5.1 surround speakers, good or bad

[outlawtorn86]

i have the opportunity tog et brand new ones for 50 bucks. the audigy or creative arts one u know which one im talking about the one everyone uses for gaming. 5 little speakrs and a sub. will this help me in recording? and if yes, how would i set it up? and where would i place the sub? thanks in advance

 

[moskus]

Well, if you're into games and such, they'll be great.

But for mixing? No no no....

 

[outlawtorn86]

oh ok. cuz i saw something like that on musiciansfriend so i thought this could act as a cheaper version to it

 

[magnifasint]

yea, Moskus is right, no good at all for mixing.

 

[Jeyan]

Come on man.......!!!!!!!, if we can use those $50 speakers for mixing, why would everyone in this forum talk about the so called "Studio Monitors" I bet a headphone would be much better than those speakers to mix with.

 

[Freeform]

i throw my 2 cents in. if your mixing to stereo? yeah, worthless. but if you wanna try 5.1 mixing, it might be worth it to mess around. i attended a 5.1 demo session and listing to a mix of bohemian rapshody blew me away. you never know. the fun could be worth the 50 bucks

 

[fraserhutch]

They might be worth getting as a reference set of monitors to see how your stereo mix would work in 5.1.

Personally, I wouldn't use them as a primary set.

I have a set of Klipsh (sp?) 5.1 that I use for playing around in 5.1. I don;t really know what I'm doing mixing 5.1 of course, but they're also great for gaming

 

[MessianicDreams]

I have a set of Klipsh (sp?) 5.1 that I use for playing around in 5.1. I don;t really know what I'm doing mixing 5.1 of course, but they're also great for gaming

how do you approach the concept of 5.1 mixing? what are you actually doing? i'm sure there's gotta be some sort of program or something, i can't see how i could mix in 5.1 with PT..

 

[fraserhutch]

It's supported in both applications I use (Sonar, Cubase).