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Subject: Monitor placement?
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Original Message 1/9 20-Nov-02 @ 08:02 PM - Monitor placement?
The monitors should be pretty even with my head, no? What about distance from them to me?
What about the sub? In the middle? Should it be high, low or even?
Thanks.
Message 2/9 20-Nov-02 @ 11:07 PM Edit: 20-Nov-02 | 11:09 PM - RE: Monitor placement?
For getting them setup in your room, do a lot of moving about, try things that aren't in the "rulebook" and above all use your ears, listen to your favorite stuff as you try different placements, it'll be familiar sound to ya and that'll help you to sort the best placement.
Message 4/9 23-Nov-02 @ 02:47 AM - RE: Monitor placement?
psylichon
Message 5/9 25-Nov-02 @ 12:52 PM - RE: Monitor placement?
if u use the sub to mix and it will b hard to get the overall level of the bass right as they are made to make the bass sound bigger.
id recomend getting some good two way monitors
Message 6/9 25-Nov-02 @ 02:53 PM - RE: Monitor placement?
Message 7/9 25-Nov-02 @ 05:39 PM - RE: Monitor placement?
how you get there is up to you.
Message 8/9 25-Nov-02 @ 08:16 PM - RE: Monitor placement?
wow.
I love it when people come in and make statements as if they are concrete truth.
Message 9/9 26-Nov-02 @ 12:06 AM - RE: Monitor placement?
Example: Subs can be put in a corner. In fact they work really well in a corner, but you have to keep the following in mind. They'll excite more freqs when they're placed in a corner, i.e., you'll have to use less of the subs power as you're using a built in "megaphone" in the form of the two walls. So you may have to roll off the overall volume a bit. Second, the closer to the center of a room your sub is, the fewer standing waves it'll create, yet at the same time, it will emphasize or de-emphasize some freq more, which can create problems too. Hence, less standing waves but more possible "holes" or "hotspots" in your listening environment.
So it's "good" to put a sub in the corner, and it's not good to put a sub in a corner. Depending on perspective, it's right both ways.
Like I said earlier, unless you've got an acoustically flat room, I wouldna worry over it too much. Put the setup where it sounds good and get used to it.
As far as the use of a sub causing mixes to be muddy, sure, but that can happen on regular monitors, too. A sub is really only usefuul to a mixer who: a) needs to know what's really going on below 60-80hz, b) you work with a lot of low-frequency material, c) you wanna have a big bottom when you work on yer mix, d) you work with surround mixing where the LF channel IS a part of the mix...
It WILL NOT make your mixes muddier to use a sub while doing mixdown, any more than having any other imbalances in your listening setup, whether it be room acoustics, EQ, reflections, etc., etc. Does one need a sub to do good mixes? Feck no. Matter of fact, good mixes have been made on headphones, cheap home stereo systems, etc. How? The mixer had serious skill and were very familiar with their setup and it's llimitations. I wouldn't recommend such a setup, but if that's what you got to work with, use it until you can justify upgrading...
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