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studiomaster said:
No. The probably sound too good. Monitors have to be honest.
They're probably good speakers, though. I got a set of E80s from their refurb store on ebay for $225 shipped.
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What i dont get is that, how come they cant be used even though it has a better frequency response range than m-audio DX4's that i was planning to get...? Do u think the DX4's will be a better buy for me? I also understand that the E30 are not powered so an amp would be required. So for this, would a receiver work to amplify the signal?
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Somehow good home audio speakers like those can make even a bad mix sound good. Yeah, they go to a lower frequency but they color the sound in ways that will confuse you.
I've got a pair of Event PS-6 powered monitors I found used for about $200. They're plenty loud and brutally honest.
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Wow..nice bro! That's a good deal.
I understand your point...makes sense..so I guess you would suggest me to grab the DX4's right?
I understand your point...makes sense..so I guess you would suggest me to grab the DX4's right?
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Avoid subs, get at least 6" woofers.
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Oh yea..I'm not getting the subs...I really don't require too much wattage so I guess 6" woofers are off-limits for me. I want to stick with the DX4's for now. so would you recommend it?
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As long as you're not recording bass guitars or kick drums, they'd be OK. Really, I'm not that familiar with them. The point of 6" woofers isn't to be loud or use wattage, it's to accurately reproduce instruments in the lower ranges. There is an optimum mixing loudness, around 80~85 dBA.
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Well, the primary use of the monitors would be for Cubase, Reason and maybe Sonar 5...no external instruments except keyboard ofcourse.
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A friend of mine once mixed down a song on a set of overly bright monitor speakers and submitted it to a local radio station for some air time. When the station manager played it he discovered that the guy had cut all the frequencies over 4khz, just lows and midrange...needless to say-that didn't get air time and he learned a lesson on that one! 
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What do I do with this?
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studiomaster said:What do I do with this?
Pick the lowest note you plan to play on your keys and see if your monitors work down there.
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That'll also help when you try to figure out the relationship between high, sweepable med and low eq settings on the one hand, and actual notes and ranges of notes your instruments will be using on the other. It lets you figure, for instance, if the oboe or whatever is too much in front or not enough, what are you going to adjust to change that one piece without doing violence to the whole mix? Sometimes you want an instrument to stand out in a mix, or maybe blend and not fight with other groups of instruments sharing the same sonic space. Using this stuff can get you accustomed to associating instruments with specific frequencies. Useful if you're affecting one by adjusting the other.
I'm gonna print one out myself.
I'm gonna print one out myself.
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