a.miller Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Just wondering if anyone has any good experience with studio monitors. I'd like to get a decent set for home studio recording/mixing and don't want to spend more than $250 - $300 for a pair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Just wondering if anyone has any good experience with studio monitors. I'd like to get a decent set for home studio recording/mixing and don't want to spend more than $250 - $300 for a pair. PMC is all you need: http://www.pmc-speakers.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 PMC is all you need:Their cheapest model is WAY out of my budget. $1100 is too steep for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) Their cheapest model is WAY out of my budget. $1100 is too steep for me. Ok - I would also look into a pair of B&W CM1's for about $500 per pair. I know $300 is your limit but if you can swing the additional $$ you won't be disapointed. http://www.bwspeakers.com Edited August 14, 2006 by Darkstar68 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 (edited) I recomend getting two pairs. One pair good, one pair bad. Sure it's nice to have great speakers but keep in mind when you're mixing, most people will be listening to it on their tiny shitty speakers, so you want to make it sound as best as you can on them. Edited August 18, 2006 by Halcyon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 I assure you, I am mixing on tiny, shitty speakers... There's definately an art to making a mix sound good on a good pair of speakers and good on a bad pair of speakers also. Whatever that art is, I have not yet harnessed its power. edit: I have an EXCELLENT pair of studio monitor headphones, but once again, it sounds good in those and like shit on the stereo.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) Yeah, never ever ever mix with headphones. I learned that the hard way. Edited August 19, 2006 by Halcyon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Well, I went out this weekend and got a good deal on some monitors. One of my friends works at Guitar Center so I flopped down $425 for a pair of M-Audio BX8a's. They sound good and are great to mix with. The family was gone for a little while today so I turned them up LOUD. Pretty sweet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hook your stereo up to your computer/mixer/recorder/whatever... If you have a reciever/speaks great, if not, any boombox with an aux-in will do. Make a mix that sounds good on that, and it'll sound good on whatever it gets played on. Your home studio $'s are better spent on better mics... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 (edited) That's not true. Always mix on two different set of speakers, as every speaker has a different frequency responce. If you're going to do that approach, play it on two different boomboxes or whatever, and make it sound good on both, not great on one and mediocre on the other. Any studio you go into, will have a good set a speakers (these ones usually get used the most) and then a mediocre set. Just mix on one set and then put it through the other and adjust it a bit, so you meet halfway, you know? Edited September 19, 2006 by Halcyon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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