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From: "Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette" on 14 Dec 2009 17:37 Ted Perlman wrote: > <...I usually just bring it up half way till I can barely tell something has > been added> > > I have the volume knob on the sub set at around 9:00, which is just enough > for me to hear what's happening down below. Any more than that is usually > too much to get an accurate mix. But it depends on your room's acoustics as > well. > > > Just tried your setting and running the Mono Sum up to nominal put it maybe a smidge less than where I'm usually at. I like your level because it just adds that little "something" you are left wanting without it. -- Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette http://www.gatortraks.com/forum http://www.gatortraks.com
From: "Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette" on 14 Dec 2009 17:53 Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot "Ted Perlman" <ted(a)tedperlman.com> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> <The YST-SW215!> >> >> I have to try and find another one. I get nervous when I only have one >> of something I use and rely on daily. > > I don't know if they really have them, or even if they are a trustworthy > company, but I found this link. > > http://www.oneclickmx.com/Yamaha-YST-SW215-Black-150-Watt-Powered-Subwoofer-_p_1253.html > Do they ship from a warehouse in Nigeria? <EG> -- Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette http://www.gatortraks.com/forum http://www.gatortraks.com
From: Here In Oregon on 14 Dec 2009 17:55 "Glennbo" > Engineering for yourself is much easier, but doesn't pay so great. ;) This is a truthism, I mean truism and *I* *hate* engineering while being the artist. It screws my energy and focus all up. So what's your excuse? <g>
From: Steve_Karl on 14 Dec 2009 20:12 "Ted Perlman" <ted(a)tedperlman.com> wrote in message news:hg5vsp$89t$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >< I'd not trust them for mixing the way I trust the HR824s> > > I actually gave my pair of Mackie 824's away because they didn't represent anything approaching reality. I like my Auratones but > only for checking, not listening. I have 6 pairs of Minimus 7's, and they are excellent, but again not what I would trust > listening to a mix on. I love the Event Precision 6's and have found them to be very very accurate and unbiased. > > But it always comes back to my Yamaha NS10's to tell me what reality is in my mixes. They've never lied to me in the 25 years I > have been using them. Whether the mix is going to a mastering lab or presssing plant, the result is always is what I heard when I > mixed the reecording. > > > -- > Regards, > > Ted Perlman > www.tedperlman.com > www.myspace.com/tedperlman > www.facebook.com/ted.perlman I guess this is similar to a prescription for eye glasses. I've tried the ns10's but didn't feel comfortable with them.
From: eric weasel on 14 Dec 2009 21:17
I likewise got rid of my Mackies several years ago. I found them highly fatiguing to listen to. I'm very pleased with my Blue Sky 2.1 system. eric Ted Perlman wrote: > < I'd not trust them for mixing the way I trust the HR824s> > > I actually gave my pair of Mackie 824's away because they didn't represent > anything approaching reality. I like my Auratones but only for checking, not > listening. I have 6 pairs of Minimus 7's, and they are excellent, but again > not what I would trust listening to a mix on. I love the Event Precision 6's > and have found them to be very very accurate and unbiased. > > But it always comes back to my Yamaha NS10's to tell me what reality is in > my mixes. They've never lied to me in the 25 years I have been using them. > Whether the mix is going to a mastering lab or presssing plant, the result > is always is what I heard when I mixed the reecording. > > |