Monitors or preamp???...priority question...

[jamesduysen]

Hey everyone. I have been working with the projectmix io and protools for about 3 months now and I have to monitor with are a pair of excelent sounding headphones...and I know that I cant get a true sounding mix through headphones, so my question is this:



Should I get the new Event precision 8 monitors or should I wait on the monitors and upgrade the preamps on the project mix (because they dont seem to be powerful enough) by buying the onyx 800R... ???

I just need to know which is more important for the overall setup! Thanks alot,

James Duysen

[Elton Bear]

Do you want to improve the recording or the mixes? From there it's self-explanatory.
If you have good sound from each instrument but you're after a better mix, then get monitors. If you're getting crap recordings to start with, you need better pre-amps...

[Massive Master]

You can not tweak what you can not hear - Hence, you will only ever be as good as your monitors allow you to be no matter what else is in the chain.

[jeffree]

That's an easy one for me. Good monitors. If I can critically listen to what I'm doing, then I can often find creative ways to work around weaknesses in the sound. But I've got to trust what I hear.

J.

[jamesduysen]

monitors it is...thanks guys,

James

[travelin travis]

you choose wisely grasshopper..........says the giant cockroach.

btw, all of your decisions are belong to me