So what's everyone using for monitors?

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Single way speakers that came with a GE stereo that I fell in love with (the sound) at target.

The woofer, tweeter combination is not the correct way to reproduce music.

A woofer by itself sounds terrible, and a tweeter by itself sounds terrible.

Put them together, and you have two terreble sounds trying to mix, right at the middle of the spectrum.

Then add a crossover, YIKES.

This is not reproduction, this is production, not good.

I keep telling you guys this, but no one will believe me.

GT
 
GT,

I believe you, in fact thats what I mixed my latest recordings on, a couple of fullrange drivers (that's all I use for now), , they may not have the sweetest highs (but that can be fixed), but for a low, low price nothing comes close in the mids (plus nothings easier to build)!
 
ds21 said:
GT,

I believe you, in fact thats what I mixed my latest recordings on, a couple of fullrange drivers (that's all I use for now), , they may not have the sweetest highs (but that can be fixed), but for a low, low price nothing comes close in the mids (plus nothings easier to build)!
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"Tweeters, we don't need no stinking tweeters!!"

-Ben Franklin-

GT
 
Alesis M1 Active Mk2's. I dont know if their good cause its the only pair of monitors I've owned.
 
it's me again

Not to beat this into oblivion but, would someone please explain the anomaly of my mixes being consistent now when they were'nt before I used this EQ thing. Again, this has worked for me. If all one has acces to speaker wise is piece ocrap home stereo, the EQ thing will give you much better results. Yes I am new to this, but I know this works by DOING IT. Imperical knowledge, not theory.
 
I actually did something similar. I eq'd my Cerwin Vegas and adjusted it to get the best sound out of all my alternate listening systems.

It did improve things a little. But not enough for me to use them in any serious capacity. The result was that I was able to tone down the mid range a little at the cost of introducing the sound of the eq into the mix.

If you really wanted to be gung ho about this idea, you would have to buy a pricey equalizer and still try to account for the phase anomolies. The price of such an equalizer would be more than the lowest priced nearfields, so you are wasting time and money. Besides the fact that to record something you need a source and a means to capture that source, monitors are the most vital piece of audio gear in your chain. No one cares what you used to produce good sounds, as long as you produced good sounds. And getting the best sounds is going to require that you hear the sounds as accurately as possible. So, considering all the other pricey gear in your studio, $300 for audio accuracy is really a damn good deal.

Using EQ on consumer speakers does give some improvement and can be used as a cheapo, processed, and temporary substitute, but a viable alternative to the real deal it ain't.
 
Why did it work for you? I have no idea. But the truth is, it is common knowledge with professionals in this industry that EQing monitors is absolutely the last resort (Blue has already explained "why?" very well). And at those times, it should be done by a professional with professional gear.

The best thing to do instead of doing a "temporary substitute" thing is just knowing the "monitors" you have and what you need to do to the mix (and NOT the monitors) to make your mix translate; whether they be super cheap consumer bookshelfs or expensive pro monitors.

I have these 70's 3-ways with a 10" woofer by H.H. Scott that have been around my house for as long as I can literally remember. When I was 10, my parents got a new house system, they moved to my bedroom. To this day, they reside in my bedroom now.

So when I first got into recording, what do you think I used? Did my first album ever on them... Thousands later and 3 other monitors, there's something about that first album that I can't seem to get back... I sometimes wonder if it was because of those H.H. Scotts that sound like shit (MUCH worse than the super cheap consumer bookshelfs of today), but I know SO SO well.
 
trias

had a set of event trias since 99, i really like them, though some
don't like the 20/20's, these are great...

j
 
I just wanted to reitorate,

I now believe that listening to your mixes in your vehicle, where you listen to comercial cds, is just as important as listening in your studio.

"Imperfections that you may not hear in your studio, will stand out like a sore thumb in your car."

-Ben Franklin-

GT
 
BRUCE,

What kind of strange BRAIN machine where you hooked up too as a kid ?

Or where you chemically modified by The Canadian Military ?

I could barely understand that pig Latin you typed about cheep Eqs.

Did not seem at all like English.

Although I know I'm not the brightest bulb in the box.

How does anyone even remember that techno babble ?


Sean



PS. paradigm titians
 
Sean....

Keep re-reading it until you can understand it, grasshopper! ;)


:D :D
 
I'm not advocating this, but what if you were to use something like Waves' Linear Phase Mastering EQ (plugin) and apply it to the mix bus? :D

Then A/B it in "engaged" and "bypass" modes?

I don't think it could hurt anything, and it might help you learn a little about how to translate/compensate in your mixdown environment. As long as you're just using it as yet another check among many.
 
A pair of Event 20/20 bas. Yeah, I know, but I'm used to them now, and know what to expect.
 
I've been using the Alesis Monitor One's. IMVHO, they lack in the low end, might just be me or my room, but thats the way I hear them.
 
I use the Rolands DS-90A Nearfields and the MS-8 Micro Monitors and between the two I've been able to make some mixes that have made me very happy.

Carlos
 
sony mdr 7506 headphones

...and some old jbl4311's, urie813 and auratones speakers... of course, crown amps:)

oh...I've got some old jensens out in the tv room and some advents lying around... boombox in the bedroom...some piece of crap sony thrusters out in the shop....

actually, the best days where using the old PA out of the van using the 4560 cabinets and the 2482 horn drivers (jbl of course) and some piece of shit tweeters. Loud as hell just off a car stereo!!
 
KRK V4s............
I have a small room...8 x 9


no EQ................

I trust my ears .......and my monitors,....

I just need to play better :D
 
Audiotechnique m40s, just picked them up yesterday. :)
For a second opinion I play it back on my computer woofer/satelite combo. I don't have much choice but to use headphones most of the time, so investing in a pair of near fields is kind of pointless.

I do like my new headphones tho :) I'm sure they'll remain decent tracking phones after I have a real monitoring setup.
 
Monitors

JBL near field monitors, Alesis amp. Nice transparrent sound.
 
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