How do folks have their monitors hooked up?

[Dracon]

I'm currently using my computer speakers as monitors, and work pretty good.
They are pretty good speakers.

However, I am concerned on line noise, and was wondering if most folks have their monitors setup from their soundcard or from their mixer's (control room out)?

[Blue Bear Sound]

All my monitors are connected to a Presonus Central Station switcher, allowing me to effortlessly switch between sources and monitors......

[HaflerAmp]

Originally Posted by Blue Bear Sound

allowing me to effortlessly switch between sources and monitors......

You mean it reads your mind and does the switching for you? Wait, for it to be "effortless", you wouldn't even have to think about it.

So you mean it anticipates when you would normally think to switch monitors and/or sources then does it for you?

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally Posted by HaflerAmp

...for it to be "effortless", you wouldn't even have to think about it.

Since when does "effortless" mean that?

Effortless means "without effort".... and I never considered reaching over and hitting a button "effort", but then again, not everyone has the same tactile strength or ability, so maybe it's "effort" for you.........

[HaflerAmp]

ef·fort Audio pronunciation of "effort" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frt)
n.

1. The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion.

So you get to make a new meaning for the word now?

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally Posted by HaflerAmp

ef·fort Audio pronunciation of "effort" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frt)
n.

1. The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion.

So you get to make a new meaning for the word now?

Try again, skippy.............

from Webster's Dictionary
Main Entry: ef·fort·less
Pronunciation: -f&rt-l&s
Function: adjective
: showing or requiring little or no effort
synonym see EASY
- ef·fort·less·ly adverb
- ef·fort·less·ness noun

[Blue Bear Sound]

Oh and Ed - stop starting shit for no reason...........

[HaflerAmp]

What are you, 8 years old?

[HaflerAmp]

Originally Posted by Blue Bear Sound

Oh and Ed - stop starting shit for no reason...........

What are you talking about?

[Blue Bear Sound]

[HaflerAmp]

Originally Posted by Blue Bear Sound

back at you. Now smart boy, explain yourself!

[Blue Bear Sound]

What's there to explain, Ed? I'm asking you to knock off your bullshit.
Seems crystal clear to me... or do you have a comprehension issue? Actually, I suppose you do, since the word "effortless" seemed to confuse you.....

[HaflerAmp]

Who is Ed?

[Dracon]

Well, now that it's clear what effort means or not....

[QUOTE:Blue BEAR]All my monitors are connected to a Presonus Central Station switcher, allowing me to effortlessly switch between sources and monitors......[/QUOTE]

I do not know what a Presonus Central Station switcher means (so I'll assume - again taking the risk of making myself look like an asss), but I suppose it's as you mentioned an electronic device in which you could choose what you are connected to?

Anyway, does that mean that your computer soundcard is also connected to this device? Am I correct in assuming that when you are recording you hear the sound comming directly from the source (via mixer & routed through the switch) and when you listen to the recording you switch to the feed coming from the computer?

In other words, when you are recording the sound coming out of the monitors does not go through your computer soundcard first?

[Dracon]

I just went to your website and that is one nice studio.

[Cyrokk]

For me it's:

Soundcard-->mixer-->pioneer receiver-->monitors

well, until April-ish when I use my tax refund to buy a dedicated amp for my non-powered monitors.

[birdyfoot]

LOL...

That was great, thanks guys.

My audio card/processor is a mixer, M-audio Audiophile 2496.

2496>Receiver>Moniters

It sounds kick ass.

[Massive Master]

Proud Central Station user.

[gtrman_66]

I have two sets of monitors. My Tannoy Reveals are hooked to the control room out on my mixer. I use them primarily during tracking to adat. I also have a set of Roland DS-90's which are fed from the SPDIF out from my DAW soundcard. The Rolands also have analog inputs, which I have routed from one of the stereo outs on the mixer, so I can flip a switch on the back of each Roland and feed them from the mixer too if I want to.

[omodigamog]

I have a pair of Yamaha msp5's hooked up as follows:
soundcard output (cranked up to max. level) goes to a stereo channel on a sony md4 4 track mini disc recorder with mixer section (i'm using it as a mixer because my mixer is broken)."Monitor output" of md4 is then connected directly to speakers.
Et voila'!
Greetings!

[noisedude]

Was that really Ed?

I don't have much gear, no headphone amp or anything, and I connect my 'monitors' and headphones etc through a little mixer connected to my soundcard output. The mixer in question is a Yamaha MG10/2 ... but we won't talk about that here!

[Dracon]

Okay! So what I see is that most people (with the exception of one person) are going through their soundcard to get their input into their monitors.

Is it easier to control or are there reasons for connecting your monitors to your soundcard, instead of your mixer directly. Why aren't monitors connected directly into the Control Room output of your mixer?


I don't know but it seems that the signal makes one big loop. From your MIC through your mixer into a soundcard back out through the output of the soundcard through some other device (or two) and into the monitors.

I would have thought that going from your MIC through your mixer out to the monitors would be a much better signal. So I'm a little confused why is everyone going through all of those electronic devices?

[Farview]

soundcard > mixer> monitor. I have multiple soundcards and multiple monitors the mixer lets me choose what goes where.

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally Posted by noisedude

Was that really Ed?

Yes - and I honestly have no idea why he's acting like such a dumb fuck, lately (here and on other sites)... what a waste, considering his engineering abilities.......

[mshilarious]

Originally Posted by Dracon

I would have thought that going from your MIC through your mixer out to the monitors would be a much better signal. So I'm a little confused why is everyone going through all of those electronic devices?

You are talking about monitoring during tracking? Most of the time, people use headphones for that. Many people will set up headphone monitors through a mixer rather than from a soundcard output, due to latency. I am probably one of the few exceptions as I still use DSP cards, so I don't suffer from latency and can monitor off the soundcard--technically though I use external converters.