akbal <adg00101@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>so I'm trying to put a home studio together:
>
>got a pair of Alesis M1 520's (best you can buy for $200)
>http://www.zzounds.com/item--ALEM1ACTIVE520
>
>with a Behringer XENYX 1002 Mixer ($69)
>http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHXENYX1002
>
>So, I hook everything up, I plug in a cd player, and I see (ok, I
>'hear') lots of detail and all of that, acoustic instruments sound
>very detailed and I'm happy, BUTplaying with other kinds of music
>where did the bass go?
Well, you've got speakers that don't have a lot of low end, and really
aren't all that accurate in the midrange either. But, there's some amount
of fiddling that you can do with regard to the room. If you move around
the
room, does the low end change? If you move the speakers closer to the
wall
or farther from the all, does the low end change?
>So I got a subwoofer from FOSTEX, it was too boomy in the low end, I
>needed more bass in the lower/ midrange (I don't how else to expalin
>it), so that going back!
Right, because it doesn't fix the problem. If you have a room problem,
the sub will not help. If the mains have so little low end that they
cannot reach down to the crossover point of the sub, it will not help.
>
>Then I thought, can an EQ help fill those parts of the sound spectrum
>that are missing?
>http://www.zzounds.com/item--PRSEQ3B
($99)
No, an equalizer ads nothing. If the speakers cannot reproduce it, all
the EQ in the world will do you no good.
>What's your take when you're using Monitor speakers? In your
>experience would and EQ help balanacing things out just for listening
>music? I know that monitors are suppose to be flat.
I suggest using speakers that have actual low end and setting up your room
to minimize low end problems.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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