Hey guys. I have a couple of seriously noob, slightly ocd questions about properly setting up monitors and connecting them to an audio interface.
I am going from a firepod into two yamaha hs50s using a TRS to XLR Male cable.
I am going from the Main CR Output jacks, which gives me a control for the signal level right on the firepod.
The questions are:
1. How loud to set the yamahas in correlation to the input signal from the main CR output. If I set the yamahas too low,
will I risk overpowering them with the signal form the firepod and distorting them? If I set them too high, will it also distort? (I currently have the yamahas set at just shy of halfway, and I only need to turn the firepod output up to about halfway also). Is this an acceptable way to control volume while mixing?
2. Can i leave the yamahas permanently "on" and plug them into a power strip, and then use that power strip to turn them on and off, so I don't have to get up and walk around my desk twice each time I want to mix? Would turning them on/off in this way hurt them at all??
I'd appreciate any advice. Sorry if these questions are insane.
I am going from a firepod into two yamaha hs50s using a TRS to XLR Male cable.
I am going from the Main CR Output jacks, which gives me a control for the signal level right on the firepod.
The questions are:
1. How loud to set the yamahas in correlation to the input signal from the main CR output. If I set the yamahas too low,
will I risk overpowering them with the signal form the firepod and distorting them? If I set them too high, will it also distort? (I currently have the yamahas set at just shy of halfway, and I only need to turn the firepod output up to about halfway also). Is this an acceptable way to control volume while mixing?
2. Can i leave the yamahas permanently "on" and plug them into a power strip, and then use that power strip to turn them on and off, so I don't have to get up and walk around my desk twice each time I want to mix? Would turning them on/off in this way hurt them at all??
I'd appreciate any advice. Sorry if these questions are insane.