mixing with home audio equipment

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seeing as i'm only really a recording hobbyist, i don't have that much studio equipment.

so my question is, if i am using a standard stereo receiver, should i mix with all bass, treble, and mids at the middle (0) setting? i've heard from a few people over the years to set them all the way to set it in the middle and others say all the way to as far back as it will go into the negatives.

please spare me any of the "you're better off saving your money and getting (insert awesome piece of equipment here) instead"
 
kylosius said:
seeing as i'm only really a recording hobbyist, i don't have that much studio equipment.

so my question is, if i am using a standard stereo receiver, should i mix with all bass, treble, and mids at the middle (0) setting?
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Yes. Also be sure that any "loudness" or "bass boost" controls are off.
 
If you are also using home stereo speakers beware the bass response. It's pretty common for them to have an over-exaggerated bass.
I used an 80s era Onkyo reciever for a monitor amp for many years without any serious drawbacks. I kept the bass tone control turned slightly negative and always kept it at the same listening level. After a few years I started to notice my stereo image never sounded right anymore and had to compensate by setting the balance control a little off to one side. I later found that the person who gave it to me had a channel go dead at some point and had it repaired so one amp chip was new and the other was aging.

I also had to use an Altec Lansing PC speaker setup for awhile as my only monitor. The two little cubes with a subwoofer system. The sound wasn't as bad as you might think and I was able to get decent mixes on them. I still use them now. My Yamaha HS80s provide the mix from my console while the AL multimedia speakers give me a direct monitor from the PC. If I am just editing samples or ripping mp3s on the PC I don't need to have the console and everything turned on.
 
awesome, thanks for helping me get that cleared up.
 
kylosius said:
please spare me any of thle "you're better off saving your money and getting (insert awesome piece of equipment here) instead"
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Your home stereo equipment is probably junk, and you'd be better off saving your money and getting a a pair of low-end powered monitors.

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According to what the home system is. My home system which is 30 years old will blow away any studio monitors or new home system available. :) High Fidelity just isnt what it use to be.
 
Your homestudio receivers and speakers have no chance against my home maid cardboard boxes with 15" speakers in it.....WAH?!?!?!?!?!?

yeah and my 4 channel tube pioneer tuner/receiver puts cream in my 15" rockford fostgates baby !!!!


:D

thats tube sound even in my monitor chain......you stand no chance!
 
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