Most if not all personal speakers are fine-tuned so that every aspect of audio with be richer and crisper. For the audio engineer it is not very good at all you may attempt to change your own music to offset the fine tuning. Because of this your music may not sound as good to your fans and clients. Every time as an engineer the goal is to make sure it is "transferable". This simply means when you listen a song it is going to sound great everywhere on any kind 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.
You can get a lot of studio monitors how do you go with the perfect one for yourself? Initially establish how much you are willing o pay for a pair of studio monitors. Monitors can vary from $200 to $10,000. This is why a financial budget is vital as you can very quickly deplete money.
When I did this I budgeted of $200-$400 for my monitors. In the world of reference monitors this would fall under the "cheap studio monitor group" ; nonetheless it was realistic for what I could afford to pay for. Remember that you may need some wires to connect them up to your audio interface so budget for these as well.
Given that you have a price range it is time to start performing a bit of research. I started out looking on the net searching for "studio monitors" and "reference monitors". I invested time on music forms like Gearslutz and the womb to acquire different folks thinking. I even questioned other engineers and audio pupils as well .
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.
You can get a lot of studio monitors how do you go with the perfect one for yourself? Initially establish how much you are willing o pay for a pair of studio monitors. Monitors can vary from $200 to $10,000. This is why a financial budget is vital as you can very quickly deplete money.
When I did this I budgeted of $200-$400 for my monitors. In the world of reference monitors this would fall under the "cheap studio monitor group" ; nonetheless it was realistic for what I could afford to pay for. Remember that you may need some wires to connect them up to your audio interface so budget for these as well.
Given that you have a price range it is time to start performing a bit of research. I started out looking on the net searching for "studio monitors" and "reference monitors". I invested time on music forms like Gearslutz and the womb to acquire different folks thinking. I even questioned other engineers and audio pupils as well .
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