Hi everyone,
New on the forum . And already asking questions
I am not a tech genius more a are guitar and piano player.
And I record the old fashion way without midi.
I record/mix my stuff in adobe audition. And recently I wanted to "upgrade" to some lower budget monitors.
My understanding always was that you should max your windows/master volumes coming from the computer. And than lower it with a analog volume control on your interface or in this case on your monitors.
Why (and I always thought this was the case)?
1- Because digital volume controls by lowering the volume also lower the bit depth and gives your sound less dynamics and signal to noise ratio.
2- Also some digital volume controls affect the EQ. Because the human ear has different sensitivities for frequencies at different db levels. Some digital volumes compensate for this.
3- Also it isn't handy to have different volume controls with different cuts or gains in your chain because you want uniformity in your sound (even more important if it also effects EQ).
I always max out the volume and send it to my mixing board (no problem) and then to headphones or to a amplifier with speakers (no problem)
But I recently moved and I didn't want my hifi setup (an old philips amp and pmc speakers ) connected to my computer anymore.
So I bought some active monitors to start out with https://www.bax-shop.nl/studio-monitor/hercules-xps-2-0-80-dj-monitorset They sound great for the price.
The problem:
Maxing out the volume on the computer and sending it to these speakers creates overdrive in the speakers. So I have to lower the volume on my computer 15 db. These monitors can't seem to handle a standard balanced max volume signal.
Question:
Is my info wrong or outdated? Or do I approach this in the wrong way. I have always done it this way. When I started out I was told this was the best way to go about it. But it seems these active monitors weren't designed to handle a max signal.
The store guy didn't know what I was talking about and said I shouldn't send a max signal and he never heard of the "digital volume problem". ANd it isn't a defect.
So what should I do? What is the best way?
Thank you guys and gals,
Pinkertel
Setup:
Soundcard: Esi Juli@ Balanced
Monitors: Hercules 20 Dj monitors Balanced
Mixing board: Macky Tapco mix60 Balanced
New on the forum . And already asking questions
I am not a tech genius more a are guitar and piano player.
And I record the old fashion way without midi.
I record/mix my stuff in adobe audition. And recently I wanted to "upgrade" to some lower budget monitors.
My understanding always was that you should max your windows/master volumes coming from the computer. And than lower it with a analog volume control on your interface or in this case on your monitors.
Why (and I always thought this was the case)?
1- Because digital volume controls by lowering the volume also lower the bit depth and gives your sound less dynamics and signal to noise ratio.
2- Also some digital volume controls affect the EQ. Because the human ear has different sensitivities for frequencies at different db levels. Some digital volumes compensate for this.
3- Also it isn't handy to have different volume controls with different cuts or gains in your chain because you want uniformity in your sound (even more important if it also effects EQ).
I always max out the volume and send it to my mixing board (no problem) and then to headphones or to a amplifier with speakers (no problem)
But I recently moved and I didn't want my hifi setup (an old philips amp and pmc speakers ) connected to my computer anymore.
So I bought some active monitors to start out with https://www.bax-shop.nl/studio-monitor/hercules-xps-2-0-80-dj-monitorset They sound great for the price.
The problem:
Maxing out the volume on the computer and sending it to these speakers creates overdrive in the speakers. So I have to lower the volume on my computer 15 db. These monitors can't seem to handle a standard balanced max volume signal.
Question:
Is my info wrong or outdated? Or do I approach this in the wrong way. I have always done it this way. When I started out I was told this was the best way to go about it. But it seems these active monitors weren't designed to handle a max signal.
The store guy didn't know what I was talking about and said I shouldn't send a max signal and he never heard of the "digital volume problem". ANd it isn't a defect.
So what should I do? What is the best way?
Thank you guys and gals,
Pinkertel
Setup:
Soundcard: Esi Juli@ Balanced
Monitors: Hercules 20 Dj monitors Balanced
Mixing board: Macky Tapco mix60 Balanced