SlushPuppy
New member
Hi everyone,
I used to have a great home studio set-up as I'd converted my parents garage into a home recording studio/rehearsal room. I could play loud, turn up my monitors to 11 and listen back to my musical concoctions without worrying about neighbours at any time of the day or night. And then I met a girl and left home to be an adult : )
This was five years ago and I took all of my gear with me into my new flat. Some of the unusable (larger) gear I sold and some of it still has its purposes. However, my dream of turning the spare bedroom into a recording studio is never going to happen so my mixing and mastering has been limited to headphones up to now.
I have a pair of Fostex PM-1's that I'm seriously thinking of selling. I haven't been able to use them and even if I did, the acoustics of the spare room aren't great and I doubt my neighbours would be pleased. Especially as I'm usually one of the first people to bang on the walls when their kids are being noisy! My flat also isn't huge so trying to fit monitors and stands alongside the laundry is impracticable.
I surely can't be the only person out there who wants to record, mix and master at home, but doesn't have the space or forgiving neighbours? How do you adjust? I know that solely mixing and mastering on headphones isn't ideal. Using crappy desktop-type speakers is also unreliable.
Any suggestions would be great. Are there any monitors out there specific to this purpose i.e. non active/passive - laptop type speaker/monitors. Previously I would use as many different sound sources as possible to test my mixes (the car, crappy laptop speakers, hi-fi, ipod - and lastly my PM-1's) as it enables me to highlight the imbalances that have been previously hidden.
I'm just looking for some insight and stories of how you guys and gals adapt. I look forward to hearing from you
Cheers
I used to have a great home studio set-up as I'd converted my parents garage into a home recording studio/rehearsal room. I could play loud, turn up my monitors to 11 and listen back to my musical concoctions without worrying about neighbours at any time of the day or night. And then I met a girl and left home to be an adult : )
This was five years ago and I took all of my gear with me into my new flat. Some of the unusable (larger) gear I sold and some of it still has its purposes. However, my dream of turning the spare bedroom into a recording studio is never going to happen so my mixing and mastering has been limited to headphones up to now.
I have a pair of Fostex PM-1's that I'm seriously thinking of selling. I haven't been able to use them and even if I did, the acoustics of the spare room aren't great and I doubt my neighbours would be pleased. Especially as I'm usually one of the first people to bang on the walls when their kids are being noisy! My flat also isn't huge so trying to fit monitors and stands alongside the laundry is impracticable.
I surely can't be the only person out there who wants to record, mix and master at home, but doesn't have the space or forgiving neighbours? How do you adjust? I know that solely mixing and mastering on headphones isn't ideal. Using crappy desktop-type speakers is also unreliable.
Any suggestions would be great. Are there any monitors out there specific to this purpose i.e. non active/passive - laptop type speaker/monitors. Previously I would use as many different sound sources as possible to test my mixes (the car, crappy laptop speakers, hi-fi, ipod - and lastly my PM-1's) as it enables me to highlight the imbalances that have been previously hidden.
I'm just looking for some insight and stories of how you guys and gals adapt. I look forward to hearing from you
Cheers