Archive for tag: monitors
How to Add a Subwoofer to Your Monitor System
February 7, 2009 Speakers, SubwoofersSo you want to add a subwoofer to your monitor setup? Studio subwoofers can be tricky things that require a little bit of audio soul searching, auditioning, and planning to pull off well. But, a well integrated sub can make a world of difference in the right circumstances. I, for example, just added a Mackie [...]
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Speaker Placement: Nearfield Monitors
March 7, 2008 NearfieldsThis post focuses on some of the basics of nearfield speaker placement, where and why and a little how. It used to be that studios had huge wall-mounted speakers that required equally large rooms to work properly. Commercial studios are carefully acoustically tweaked. I won’t go into acoustic treatments here, but needless to say a [...]
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Monitoring Diversity for Better Mixes
February 25, 2008 Mixing, SpeakersThis post focuses on how monitoring with different kinds of speakers will help you achieve better mixes. One of the things that sets professional studios apart from hobbyist studios is their collection of monitors. Most studios have at least a couple pairs of monitors, from nearfields to farfields. Many have boomboxes and ‘hi-fi’ stereos to [...]
Read More »Quieting Your Computer and Noisy Gear
February 10, 2008 DAWsThis post focuses on how to reduce the noise produced by gear, thus producing cleaner recordings. Anyone who has worked on audio with a typical desktop PC gets to know the hum and fan noise of their PC very well. There are lots of different ways to get a quieter environment, from moving the equipment [...]
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Thump and Bump: Balancing the Kick and the Bass
January 9, 2008 UncategorizedThis post is going to focus on getting a solid balance between the two main sources of bass in pop music: the bass and the kick drum. Few things are better than mix that gets the low end right. It can be really tricky to accomplish (or downright impossible if the environment isn’t right). But, [...]
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