On May 15, 4:56=A0am, klu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> akbal =A0<adg00...@[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. =A0But, there's some
amou=
nt
> of fiddling that you can do with regard to the room. =A0If you move
around=
the
> room, does the low end change? =A0If you move the speakers closer to the
w=
all
> 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. =A0If you have a room
problem,
> the sub will not help. =A0If 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. =A0If 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
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. =A0C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
oh well!
I'm still going to try some KRK Rokit's and Tannoy's,
I have a felling they'll do a better job.
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