OK, I see what you mean now and I agree. On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 09:12 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > Florin, > I certainly agree with your comment, but possibly you didn't see > the quotes around my use of the word 'required'. > > I would contend that most any set of reasonably wide range speakers > can be used to create a good mix. The real key is that the person > doing the mixing MUST know what these speakers sound like. The > engineer has to listen to LOTS of recorded music on these speakers so > that she knows what's strong and what's weak about them. By getting > very familiar with the sound of the monitors and how they create the > sound of similar music one will then be able to mixes that are similar > in nature. > > I would suggest that with even the best monitors in the world one > has to listen to how they reproduce other recorded music before one > can mix good music on them that will work on many systems. > > Granted - if the original post was suggesting that the speakers > couldn't reproduce anything below 100Hz or over 10KHz then certainly > they would not be acceptable. However, if they are able to get out to > the edges of hearing then, even if they are not flat, with careful > listening one should be able to do a reasonable job and that job can > be checked against other systems after burning a CD. > > I think then, and only then, should an engineer stick on a set of headphones. > > Just my thoughts.... > > Cheers, > Mark > -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/
