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 read an article in Sound on Sound, where the writer recommends looking at how much the woofer moves in order to estimate the low bass which you would otherwise not hear. Here's what he says:

alright. theres a whole lot going on with live mixing, and i'm getting confused with some of it. alright, so you have subgroups and aux sends. which one of these is used to create monitor mixes on the stage? i wouldn't want to use my subgroups to do that because those would be used to create more simpler mixes of a group of things like drums, right?

This is a long-winded help request for calibrating my Yamaha 01v96 mixing desk for the purposes of mixing, live work and recording.

I read a brief description on tweakheadz but it fell short of telling me exactly how to do it. I feel this is a very important point so I need and would be greatly thankful for good descriptive help / advice on doing it.

Hi. I wonder if I could ask for opinions...

I need a new console for my home studio. It's not a project studio. It works full time. It just happens to be located at home.

Ok, so I'm using a Shure sm57 on the amp. I'm Micing it right and everything, but i need help with knowing what levels on the mixer's hi's mid's and low's to set them on. whats a good level to set them at? i know some mixers are different then others but if anyone can help me please do. sorry if this is hard to understand

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I'm trying to mix some drums that I got from a custom drum track recording service.

I haven't had much experience doing this, and am struggling to get a sound happening.

The drum service sent a stereo mix of the drums as well as the nine individual drum tracks, and for practice, I am trying to match the sound of their mix.

Hey all, i have been murking around on this site for about 2 months, just trying to read and catch up on everything. What a resource, I feel blessed to have the knowledge, of some of the MEs here, and the more expeirnced Engineers.

Hi, can people please give some advice based on personal experience or opinion as to what setup will best suit my needs. Im building an Athlon based DAW which will be customised according to the needs of the set-up i actually choose.

Hi everyone, Id like to hear some opinions on how to mix a heavy metal drum recording. Ive got this guy coming next week to my studio to record some heavy metal drums. I would like to make a very good Bass Drum sound, which is very important in this type of music.

I would be pleased if someone's got any special tip for this session.

Thanks in advance