Thursday, April 25, 2013

Studio monitor speakers simplified: How to pick the best ones for your home recording studio

By Jr Huff


Most if not all customer audio systems are adjusted so that everything with be richer as well as crisp which is great for the consumer. As an audio engineer it is not beneficial as it will alter music you are working on. You may attempt balance your own music to make up for this, when it is not needed or preferred. Even worse when your client or fans listen to the music it will not sound good. Whenever laboring on music as an "audio engineer" the goal is simply to make sure that it is "transferable". What this means is that when you listen a song it will sound good almost anywhere on any form of music player from an Ipod touch to a home theater.

This is why studio monitors will help you as they strive to not change the audio. In an ideal world they would have a "flat frequency responds" meaning "no change at all of any frequency".No set of monitors are perfect in spite of this they are much less modified then customer equipment. In home and professional studios a like a set of studio monitors (otherwise known as reference monitors) are utilized, and in many cases a few different sets to choose from enabling you to reference material as it recorded and mixed to aid with transferability.

There are a range of studio monitors how will you select the right one for yourself? Initially set up how much you are planning to pay for a pair of studio monitors. Monitors can range from $200 to $10,000. This is why a financial budget is essential as you can very quickly use up all your money.

When I did this I budgeted of $200-$400 for my monitors. In the world of reference monitors this will likely fall under the inexpensive studio monitor group; but it surely was reasonable for what I could afford to pay for. Remember you will need some wires to hook them up to your audio interface so make sure to budget for this.

Now that you have a price range it is time to embark upon performing a bit of web research. I started out searching online searching for "studio monitors" and "reference monitors". I devoted time on audio forms such as "Gearslutz"and "The womb" to acquire many other individuals views. I even asked other engineers and audio pupils as well.




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