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Studio Reference Monitors.. What to buy? (pg. 2)
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| Storyteller |
bigger size speakers have their sweet spot further away from them as well (for the low end). So you would need to sit further away from the speakers if they're big.
I think nearfields will suffice for what you want :). |
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| farris |
Indeed, bigger monitors means bigger bass drivers. Usually these also go deeper frequency-wise pushing even more low content out. Sure you can treat your room to tighten up the low-end. All about the budget though, cause treating your room effectively can be expensive. It's a shame to buy some top of the line monitors while they won't shine because of bad acoustics in your room.
My room is 4x6 meters and the monitors I have now (Alesis M1 MKII's with 6" bass drivers) are more than sufficient, although these are known to be a bit bass heavy.
Anyway, make sure you listen to them all instead of going by some reviews online. As said earlier bring along some material you know by heart and see which one comes close to how it was intended.
Good luck with your choice! :)
- farris |
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| lenieNt Force |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sanguis Mortuum
A small room can exaggerate bass a lot more than a large one. More important than the size though, is the acoustics. Good monitors wont do much good in a room that has terrible acoustics... |
Ye I know about the acoustics.. I will do my best to minimize it.. It wont be too much of a problem in a room 5 x 7 meters big, do u think?
Maybe I would need a subwoofer? |
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| lenieNt Force |
| quote: | Originally posted by farris
Anyway, make sure you listen to them all instead of going by some reviews online. As said earlier bring along some material you know by heart and see which one comes close to how it was intended.
Good luck with your choice! :)
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Ye that sounds sensible, but I dont know if Im too lazy or not to do it:tongue3 |
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| Sanguis Mortuum |
| quote: | Originally posted by lenieNt Force
Ye I know about the acoustics.. I will do my best to minimize it.. It wont be too much of a problem in a room 5 x 7 meters big, do u think?
Maybe I would need a subwoofer? |
That is quite a big room so you wont have problems as big as anyone in a really small room, but you will still be getting far from a perfect response in any room that isnt acoustically treated, you will still have standing waves and your room will still have modes... |
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| alanzo |
For under $1,200 USD, Mackie HR824s are pretty much the standard. The response is nearly perfectly flat. There's a new model that just came out, too (after 10 years). The HR824mkIIs. I would recommend using eBay to get a used pair of HR824s, though.
However, if your productions aren't very good at this point, monitors won't help much. For about 90% of the producers out there, a good pair of headphones will do just fine. I've been using Sony MDR-7506s for about 4 years now and have had many releases with them. |
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| Storyteller |
I don't know how the mackies are. I guess they're pretty much a safe bet though. Heard a lot about them. I disagree on the last lines though.
After getting monitors the quality of my productions improved drastically. I think getting monitors is the simplest way to get into mixing properly. It makes it way easier to learn about mixing and the spot mixing flaws.
I personally hate to do my tracks on a headset... My mixdowns sound terrible when done on them (Sennheiser HD25's). |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
I disagree.
After getting monitors the quality of my productions improved dsatically. |
You may be right. Either that or what you were monitoring on before were really bad. My productions improved as well when I went from $25 speakers to $125 headphones. |
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| Storyteller |
Good point :) (and yes my monitoring was very bad before I got my monitor speakers - 25Euro Philips headphones and a pair of 10E speakers :D)
From that perspective headphones could mean a lot as well. But if the budget allows it, I'd most definately go for speakers :).
(as for your quote, I edited my post a bit too late I see... damn beer :D) |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
Good point :)
From that perspective headphones could mean a lot as well. But if the budget allows it, I'd most definately go for speakers :).
(as for your quote, I edited my post a bit too late I see... damn beer :D) |
Oh, yeah, definitely. Real monitors are the way to go in the long run. But for 90% of the producers out there, a pair of $1,000 monitors would be a waste of money when they could get a $150 pair of headphones and spend the rest on a nice synthesizer. :) |
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| lenieNt Force |
Hehe.. My mixes sound pretty good already. I just need a new pair of monitors. I've got AKG 271 headphones... so now's time for some real monitoring action. Im having the same experience as storyteller btw.. Mixes sound way better when done on monitors.. when i mix in my headphones and listen to it on monitors later on it sounds like . But if I mix on monitors and listen to it in headphones afterwords.... It always sounds good.
If u want/have to mix in ur headphones I'd suggest to do it in mono..
Ive actually just bought a new Virus TI... so I dont think Ill be using the money on yet another synth right now :p |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by lenieNt Force
Mixes sound way better when done on monitors.. when i mix in my headphones and listen to it on monitors later on it sounds like . |
Harumph. Well, perhaps I'm wrong, then. I am considering getting monitors, myself. Lately I find that with headphones, I have a really hard time getting a 'feel' for what a track would sound like in a club.
However, in my situation, I tend to produce music at 1am and/or 7am. So blasting a pair of monitors isn't always an option. So headphones will always have a place in my studio until I'm able to produce in an isolated area.
| quote: | | Ive actually just bought a new Virus TI |
Good choice! :D |
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