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I'm in the market for some new monitors for my home studio. I'm looking for quality, nearfield - powered monitors. They will primarily be used for mixing Heavy Metal. So I need them to be tight in the low end with plenty of thump and clarity. I don't want something too bright as they're far too fatiguing for this genre.

I'm want to get my mixes sounding similar to Lamb Of God - Ashes Of the wake. Everything seems to sound paired back and sits tight in the mix.

I'm looking at:
ADAM P22a
Dynaudio BM6A
Mackie HR-824

Some advice would be great!
Cheers
-Ben

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anonymous Sun, 08/28/2005 - 23:30

pixelhead wrote: For most rock and metal I reach for the SM57, 421 Senn e609 and the Royer 121. All 4 on a 4x12 cab and you have a nice pallet to work from.

Excuse my ignorance but isn't the Royer 121 a ribbon mic?

Wouldnt a ribbon mic be in extreme dange of being destroyed by the high spl of a metal guitar rig in full flight?

Cheers
-Ben

anonymous Mon, 08/29/2005 - 14:26

I record and mix quite a bit of heavier stuff (production styles like Tool and Alice in Chains, along with a lot of other styles) and I absolutely love my BM6a's. Excellent translation to other systems. I haven't heard the others so I won't compare, but I doubt you would look back after picking up a pair of BM6a's. My 2 cents.

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