Your channel is my most valued resource for all things audio, very underrated!

Edit - I said crossover was usually at around 1kHz but this varies a lot for each model. My monitors actually cross over at 620Hz so it is different for each make and model. Just didn't want to spread any misinformation.

Your ears can FEEL the pristine mixing when you play Michael's video after listening to other yt videos, where you have to constantly adjust the volume

Bruh I swear to God, my new speakers just came not even 24h ago, and I was banging my head about how to place them properly, and Mike just relesaed this... Don't know what to say lmao, just thank you for doing what you do ❤ Btw it's a pair of HS5s

You’re like the Bob Ross of music. Very calm and share knowledge simply. Very good channel, I hope you keep getting bigger so a bigger audience can take advantage of knowledge from one of the great content creators here on this platform!

It's not just his knowledge that blows my mind. It's how he articulates it

Thank you Michael for Your input in my Music production! I've been following the Channel for 3 years now and my Music production has never been the same🇵🇬❤️

This channel has helped me out so much in understanding audio

Hey man! I just wanna thank you for making such quality content! I can't express how much your expertise has helped me with my own music production!! Thank you!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯

I love that instead of "you should do this like that and only like that" it's actually "try your options and go with the one you like or get the most use out of" kinda advice.

More consideration might be: 1. Port hole locations 2. Rotation baffle options 3. Coaxial designs 4. Cabinet + bevel design

Great video Michael! Would love to see a video of yours explaining the 'weight' types of spectrum/analyzers, what we see & what we actually listen to and which option is the right one as a reference that we should follow (optically) in order to have the right balance on the track.

Amazing video! The explanation, the editing, the voice recording, everything. Very helpful, thanks ;)

It's very strange that you just posted this video, one hour ago. I was just contemplating rotating my monitors to a horizontal position, on my way into work just now. This would be to save space in my current studio area, until I have time and money to renovate and reconfigure. Thanks for the info!

Since I've subbed to your channel you've been my trusted teacher and go to, for everything in regards to audio!. Thank you kindly for your hard work and valuable time, reviews and lessons! 🙏🙂

Youre so calm man. I love watching your tutorials you gave us a lot thank you so much my bro

Great video and easy to understand without too much tech lingo. Appreciate you!

I was planning on setting up acoustic treatment in my new studio, and was wondering how I would set up studio monitors when I have everything sorted out. You have helped me rather early! You truly are the best Michael! P.S. Studio looking nice, btw :)

Rotated horizontal to vertical this week, lowered too. Not the last time. So right on - experiment!

Very good input, well explained in a way that anyone can understand. Bravo!

Very great tips!! Thanks for sharing. Very informative and well explained, as usual. I was considering putting my speakers on their sides at work but after hearing about the drawbacks, I've decided against it. I'm often moving around a lot from side to side. Using Yamaha HS5's!

Checking your videos is always a great way to get knowledge and to get some peace! thank you for that!

Thanks for the crystal clear information Mike

i always prefer headphones for producing but still watched this whole video, because every content from this guy is gold & worth listening

If this channel didn’t exist then pretty much everything I know about audio would have taken a lot longer to learn

This channel has helped me so much lately

Very informative. Thanks Bruh!

Keep going man you are doing a great job

very useful advice, thank you for sharing! :)

love your videos 🙌

This tutorial is ridiculously good :-) really in depth. . This is a topic that I have put some thought and testing in to, for a few years. Cool to see a video about it with a few facts that are really important. Learned stuff :-) Thanx for this. . I'm lucky... I own 2 pairs of monitors both with waveguides that allow me to try everything. . Thums up + already subscribed.

I love you man, you adressed this topic perfectly

Had to come tell you that I appreciate the audio quality of your voice recording. The professionalism lends a lot of credence to your opinion.

Very explanatory! thank you friend

I bought KRK Rokit 5 G4 Powered Studio Monitors for my home studio and they sound gorgeous !! Thanks.. your video is quite informative :)

Very simple and comprehensive. Thanks

thanks for the clear info! v helpful. all the best

you never miss, always got a vid for sumtin..

I don't have studio monitors but still I watched full video because I love your work man!!

Well explained! Good job!

Next will be the Microphones review pls!🙏💌 We really love the way how you review all of that stuffs to us!❤

you have the best studio tan ive seen in years lol great video btw thanks

Following you for a long time. Learned so many things. Love from Bangladesh. :) 🥰

That’s a really interesting tuto that we don’t see everywhere ! Well done 👍

good video good information and stuff to think about thank you Michael

Keep up the good work man

Very timely, I literally just built a studio and bought some Kali LP6`s . First time having monitors with actual low end response.

thank you so much for this video. nothing helped me more than your videos. keep it up

Man your studio looks amazing

Thank You bro 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Very Helpful Video🔥🔥.

Thanks 4 this ONCE AGAIN USEFUL HELPFUL & INFORMATIVE TUTORIAL VIDEO, @MICHAEL, IN THE MIX!!! ;) :)

Awesome explanation! Thanks.

thanks for the knowledge dude!

My monitors were located a bit high when I placed on my new studio desk, even more so after I bought some separators to stand them on but I fixed that issue by buying a 6 inch tall hard foam cushion for my mixing chair and that boosted me up high enough that my ears were level with the tweeter when sat in the chair, comfy too.

Youre like that elder brother every musician needs. Youre Love bro

Excellent- thanks!

I just found this channel...lucky me for sure. This topic on speaker placement is very interesting and not nearly as common a topic as it should be. Here's something that I was told years ago about whether a speaker can be placed upright or on it's side or both. I have two pairs of near field monitors; a pair of JBL4408a's and a pair of Tannoy502's (both two way). I've worked in studios (mostly as a producer) since the 80's and the most common near field monitors were the Yamaha NS-10's, which I don't believe I'd ever seen standing upright. One of the reasons I was told that it didn't matter was because the tweeters weren't centred over the woofer; this avoids phase issues when turned on their sides. So I've always had my JBL's on their sides (tweeter out) because the tweeter is, like the NS-10's, off centre. The wave guide was new information, so thank you for that. The JBL wave guides are round, so it's not an issue here. So my 'general' rule has been centred tweeters should be upright and off centre tweeters can be either. I that 'too general' a rule? Great channel.

Thank you for this video.

great tips Michael!!!

Just a day before I got this question 😃 thanks , well explained 👍🏻😎

Best channel on youtube for audio production

You obviously know your stuff. Good to hear some sage advice without being judgemental.

Great vid,Worked in various studios,years back,the big problem laying monitors sideways,my biggest cringe,the stereo image is smeared horribly(phase and dispersion problems huge),particularly those ones with the white woofer, Im amongst many engineers who know this.

The only one Mike. What a blessing!

Great info, thank you. Could you possibly do a review of the less expensive T7V? There is an obvious difference in the features of both products but would really value your opinion on how they stack up sound wise.

Thank You Sir.I was wondering that when placed Vertical the woofer and the twitter are on the same vertical plane but different horizontal plane and turning them Horizontal puts them on the same horizontal plane but different vertical planes so in both the cases the distance is getting compromised to some extent but which one favours the most?

Damn just a change in camera angle and the video has changed to a whole next level🤯🤯

thank you heaps helpful

more than helpful ty :)

Hi Michael, your channel is really helpful. May I ask wich monitor stands yours are?

Like your new lighting setup.

Another notable point to consider that wasn't mentioned in this video - when placing a two way speaker on it's side, you end up with a difference in stereo width between the woofers and tweeters. The tweeters will be closer together than the woofers, or vice versa. This means that your stereo image can be warped for anything that doesn't just appear in left, right, or center. For example: If I pan something only 30, 50 percent to the left and have my tweeters on the inside, the location of the image the tweeters are producing will be closer to the center than the woofers. This can also cause phase issues, and can really ruin the imaging capabilities of your speakers. You can lose a sense of how things are actually panned in your mix in addition to any issues in frequency response caused by the phase difference.

Super Cool Intro

Thank you, very useful.

I have some horizontal placed monitors at ear level, but I place the tweeters on the outside to keep the mono bass, kick, snare & such in the center of the mix for my ears, plus it's a better stereo image with the tweets on the outside. Then I go to my mono wired Yamaha NS-10's, placed in the center at ear level, horizontal as well, at a low volume & fine tune the midrange. Ta Da !!

i love this channel!

If needed, I guess you also could put the speakers upside down to get the tweeters at good hight (if speakers are placed too high)?

yo i just got my monitors this week this is perfect timing

If your monitors are a little bit too high, you can also turn your monitors upside down so that the tweeters are on the bottom. That way you don't get any phase issues.

Great video! Which monitor stands do you use?

I just a couple Adam Audio T5V's so that thumbnail caught my eye.

love ur PSI

EXCELLENT!

If you place your speakers on their sides I’d put the woofer towards the center. The reason I say this is because the low frequency is normally summed to mono and higher frequencies to stereo. Just makes since to me. Thanks for sharing, mvh

that small "or if you do, you have some superhuman hearing" at 5:40 was so funny, love the videos Michael!! keep it up :)

Thanks mate - that's interesting. Have had mine horizontal for ages (with isolation pads) originally cos tweeter height, but all those other things to consider, vv clear. Will do as you say and experiment a bit with masters I know well. Ta!

First of all I must thank you for the great videos.! and I wanted to ask what stands you use for the monitors

Very informative

Thanks for sharing! What speaker stands are you using? Thx!

Good advice! By the way, what speaker stands are you using? I like the way they look solid but are also adjustable.

Great to see someone addressing the issue that's been a pet peeve of mine for some time. I've worked for a company called Sonarworks for 5 years and during my time there I've seen hundreds of systems. Your main takeaways are fine, but let me add some important points. 1) Directivity is the second most important characteristic of a speaker, besides the on-axis frequency response. It basically tells how the speaker will perform once you start moving your head sideways from the listening axis. Most monitors nowadays have controlled directivity which means that for most of the spectrum once you move off-axis the sound will uniformly get quieter, but the speaker will try to maintain a graceful frequency response. In reality of course, bass is omnidirectional (unless you're Dutch!), so the frequency response will tilt and mostly mid/high frequencies will get attenuated. For a non-coincidental driver speaker only horizontal directivity can be optimized, if drivers are stacked vertically. Usually a +/-30 degree listening window is maintained where the speaker will achieve its best frequency response. Vertically you will always get directivity narrowing at crossover points and the usable listening window shrinks to about +/-10 degrees. When you put a speaker on its side, you effectively swap horizontal directivity for vertical directivity. Now, as shown in the video - your head will usually do horizontal movements, so a wide horizontal listening window is always preferable. Some companies (ATC comes to mind) intentionally narrow vertical directivity to reduce ceiling and desk bounce, so there's also that. 2) If you need to lower the acoustic listening axis, it is okay to put the speaker upside down! You get the same tweeter height as with putting the enclosure sideways, but maintain optimum horizontal directivity. Tilting is also okay, but I find that soundstage rendition seems to shift that way. Anyways, good job, mate!

Very useful ❤️❤️❤️❤️ video

u poppin off son, love every video.

I just love his sound Engineering tutorials and hope he makes more videos like this. Great Job.

Love your channel. It's been very helpful. I have a MIDI video request. Can you make video focussed around programming your drum pad in FL Studio in the FPC plugin? Then how to go about putting your own sounds you have added in your Plugin Data base, into FPC so you can have them on your drum pad instead of the default settings? I would very much appreciate it.

Thankyou ❤️

Great tip, , 👍

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. They tell you everything you need to know about using your speakers. Placement, cleaning, what the equalizer functions do and when to use. Some speakers are just not designed to be place the horizontaly. That means if you still place your speaker horizontal, there can be a bad stereo reproduction and some interferrence(frequencys cancel each other out or amplify). also the tweeter needs to be alligned the same a 100%, so its a little bit more complicated to position speakers horizontaly. But the instructions tell you if and how. BTW nice video great explanation of the topic

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Good Video, thank you. Can you give some tips for dialingin / calibrating Studio Monitors in a given Space? How to measure the frequencyresponse of the room etc.?