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Just bought a Korg D1600 MkII, and am going to get a little more serious about my recording process. What are you guys using for monitors, and any advice regarding a good (cheap) set of active monitors? thx!
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I mostly play at night and I can't be loud. So, I'm using some cheap headphones for the most part. Sometimes I'll mix with my Paradigm mini MK3's when I can. Or even smaller Boston Acoustics. -
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Oh yeah, I wanted to mention Behringer has some decent stuff for WAY cheap! If you want something real good you need to pay but for the money? They have some good stuff!Comment
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Yeah, I'm looking at the Behringers, Wharfedale 8.2s, KRK Rokit V4s, pretty much anything in the $300ish and under range that's powered. I figure a powered monitor would be better for two reasons:
1) less hookup troubles (especially if I take the monitors when I record out of the house)
2) If the speakers have their own amplifiers that were designed with the speakers, I would think that they would be a better match than a cheap poweramp and passives from two different manufacturers.
I do the headphone thing now, but I want to do it with monitors... and my PC subwoofer system is a little too 'hyped' sounding for accurate mixing ;0
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I'm using Event 20/20p's. Not in the spec'd price range, but the Event stuff is pretty good if you find something smaller.750xl, 88LE, AT1, Roswell Pro, SG-X, 4 others...
Stilletto Duece 1/2 Stack, MkIII Mini-Stack, J-Station, 12 spaces of misc rack stuff, Sonar 4, Event 20/20, misc outboard stuff...
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I'm using Event 20/20s too. Not active ones, passive ones that work nicely with the Samson poweramp I have driving them. I think you have more flexibility using a seperate poweramp because you can use that poweramp for other applications too.Comment
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Interesting guys! Keep em coming... thanks!
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I just made it home with a pair of KRK RP5s... review to follow. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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I finally hooked up the Behringer Truth B2031As I got a while back (from Fretburner? can't recall [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] )
Haven't done any mixing yet, though. They do sound good.
I was using just a regular set of Altec Lansing PC speakers (L/R/Sub) but those are like every other cheap set of PC speakers - geared for movies and games, not studio engineering.
Still, I used them to master the After All mp3 I posted recently, and the sound in my car is not much different.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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I'm noticing a huge difference in these things vs the $300 PC altec lansings I have... not as much 'deep' bass, but more punch and clarity. I can hear stuff in recordings that I couldn't with other speakers, it's pretty wild.
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Westone ES-3. not only a great earplug, but a great Hi-Fi Monitor as well [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]Comment
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I'm remixing my War Pigs track in the Behringers now. And while they don't have the deep bass of my Altecs (way less than $300 [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]) like you said, it's got better punch. I burned all my MP3s to a CD to listen to in my car and War Pigs was the only one that I had to drop the bass in the EQ down to 0 because it was too much, but when I mixed it on the PC it sounded normal.
I also had to double-layer the drum track using the Altecs to get a good full sound, but also got some phase problems, but this time I just put some EQ on them and beefed up the bass track. It sounds much better already (vocals still suck - wish I had a "Talent" plug-in [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])
My SB Live has 2 speaker outs for Surround Sound setups, so I've got the Behringers running into the front L/R out and my Altecs in the rear L/R output, and the hardware settings set to 4 Speakers, but I leave the Altecs turned off. I turned them on to A/B the mix and you can really hear how overly-heavy the bass freqs are in the Altecs compared to the Behringers.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
My Blog: http://newcenstein.comComment
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Newc - I've noticed the same thing. My altecs w/sub are real bass heavy and have a huge 'scoop' in the midrange. Post that war pigs remix when you finish it with the original if you would - I'd love to hear the difference. I'm mixing a little original thing I came up with earlier tonight - about to burn it to CD and take it out to the car. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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