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| vswede |
| so what are monitors? i heard a lot of people talking about them having them at clubs and and im kinda lost... |
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| super-styleR |
| I think monitors are used for software use , or am i wrong ? |
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| dukes |
monitors are lizards :tongue2
heheh bad joke!
they are the speakers that blast into the dj booth at rediculus volumes! its to give you the sound directly when you are playing.
without them there are chances of the sound being echoy and other strange efects as it bounces round the venue. |
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| physe |
I know that monitors with regards to bands are speckers that are set up in front of a band member so that they can hear what they are playing without having to sort it out through the rest of the bands sound. They are usually set up such that they only play the channel that contains the instrument that the particualar person is playing.
Since I have never used monitors for DJing I cannot say for sure but I would assume that they would be used by a DJ to let them hear the outgoing record. They would have it set up such that only the sound from the outgoing turntable would be brought through the monitor (ie no MC or anything like that). I would assume they do this so that they have a more clean sound than trying to listen to speakers that are pointed away from them.
Do I have the right idea? Have I explained it well enough? Someone please let me know.
Cheers. |
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| super-styleR |
| Ok thanks guys i was wrong :D |
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| vswede |
okay thx :)
so great bout this forum! i posted this like 10 minutes ago and already got my answer :D |
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| Vero |
yeah, booth monitors are just speakers pointed at the DJ so he/she gets a very acurate representation of what is going out to the audience.
now studio monitors are used for production instead of live performances. these are extremely flat speakers. where as most sound systems are designed with some low and high range amplification. studio monitors are designed to that they give equal power to all frequencies, so that they give the most accurate representation of what a track sounds like during the production stages. |
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| ezbeats |
i dont get these 'monitors'. are they really necesary? i can mix with only my headphones now, no outside speakers of any knid necesary. and i know EXACTLY what the main sounds like, for 90% of the mix, just when im cueing i tend to not pay attention to the main mix as much. though not all mixers give the dj this capability, but wouldnt any club/standard mixer be able to do this?
i do see the point of it being in a band necesary, but i just dont get it for mixing... maybe if your scratching a bunch, but even then its not really a necesity. besides, the sound is so much clearer and more responsive coming from some quality headphones anyways.
| quote: | | now studio monitors are used for production instead of live performances. these are extremely flat speakers. where as most sound systems are designed with some low and high range amplification. studio monitors are designed to that they give equal power to all frequencies, so that they give the most accurate representation of what a track sounds like during the production stages. |
is this the most common use of monitors for dj's nowadays? |
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| DJ_Ikronix |
Let me put it this way:
Say you're playing a club in Vegas. Let's say it's Caesar's Palace, in that club thingy they have there (the name escapes me :conf: ).
What happens when you encounter that 1.5 second delay-echo?
DOUBLING TIME! Unless you want to do Little Drummer Boy live, *pa-rum-pum-pum* isn't the best way to get people dancing. :happy2:
That's why they have a monitor in the booth, so you can hear exactly what the audience is hearing.
And you can tell when the DJ ignores the use of the monitor at places like that. They double up the first song like crazy, the manager goes flying up to the booth, and DJ flicks a switch and immediately goes beet-red. :stongue: |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ_Ikronix
Let me put it this way:
Say you're playing a club in Vegas. Let's say it's Caesar's Palace, in that club thingy they have there (the name escapes me :conf: ).
What happens when you encounter that 1.5 second delay-echo?
DOUBLING TIME! Unless you want to do Little Drummer Boy live, *pa-rum-pum-pum* isn't the best way to get people dancing. :happy2:
That's why they have a monitor in the booth, so you can hear exactly what the audience is hearing.
And you can tell when the DJ ignores the use of the monitor at places like that. They double up the first song like crazy, the manager goes flying up to the booth, and DJ flicks a switch and immediately goes beet-red. :stongue: |
Ceasar's has a club...? only one I know there is OPM...say your at RA in Luxor, or at rain in the palms...or ghost bar there...hehe., srry.
but they are totally necessary, I didn't realise this until I mixed live somewhere. yeah headphones are fine in the bedroom but noise from he crowd and the extremely loud system leaks in and messes ya up. a monitor pointed in your direction helps sooo much. |
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| vswede |
lol thx a lot for all of your help!
DJ_Ikronix ever considered being a teacher? u would prolly be a funny one :D |
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| Dmatrox |
it sucks if you dont have monitors.
i think its a good idea to carry out a mix in your headphones and record it and listen to how it sounds. |
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