblaster live for a sound card.

(Just got the speakers 2 days ago so I'm still getting used to them!)

[carelessorc]

Alesis Monitor One Mk2 Actives. Nice

Orc

[apl]

I use a pair of $25 Sony headphones during tracking and rough mixing. Then I use Event PS6 monitors for final mixing.

[Track Rat]

Track to a HD24, dump the tracks into a PC/ Cakewalk9 through a MOTU 2408 mkII to edit, back to the HD24 to mix through my console (Tascam M3500). I monitor through Yorkville YSM-1's and JBL4311's. I'm not picky about headphones. I have about 10 pairs of Aiwa HP X223's. Decent isolation and they don't fold over to badly when pushed hard. I've had too many pairs destroyed by clients to spend more than $30 on a pair of headphones.

[Rokket]

I was too emabarrassed to take the poll...

[timboZ]

For recording:
VF160 --> Samson Resolve 65A or AKG K240s

For mixing
PC --> Audition 1.5 --> --> Emu 1212m --> Samson Resolve 65A

[Milkbomb]

VF 160 to PM1's.

[Rokket]

Originally Posted by Rokket

I was too emabarrassed to take the poll...

Ok, I took it.
I use headphones.

[lbanks]

A pair of Tapco S-5.

[BentRabbit]

VF-16/MR8 for tracking and use either some cheap ($25-$30) cans or a pair of Edirol MA10DBK Digital Powered Studio Monitors.

Dump into laptop using either card reader (MR8), Lightpipe, or CDRW and mix using the Edirols.

My next investment will be for some Wharfedales or Events... Or perhaps Yorkvilles? How are the YSM's?

[billisa]

VF160 to Fostex PM-05's. Also use Sennheiser 280Pros.

[gmiller1122]

Using VF80 to record -- Yamaha headphones, then dump to nTrack on PC, where I use Roland MA-8.

Don't be embarrassed, y'all -- we live in the real world, with sleeping kids, neighbors, families, etc...

[Dino1956]

Yamaha MS-10 Self Powered Speakers (Monitors).

[Track Rat]

Originally Posted by BentRabbit

My next investment will be for some Wharfedales or Events... Or perhaps Yorkvilles? How are the YSM's?

The YSM-1s are very useable. I'm on my second pair.

[Carter]

Cubase, M-Audio 24/96, Fostex 450, Sony 7506'/ Event PS6 or 20/20's

[cellardweller]

Carter, I didn't know you used an AP 2496. Do you have two rooms, live and control, if not how do you monitor through headphones?

[cellardweller]

Originally Posted by Track Rat

The YSM-1s are very useable. I'm on my second pair.

I'm on my first pair, and just curious, how did you wear out a pair, and how long did you have them?

[Track Rat]

I blew up the first pair. I had the monitors up very loud, made a bad patch and set up a feedback loop at about 140 dB. My fault. They were about two years old at that time.

[Carter]

Originally Posted by cellardweller

Carter, I didn't know you used an AP 2496. Do you have two rooms, live and control, if not how do you monitor through headphones?

I do have two rooms, I go from the 24/96 outs to channel 1 & 2 on the Fostex 450 8x4x2. the Fostex has control room outs for my two sets of monitors (I switch monitors via pachbay) and two headphone outs. The good thing is they have seperate volume controls (Control room and headphone out), one of the headphone outs is to me the other to the patchbay that connects to the headphone amp in the live room.