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my students some times record demos for class review, auditions etc and i usually do the mixing. nothing fancy, I use karaoke pre-recorded songs and I add their voice on top.

I use an Oktava MK-319 through my Prism Sound Lyra straight to Sequoia. my students can't afford professional mastering, since they record back and forth and listen to the results through ipods. so i thought i would do some home mastering using Sequoia.

but I need a set of decent studio monitors to allow me to listen to the subtleties of eq, compression and limiting. out of these, which one would you recommend for home use?
this is as much as my budget goes.

KS Digital C-55
KS Digital D-606 Coax
Sonodyne SM 300Ak
Event 20/30
Prodipe Pro 8-3W
Adam A77X
Avantone Mix Tower
EVE audio SC307

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audiokid Sun, 01/11/2015 - 13:11

Jensenmann, post: 423558, member: 18198 wrote: I´d chose the [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.ksdigita…"]KS Digital[/]="http://www.ksdigita…"]KS Digital[/] D series speakers.

I want!!!!! Please have the owner of this company send me a pair!

Jensenmann, post: 423558, member: 18198 wrote: Speakers is a very subjective thing. One mans floor is the other man´s ceiling...

Speakers are like shoes you mean, :)

Sometimes we are running, sometimes we are walking for miles, sometimes we are making a big impression. If I had my way, I'd have a closet full of all my favourite speakers lol.

Ira Seigel Sun, 06/21/2015 - 06:03

audiokid, post: 420546, member: 1 wrote: I liked that.

I often wonder how close we would all mix if we used the exact same room to mix in.
fwiw, I've own about $200,000 in really nice equipment and none of that would make a difference if I didn't have excellent room acoustics and a serious monitor control system to go with it. The speakers I have are only 1 part of it. I can get by on less then special speakers but not the acoustics and monitor controller.
When I first started in this business, I knew I was gifted with great ears, but I soon found out that didn't matter if my room was lying to me.
I used take bass traps and acoustic treatment around with me even when I toured as a band. Treatment is the number one priority for me.

I know this is an old thread, but I hope you see this.
I'm very interested in your comment about carrying acoustic treatments with you when you toured. Could you explain this a little? Describe what you carried, how much they weighed, the amount of space they took up, placement on stage, etc? Many thanks.

audiokid Sun, 06/21/2015 - 09:57

Have bus will carry ;)
Well, for what I knew back then, this definitely made a more pleasurable space for us.

I travelled with large amounts of cargo blankets, foam, gobo's and thick black felt that was stitched together. I've even placed traps above for the horrifying staged that are like domes.
Before setting up lighting and backline, I placed treatment where I could, then hung a thick felt wall around the entire stage. I had about 80' x 12 ft of it sewn together in 20 lengths. Used Ultimate Support tubing and a variety of hooks to keep it up. It also looked really good.
It didn't do much for bass but it definitely helped the slapback and upper freq's.
I started doing this in 1981. Treatment, low stage volume and good PA systems makes touring more fun. After 18 years touring out of a suitcase, I still have my hearing.

DonnyThompson Sun, 06/21/2015 - 23:14

Jensenmann, post: 430061, member: 18198 wrote: There´s a new mobile absorber product out by the german company Gerriets. It´s made out of microperforated foil and can be inflated like a ballon to get a huge surface for absorption. After use it can be deflated and folded like a curtain, hence low transport volume. Here´s a link: Link removed

I went to the link you posted, and what I read was fascinating. When I think back to all of the concerts that I've attended in places that sounded horrible - The Richfield Coliseum located southeast of Cleveland was the worst, a gigantic concrete tomb, where, during the 70's and 80's I saw acts like McCartney and Wings, Petty, Tull, Genesis, Yes, Utopia, Alice Cooper, and even Frank Sinatra - all of these artists put on great shows, but the acoustics of the place were so bad, that no matter how well the act played, it was always just one big wash of noise. ( Thankfully, this venue is gone now)

The place also doubled as a Hockey arena for Cleveland's Crusaders, and for The Cavs, so I'm sure that acoustics were not really a big priority at the time. But, thinking about what can be done now with treatment methods such as this, is very interesting. I'm wondering how long it will be before this company starts making studio treatment devices. If they can reduce the RT60 of bass frequencies from 13 seconds down to 4 seconds in a space as large as an airplane hangar, certainly they should be able to make something that would allow me to treat my little 10' x 12' x 8' space. LOL

;)