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cubbyhouse
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Here is a little story about a little guy with a crappy soundcard and two big speakers:
My hi-fi system is every parents and every close neighbor’s true nightmare! It’s a huge pair of speakers which contains two 10” bass elements, one 5” middle tone element and a 2” tweeter in each case – powered with a huge amplifier. In addition to that I got a 15” subwoofer! These monsters were actually my studio monitors up to a point at some weeks ago! They where connected to a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 soundcard. Well, I did all the mastering and production on this system, and I got really satisfied with the end result! Everyone said so to! The problem was that the sound was some different at some other speakers, like those in the car, the CD boom box and some other places. I went into some forums, like this one, and asked why.
It’s critical to use a pair of two good studio monitors, I was told, because they have a flat frequency response which gives you much more control during producing. Actually; they said that if I get the sound nice on two studio monitors, the track will sound nice everywhere! And I also had to use a pro soundcard!
Then I bought this! I bought my self a pair of Alesis Monitor One MK2 active and a Hammerfall DSP soundcard; HDSP 9632.
Then I sat my self down and started to create a mix. I did the whole mix and mastered it as good as I could with my new studio monitors. But then came the real shock; the mix sounded REALLY crappy and bad mastered at many different speakers! The synth bass line was rumbling and fighting with the bass drum. The mid tone was gone. The treble was also very bad adjusted. The whole mix sounded almost as it was randomly mastered by a three year old child.
Well, in the end I had to re-master the whole mix at my huge speakers, and suddenly the mix sounded way better, even at many different speakers!
Right now I can’t see the point of using big bucks on two small monitors. I would really appreciate being proved wrong here, because I’ve spent a lot of cash on these two suckers...
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CubbyHouse
My hi-fi system is every parents and every close neighbor’s true nightmare! It’s a huge pair of speakers which contains two 10” bass elements, one 5” middle tone element and a 2” tweeter in each case – powered with a huge amplifier. In addition to that I got a 15” subwoofer! These monsters were actually my studio monitors up to a point at some weeks ago! They where connected to a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 soundcard. Well, I did all the mastering and production on this system, and I got really satisfied with the end result! Everyone said so to! The problem was that the sound was some different at some other speakers, like those in the car, the CD boom box and some other places. I went into some forums, like this one, and asked why.
It’s critical to use a pair of two good studio monitors, I was told, because they have a flat frequency response which gives you much more control during producing. Actually; they said that if I get the sound nice on two studio monitors, the track will sound nice everywhere! And I also had to use a pro soundcard!
Then I bought this! I bought my self a pair of Alesis Monitor One MK2 active and a Hammerfall DSP soundcard; HDSP 9632.
Then I sat my self down and started to create a mix. I did the whole mix and mastered it as good as I could with my new studio monitors. But then came the real shock; the mix sounded REALLY crappy and bad mastered at many different speakers! The synth bass line was rumbling and fighting with the bass drum. The mid tone was gone. The treble was also very bad adjusted. The whole mix sounded almost as it was randomly mastered by a three year old child.
Well, in the end I had to re-master the whole mix at my huge speakers, and suddenly the mix sounded way better, even at many different speakers!
Right now I can’t see the point of using big bucks on two small monitors. I would really appreciate being proved wrong here, because I’ve spent a lot of cash on these two suckers...
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CubbyHouse