> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 05:11:54 -0800 > From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: It's music time again > On 2/9/06, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > One day, I'll spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more > > than 20 quid and speakers that were meant for more than Doom. Then > > maybe I'll stick with a track long enough to produce something > > polished. > > > > You know, it probably isn't as necessary as you think. All studio > monitors do (IMO) is give you a good listening environment when you're > mixing. However, they are not 'required' to get a good mix. If you I have a "home bedroom" studio with wierd acoustics, which makes it very difficult to get accurate sound, even from the highest quality studio monitors. So I use a set of high-quality headphones to do my mixes. It is much easier to get high-quality, accurate sound from a smaller transducer closer to the ear, rather than having your speakers moving a lot of air through a longer distance. It's also a lot cheaper... :-) -Tim
