Are Speakers the Most Important Part of Your Studio Setup? Marc Daniel Nelson
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In this episode of MakeMineMusic, Marc Daniel Nelson talks about his journey with critical listening and speak choices. Follow as he gives tips on how to best setup your speakers and what to think about while choosing a speaker that is right for you.
Over the last 6 or 7 years, Marc has put a huge focus on his monitoring setup. This stems back to trying to always achieve the best sound that he can get! You may think that translation would be just as easy as putting up a bunch of acoustic panels and a great set of speakers, but it is not!
When Marc first entered the audio world, gear - as in consoles, preamps, microphones, compressors, etc. - were his first priority, but he realized that what you hear and how you hear are way more important. He actually ended up selling some of the gear he had bought in order to buy his first set of monitors.
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@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
How do you make sure you have the best monitor setup possible?
@adissabovic 3 жыл бұрын
Been using the same pair of boxes since '96. Never mixed a thing on anything else. :)
@porotosExiliados 3 жыл бұрын
I kown I don't.. cause I can't aford studio monitors yet, but well.. I konw well what I have now
@unclemick-synths 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think the best monitoring system exists. I'm pleased with mine (especially since I got SonarWorks) but there's always room for improvement - particularly the room! 😀
@eMatthieu 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Personaly i can't dissociate monitors from conversion when talking about monitor setup and listening experience. Therefore the first serious unit i've bought when building my setup was good converters, what's your point about that Marc and Warren?
@santibanks 3 жыл бұрын
By knowing my room, as Marc repeats but also by not overpowering the room. There is only so much SPL you can put in the room. This is something I got much earlier from Steven Wilson who always said the same: his room was never the best sounding room, but he knew the sound of it inside out and that made him able to mix. Same for me, i live in this room for 11 years, i heard thousands of hours of music including everything I already knew by heart. Match your mixes to the stuff you like and that's it. Using Sonodyne here at good height and distance. Great midrange reveal. Low end I check on my Blue Sky 5.1 set. Headphones I use for details and to "cut out the room". And just checking on iphone, macbook speakers, blue tooth speakers, earbuds. Mixing at pretty low volumes (even to the point I can do that at midnight) with just occasionally checking it at louder volume for more excitement. I know there is stuff I'm probably missing out on. I know that when I change my room and monitor setup my mixes will probably go up in quality. But for now, everything seems to translate pretty well and the clients are happy, which is probably the main point.
@TheSickNeeds 3 жыл бұрын
ok, so he says to have fun.....but does he care if I'm doing marvelously well?
@sonidojamon 3 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
Haha oh yes he does! I certainly hope you're doing marvellously well!
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
@@sonidojamon haha
@Justin_the_Analog_IC_architect 3 жыл бұрын
Not everyone has the gift of bestowing marvelousness!
@buddhabinaural 3 жыл бұрын
Ha, when I tell my girlfriend I've been watching youtube and she asks what, producelikeapro would mean nothing to her but if I say the bloke from over here with the fuzzy hair that says hope you're doing marvelously well, she knows what I'm talking about straight away.
@beatarcheologzt 3 жыл бұрын
I really like this guy. I feel confidence when learning from him
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
That's amazing to hear!
@grimslater 2 жыл бұрын
You shouldn't, he may be a great mixer, but the advice in this video is incorrect. He's talking out of his area of expertise.
@MarkNordeen 3 жыл бұрын
A bit more explanation of the S test would be great.
@gbsrecords 3 жыл бұрын
What, no dog? I miss the Weimaraner glancing over at Marc, thinking, "dude, there's a little too much 32k. Pull that down a tad, won't you?"
@thomasnegovanonline 2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing gift to have these insights shared in such a kind manner! I’ve been devouring your videos and am incredibly grateful that you take the time to do them!
@liquidaudio_ 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Marc! I always learn so much from your videos, every single time you open me up to something new!!!
@mrfixit0 3 жыл бұрын
Room treatment - check, Monitors I think are stellar- check, listening skills - needs much more work! Very happy with my HEDD type 20s, excellent flat response. Application of Sonarworks corrected what was left. Really appreciated the discussion, have never considered phase in that manner before. I did check and am all good on that issue.
@jazzzfer 3 жыл бұрын
Love every time Mark does a video. So much knowledge
@RoryButlerMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Always like seeing these videos with Marc, seems very personable and genuine, no need for showy tricks or anything. Just good advice, nice looking video and a lot of experience behind him!
@sonidojamon 3 жыл бұрын
I would gladly pay for a full complete course of anything-audio led by Marc.
@adammilburn8855 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, could listen to this bloke all day.
@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын
Here it is Rory! Marc did a course with two tracks from Eric Burdon:- promixacademy.com/course/mixing-eric-burdon-with-grammy-nominee-marc-daniel-nelson/
@felipousismix 3 жыл бұрын
After going from NS-10 in the 90s to KRK and Mackie on the studios I worked, I got for my home studio the JBL LSR 305, I was very happy with them, but then I jumped into the Kali Audio IN-8 and so far, these are the best I ever had. I wish I can afford PSI in the future, but right now, I'm more than happy.
@glicmathan1771 Жыл бұрын
OMG I’ve been doing so many things wrong for so many years! No wonder I’m never satisfied with my mixes. Always too much or too little bass with weak mids. My “demo” studio will never be more than that until I work out all these details. I’ve moved around A LOT and have yet to set up a proper studio space. My monitors have been way too close together, I just learned, nor have I ever tested for phase. Marc’s videos are making a huge impact. After my next relocation, I’m going to set up a proper space and get a pair of ATC45s. Thanks again Marc!
@ryanmbisson 3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate his presentation and information delivery style. Really clear and easy to follow.
@RC32Smiths01 3 жыл бұрын
Speakers have much of an importance I believe! Awesome work as always!
@famosguider205 3 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this channel for a while NOT realizing I wasn't subscribed. This video made me hit the button. Thanks a bunch
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much for subscribing!
@JulesFox 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I'm going to watch this multiple times and have it on when I'm in my control room and do all this step by step!
@shayannadeem4282 3 жыл бұрын
perfect explanation! Learning your room/equipment goes a long way! I figured that if one learns his/her equipment properly, be it crappy or top tier, he/she can put out some quite good quality mixes. I know people with some great equipment releasing crappy mixes. Its all about learning your equipment! great video.
@FavioMagnoGuitarrista 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent tricks Marc! You have a true teaching vocation and you really do it with passion. Thanks for all the contributions. They are always interesting. Greetings from Buenos Aires! Music is love!
@KevinWickerProductions Жыл бұрын
Dude I enjoy your posts! You are spot on. You save your listeners years of headaches. I'm an old school guy (before cassette!) There's no doubt you are the real deal. I see a series of videos comin'! Thanks, 😎you got my support...
@AlexeySolovievMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Please more videos with Marc! He's absolutely incredible!
@jerrycraftproductions581 3 жыл бұрын
Warren and Marc, thanks for another valuable offering. I have ordered my Simgot EN700 Pros and my Bose blue tooth. I remember when the auratone was a staple; time to adjust with the times.
@riktascale4 3 жыл бұрын
100% in agreement with 1:10! This is a topic I am trying to master currently and could not have come at a better time. Thank you very much!
@HitTheRoadMusicStudio 3 жыл бұрын
Such a helpful episode, great great insight, thanks for sharing Marc!!! 🤘
@BeauStephenson 3 жыл бұрын
The way you described those ATC's is exactly how I feel about my Amphions. Switching over to them about 2 years back was absolutely crucial to my mixes translating fast. It's amazing to go to the mastering room and hear that my home mixes hold up and sound great, even in such a clinical listening space. That Trinnov technology is mind blowing. There are a few studios here in LA that use them for tracking as well.
@ryanshook8284 2 жыл бұрын
Which model Amphion do you have?
@paulphilippart7395 3 жыл бұрын
So happy someone is finally pointing out the importance of phase linear monitors,I must point out that its only going to be perfected once manufacturers get rid of the ports,its impossible to have perfect phase bass when you have ports all you have is an augmented band around 180 degrees out of phase,it just tricks your brain,get rid of that and the veil is removed.
@1facebeats701 2 жыл бұрын
Super interessting video! Also the teach vibe of this man really good 🙌🏾
@MrSk8trby 3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Marc. So good to see you thriving in your element. Pretty amazing your level of expertise and influence these days. Would love to chat soon
@lucdingreville4307 3 жыл бұрын
I like the contrast between the advise for beginners (like me) and at the end "I use $10k monitors and I can't go below that" xD
@pdac86 3 жыл бұрын
For beginners there is no need to buy $10k monitors before you have a professionally designed room. Buy a $3k pair of speakers and put the rest of that $10k in acoustics instead. But as a professional with a acoustical well built room the difference going from a really good $3k (Munro 150) set of speaker to a $10k custom-built Dynaudio/Focal mains with high quality amps was worth it. :)
@buddhabinaural 3 жыл бұрын
You can get a pair of HD600 headphones if you're on a budget. I couldn't even afford half decent monitors, never mind acoustic treatment. The difference they have made for me is incredible and I use my old, cheap monitors, phone, van and soundbar/sub combo for testing on a variety of systems.
@pdac86 3 жыл бұрын
@@buddhabinaural Good advice! Before even thinking of a monitor system for critical listing (unless u have the money to spend at least the same amount on acoustics) get your self a good pair of open headphones. Combined with a good DHP solution like Sonarworks Headphone edition for best results. If you feel a need for speakers, buy a reference set up. I recommend a pair of one-way single driver ones like Aurotones 5c or similar.
@buddhabinaural 3 жыл бұрын
@@pdac86 I don't actually like the room in the headphones software. I find it can give instant spacing and clarity to things that isn't really there. That was my intentions when I bought the headphones but I found it was much better without. To be honest even panning and reverb isn't all that bad to do in headphones. I find with panning, as I sweep left to right, it hits a sweet spot where things suddenly sound like they have their own space. The one you mentioned is more premium than what I used, so maybe it works better.
@TheGARCK 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks Marc & Warren.
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Gareth!
@nilsrocks 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks! 👍
@Kambiz.Mahdavi 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Mr Warren Huart to post this awesome guy advices about the most important issue on mixing audio. I spent so much money for my room Acoustic treatments and equipments but I couldn't hear such that correct sound I had expected,so I decided to do something irregular and I did some equalizing on my interface internal dsp equalizer, I chose a song that I had heard that more than 10 years and I started to calibrate my speakers by doing some cuts and boosts on this equalizer to hear my favourite song the way I liked, Anyways after a few weeks I found out that my mixes didn't have enough midrange , I had been so disappointed and I lost my self confidence until I met a guy who introduced me Ik multimedia Arc2 , After buying this package and learning how to use it, I found out,the sounds I had heard were not correct enough before the Arc2, These days I use hardware measurement and I say boldly that one of the best sound engineers made my speakers 80 percent flat. I am very happy about this basic and important issue. Good luck
@mennovroom5537 3 жыл бұрын
Another great tutorial. So much to learn. tTip - Take notes.
@briankingart 3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, thank you!
@MartinLuxen 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I mainly mix on headphones now that I have a little girl that is asleep ;) They're reference headphones (Shure), around 250-300€ at the time...but I've owned them forever, listened all music on them and so on. I know them really well! Same goes for my speakers, but I just moved to a new house with a new (larger!!! yeah!!!!) studio and since there now is a baby, haven't had much time to learn my new room... So headphones it is for now....
@steveg219 2 жыл бұрын
Great orientation to how to approach this. Absolutely YES the right monitors have a way bigger impact than any preamp or outboard great can possibly have- Perfect! Worth adding though that room can have an even bigger impact, especially low frequencies in a small room. We created the session that we delivered over multiple years at AES/NAMM to teach the details of this. But in short, the room can alter your frequency response by tens of dBs at any given frequency. Monitors may vary what you hear by a few dB. Preamps an outboard gear more like fractions of a db. The point is that the room is the biggest culprit in messing with accurate monitoring, and, the hardest thing to fix. Room “correction” software can only go so far. Small room acoustics is extremely difficult but really is the best place to start, especially focusing on low end and basic reflection control
@jenshendriks9092 3 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that in my room, I can move around up to half a meter in each direction (except up or down) and not really have much of a change in sound. Very convenient! In most studios I've been, moving my head just 3 inches was enough to completely destroy a mix...
@ilikemyrealname 2 жыл бұрын
I also sold a lot of gear to get better speakers. I had Shadow Hills, Neve, API, Maag, so on and got rid of it all and bought Neumann 310's with the DSP sub and several grand in materials to build treatment. One of the best (and hardest) decisions in my career thus far.
@gustadreams5389 3 жыл бұрын
Great content!
@BeccaLozierTrumpet Жыл бұрын
Up vote to learning your room. I tried correction software and ditched it in favor of more critical listening time and more listening sources. Also, up vote to having bluetooth speakers and bookshelf speakers in play, along with bad and good headphones and buds. I added an old Klipsch running through a sony receiver from my mono sum. I used to mix on those Klipsch before I had any actual monitors! Still provide a great mid range and excellent instant mono checker.
@Neil-Aspinall 3 жыл бұрын
As long as you have reasonable sounding monitors the most important thing is to get used to how they sound. Once you have sufficient experience with them and have compared your mixes through other speakers you will soon realize their idiosyncrasy's and foibles.
@J-DUB-F1 3 жыл бұрын
All good points...... I remember an engineer at the Village once told me about the coin trick on a woofer to check phase. I'm space challenged so I can't really get any farther than 3' back from my mons in the mix position.....so there's a lot of backing away to check the low end. Funny the Event Precision 8s were his first mons :-) . Way back when I got my first pair of powered mons, they were the ones I really wanted, but couldn't afford them, so I got the Event TR8s....I still have them packed away somewhere??.
@klaassiersma4892 3 жыл бұрын
First off, i am a hobbyist. For my mixing/ listening i use a set of room tuned magnepan smg c magneto stats, a balaced output amp, a set of sure se 846 earbuds and a set of typical home typ loudspeakers, those magnepans are in no way nearfield monitors but i have never heard a less coulouring set of speakers.
@sgfdancecompany 3 жыл бұрын
Super Duper tips Marc!!!
@antcall6779 3 жыл бұрын
I get so excited when I hear Marc's intro!🤘
@EricSkyeMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Thanks
@ryanperrault8174 3 жыл бұрын
Great video...I only have headphones right now (Sony MDR- 7506)and a pair of PC Bose speakers that were $250. Good to know this before I make my first purchase. I actually have a pair of KRK 5 inch but I don't like them as I can't hear the bass....everything sounds paper thin. Even in a small room I need larger than 5"
@sirdaveandre 3 жыл бұрын
nice trick. with the speaker phase. I do it by connecting red amp out to red speaker in.
@ThePlanarchist 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent as ever. And for those outside the US, other small value coins work too. ;)
@Euphonicmusicschool 3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Those Event SP8s were my first 'nice' monitors. Haha!
@chrisschut4533 3 жыл бұрын
Hi there, great video, thanks very much for sharing, it's exactly what I'm struggling with right now in my room. How exactly do you do the S-test he's talking about? What do I listen for exactly, and mostly, how to fix it if you think you have a problem with s's ? Thanks! Chris.
@precisionsoundworksstudio 2 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your insights, Marc! Excellent video! By the way, which harmonic plug-in did you use to get the Bose speaker to cooperate?
@therandomofrandom9152 3 жыл бұрын
Love this guy
@jjohnwords2873 3 жыл бұрын
Recently I been putting an eq on my mix bus from 200hz to 5k and mixing with that on and then removing and tweaking back and forth. helped with my mid range which is where I was making the most mistakes and helping me with getting harmonics coming through from the bass.
@bobbykanemusictube 3 жыл бұрын
I'm in a small, pentagonal room. I only have enough room to put my monitors 3' apart. Bit they are also 3' away from me. They are set above my ears, but pointed down at me. There just is no other way. But, I'm learning to work with those constraints. Sonarworks helps immensely. But I've also gotten used to the room itself. And I'm still learning more and more about what it does to the frequencies. I do, however, tend to use headphones quite a bit as well because kids are home. There are no private rooms to run to in my house. So... there's that.
@darindipietro9141 3 жыл бұрын
The Sonarworks set up is something I’ve really grown to count on now that I’ve actually learned to trust it. Had to switch main monitors two days before a project and after 15 years on JBL’s I was lost on the new Focals. Without room correction it would have been an endless remix battle.
@bluematrix5001 3 жыл бұрын
SW CHANGES THE LOWEND
@mikelo303 3 жыл бұрын
My new favorite channel
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much
@tscotts9699 3 жыл бұрын
Good talk, bro.
@rickdeaguiar-musicreflecti7692 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent advice :)
@MrTimdriver 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Cheers!
@pjsixhundred 3 жыл бұрын
Really interesting video. Thanks.
@Producelikeapro 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Phil! Glad you enjoyed it!
@mk-musicproduction 3 жыл бұрын
I've been using a Bose like that for years. I just ordered an Auratone because I didn't think I was "right"..I think I'll cancel that now. Good video.
@vijayanand1154 3 жыл бұрын
Great advice thank you. Didn’t talk about software like sonarworks ref 4. Those atc45’s look fantastic but very pricey £9k a pair :)
@antiHUMANDesigns 3 жыл бұрын
I used a pair of Studiophile monitors for many years. Fairly cheap crap, honestly, but I had a limited budget and focused on recording quality and having enough microphones and so on. But eventually, I realized that some problem that I had been compensating for was likely due to the monitors. So I bought a pair of Genelec, and it was like a door opened, and I could actually hear the sounds properly, like some kind of silkscreen had covered everything but was now gone. It's hard to describe the huge difference. And it confirmed my suspicion, that my old monitors produced a few sharp peaks in the frequency spectrum, which were now gone. The low end had also been a problem. And while my old monitors had a very good stereo image, they had no 3D depth, everything felt flat. I think this is due to how much distortion they produce. One thing though: When I upgraded my monitors, problems with the acoustics in the control room became much more prominent. (This is of course a good sign.)
@noubend8368 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you ....
@juanchis.investigadorsonoro 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video and just the way you started is the way I always start "audio conversation" How do you listen? Regarding those ATC, do you have a sub to add to that? Or are you just working on a stereo system? :)
@geddydawg 3 жыл бұрын
So agree with this. Understanding ones mix/control room. Side note, I run the ATC SCM25As (too small a room for the 45s) and so luv the sound from them. If I could inquire, what was the Harmonic plug-in used for the Bose speaker resolution?
@TheEleventeen 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video ! X🤘🏻X
@Eventual420 3 жыл бұрын
This should auto play every morning for me. If there’s one thing you need, it’s how to listen.
@slaidaniel628 3 жыл бұрын
Course! Very important......
@laynehoward2870 2 жыл бұрын
I am so torn on this subject. I was just about to pull the trigger on a set of ATC SCM45A monitors. Then, I saw an interview with Andrew Sheps where he said he now mostly mixes on headphones. He even sold his legendary Neve 8086 to work "in the box". I've always been a proponent of using headphones: it eliminates the issues we all face of working in a typical non-perfect room: I also understand their limitations. I use Focal Clear Pro headphones. Very happy with them. My monitors are little Genelec 8040B with a 7350A Genelec sub. If not the ATC monitors, I was thinking of going up to the Genelec 8341A. I also use Sonarworks SoindID. I even bought a set of Powerbeats Pro earbuds so I can understand what tons of people are hearing with my mixes. What to do....what to do....?
@KunchangLeeMusic 3 жыл бұрын
This is so great
@kevinellis4729 3 жыл бұрын
I'm still mixing on the same pair of Alesis Monitor Ones that I've been using since probably 1998. I just know them. I have some other speakers to check with, but I figure familiarity is the most important characteristic of any monitors.
@footsandersen 3 жыл бұрын
I started mixing on some budget Focals. Took an EP to my mastering engineer (Nashville veteran) and he graciously told me what he was hearing that I couldn't. He suggested some PMC monitors. After talking with the sales rep and demoing several models, I settled on TwoTwo.8s. Remixed the EP, brought it back to my mastering engineer. He said 1000% better. I'm still learning to listen, but having great mentors is huge!
@chinmeysway 3 жыл бұрын
It’s so hard to find actual mentors. Youtoob is pretty hit er miss as mentor material 😩
@Simbabhebhe 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video :) What is the ‘S’ test?
@ecpruthless 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I find the easiest hack to check phase on speaker is using a battery......connect battery directly to driver leads (not the amp, disconnect the amp).....positive to positive, negative to negative.... driver should push out..... if its "backwards", driver will suck in, meaning its 180 degrees out of phase.........then reverse the wires stuff like group delay, and dsp phase correction is a very fun subject to learn...... dsp correction for me all day....its almost a philosophy argument nowadays right?.....imo you better have 1000% faith in your speaker manufacturer as well as the room that you put the speakers in to be able to say they can even reproducing every frequency perfectly....to then be able to somehow distort that with something inline Good stuff
@barongray5458 8 ай бұрын
In these times of active-powered speakers, it is not always that easy. The battery trick was polarity 101 back in the passive days, but now you have to adopt a different approach. Clickers are a great tool but you can also use a function generator if you have one.
@drampadreg1386 Жыл бұрын
If you have passive speakers, just use a triple a battery and check the phase by using the polarity, the cone moves out with positive to positive, negative to negative. \ And I think the ATC's you have, the 150's would be fine for an atmos system...Heh, there goes the bank account!Another good video, without all those bells and whistles, thanks.
@crisrose521 3 жыл бұрын
You didn’t mention the “ once past the ear “ method or when someone should use more then one set of monitors and when and why horizontal and vertical monitors should be used but nice post , thank you 🙏
@arcanics1971 3 жыл бұрын
I have relatively cheap monitors. They are pretty flat, but I don't rely on them. Instead I rely on my headphones which are absolutely as flat as possible. Once I have mixed using those, I play on a variety of other speakers and see what it sounds like. I find this works for my budget. I do certainly have my speakers set up forward though, but I didn't do this with any expert knowledge. It's just what I happened to prefer.
@cary3428 3 жыл бұрын
There are so many important things. When I mentor young engineers I say, “ it’s all about the everything “. But for me the biggest thing is the best treated room you can afford and the best speakers you can afford. If I can’t accurately hear it, I can’t mix it.
@akagerhard 3 жыл бұрын
maybe think about preaching what you believe in. Maybe it would actually be great for students to focus on treating their room right, instead of focussing on buying "the very best plugins". That kind of change in attitude could really create a difference in competence between your students and other students.
@bcastromusic 3 жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued by the ATC SCM45A as I'm looking into a set of near/mid monitors. I haven't gone to listen yet but those are one I want to listen to. Do you find any lobing issues having the two woofers far apart on the horizontal plane? The response would change significantly as you shift left and right relative to the monitors? The midrange may help where the woofers crossed over lower and takes these issues out of the critical range?
@RonnieVaiArovo 3 жыл бұрын
11:35 my fav part was his million pound smile 🙂✌
@sonidojamon 3 жыл бұрын
Five minutes in and I'm in shock. First time I hear about the possibility of both speakers being in phase with each other, but "firing" backwards first. And a lot of questions arise. I suppose all monitors are built and designed to move forward first, but something in the digital or analog path between the audio source and the monitors might be changing that without us knowing? I know this can happen cause I experienced something similar w/ guitar pedals (when parallel processing or with wet/dry/wet configurations). Am I right? And if so, how do you find what causes it and fix it? And then, right after that, Marc references some of us asking about his IEMs, and I smile to my self. And, still with the smile on, he shows the same BOSE BT speaker I have to check my mixes. What a great coincidence! I also use an Amazon Echo 4 for the same purpose, and check my work after "every-hour-5-minute-get-up-walk-or-do-something" in my trusty Audio-Technica ATH-R70X headphones. We need more "Make. Mine. Music". Also, the video production and photography is second to none!
@KosmoDeuz Жыл бұрын
Have fun ❤
@ncyancy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips Hugh, good info, but some things are a little vague that would help if you could clarify. So what if your speaker fires not on the beat. Should you get a new monitor or will the phase plugin flipped on that channel be enough? Also what harmonic plugin do you use to help bring the bass up to be heard on that Bose wireless, and the settings you use so you don’t effect the other listening sources would be helpful to know. Thanks
@jeremythornton433 3 жыл бұрын
I just make do the best I can. I have 2 sets of monitors and a set of Sennheizer HD280Pro headphones. I have a pair of Edirol MA-15D's and a pair of Kali LP6's. My room is stuffed with gear and is about 9' by 8' or maybe a bit bigger. I built a couple of acoustic panels that I hung on the wall behind the monitors and I have one that sits in the widow sill just to kill some of the reflection plus carpet on the floor. I cross my fingers a lot! My keyboard stands help to break up reflections too! I hope!
@haroldstaam 3 жыл бұрын
i have a pair of kali lp6s and i love them. i think they are really awesome for mixing. used to use some cheap speakers and my music is sounding a million times better now
@iammadeofsound 2 жыл бұрын
The end note is something that everyone learning the craft should really inhale and understand. No room is perfect. You always need to be in sync with your room issues and speakers capabilities. I always say measure the room and know your speakers. Your brain will do the rest for you. I actually got a question somebody might be able to answer - on mtrx studio - can you adjust phase alignment of each monitor connected? I know there's an option to dial in quite a few frequency corrections. I'm currently debating whether go LCR - SCM45 or Genelecs 1237 with GLM... I'm buying into dsp speaker alignment - it's a very helpful tool to have. I digress..
@MrPipmeister 3 жыл бұрын
I’ll let you know when my Eve SC3070 FINALLY turn up... 6 weeks and counting... 5 more weeks to go ughhhh!
@gooshie3 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, folks
@officialWWM 3 жыл бұрын
I mix on a pair of 1000 watt, 12 inch QSC floor monitors. Less than ideal but it's what I have, lol. I feel like they actually work quite well. Not very detailed but I check everything on cans etc and I feel like I get decent results. That being said, I'd love some decent monitors :/
@Gretsch0997 2 жыл бұрын
I just use headphones 🎧. Always. I use three different ones to reference with. No room problems. No phase issues. At a low volume.
@djse 3 жыл бұрын
I don't really get the phase check on individual speaker, I understand that 2 speakers can have phase issue with each others, but how one speaker can have this issue ? If I put a sound with the speaker on the side and a coin, like you explain, and flip the phase, and the reaction of the speaker is different, isn't that mean that there is a problem with the sound (and depending of the sound it could be an oposite result) ? or do I have to use a specific type of sound like a sinewave (for exemple) that goes up first in its phase ?
@josephfish6593 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like my speakers are getting a test run today. I'll put em through the ringer, see how they fair.
@LoCFiction 3 жыл бұрын
I spy a 424 :) Great advice in this, thank you.
@bernburg1999 3 жыл бұрын
Does the idea with the phase and coin not just depend on the drum sample? The waveform of the sample could technically by itself pull the speaker back before pushing forward? Right?
@Username_Invalid 3 жыл бұрын
Possibly, yeah I was curious about this as well. I feel like if you took a couple professional release songs and just trim it to where the kick and bass hit one really short burst and loop that. Do this test with a couple professional songs for average and it might give you an idea. Haven't tried it but am going to mess with it when I get home.
@agondistortion 3 жыл бұрын
So how to correct phase on the speakers , this was about how to check if they fire right , was this about mixing ? cause that's easy all you do is switch phase
@randylee1954 3 жыл бұрын
So do you need to check the phase on a single solo track every time you record? Is this a different concept than two tracks being in phase with each other?
@Creativecoverz 3 жыл бұрын
Marc is one of those people you just sit and listen to. Fantastic producer engineer and great bloke.
@gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic Жыл бұрын
What is the harmonic plugin that Marc is talking about that he uses to pull up the sound of the bass after using the Bose Bluetooth speaker without touching the other speakers sound
@karol9187 3 жыл бұрын
How to make a guitar tone from the intro? Is it just fuzz and reverb or something different?
@DecibelStudiosLA 3 жыл бұрын
What harmonic plug-in did you use for the bass?
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