simulation
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Hello,
My home recordings have damaged my car speakers. They still play, but are super crackly. When I first started recording, several years ago, I would put a ton of reverb on my songs because I did not know any better. Could massive amounts of reverb damage speakers? What other kind of things would ruin speakers if the songs are not clipping? Even now, my reverbless recordings seem to stress speakers more than professional recordings. Am I imagining that? What is going on? I have read books and watched videos of recording and mixing. These helped but did not answer some of my more basic questions, like this one.
My recordings consist of me playing the guitar with the other instruments programmed in with Sampletank. I play the guitar through USB with a PodXT Live effects machine. The interface is a MBox2. The monitors are M-Audio BX5a. I use ProTools 10 on Windows 7.
I am obviously a super amateur, but I have spent a lot of time with trial and error trying to figure this out. The problem is, if the trial damages the speakers, that is a problem in itself. I have tried recording with no effects and this made a big difference in clarity, and the recordings do not seem to damage anymore, although they are super flat and sometime do sound like they are stressing the speakers more than a professional recording. I would like to be able to give my songs to people without worrying about ruining their speakers. What is going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
simulation
My home recordings have damaged my car speakers. They still play, but are super crackly. When I first started recording, several years ago, I would put a ton of reverb on my songs because I did not know any better. Could massive amounts of reverb damage speakers? What other kind of things would ruin speakers if the songs are not clipping? Even now, my reverbless recordings seem to stress speakers more than professional recordings. Am I imagining that? What is going on? I have read books and watched videos of recording and mixing. These helped but did not answer some of my more basic questions, like this one.
My recordings consist of me playing the guitar with the other instruments programmed in with Sampletank. I play the guitar through USB with a PodXT Live effects machine. The interface is a MBox2. The monitors are M-Audio BX5a. I use ProTools 10 on Windows 7.
I am obviously a super amateur, but I have spent a lot of time with trial and error trying to figure this out. The problem is, if the trial damages the speakers, that is a problem in itself. I have tried recording with no effects and this made a big difference in clarity, and the recordings do not seem to damage anymore, although they are super flat and sometime do sound like they are stressing the speakers more than a professional recording. I would like to be able to give my songs to people without worrying about ruining their speakers. What is going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
simulation