Do any of you guys have Favorite reference CD's/songs that you listen to for, high end, bass etc. Just curious

what's the difference between Studio Monitors and Studio Reference Monitors?

Im looking for the most accurate circumaural reference cans I can get for around $150-300.00(usd).

Any info would be greatly appreciated...

This comes out of the "Importance of great monitors" discussion:

One guy's opinion was that:

"The discussion happening here seems to largely consist of people talking at cross-purposes. Surely there are two types of 'monitor'.

1. A reference monitor for giving you maximum info on mic placement, source quality etc.

I produce a broadcast piece. It is spoken word, recorded with a Mackie, a Shure SM7B, Compressor and Motu's DP with an 896HD.

Is -12db normal and -6db peaks the proper, or accetable set of rules for recording/outputting for broadcast audio?

thanks.

-paul

I am using Mackie 824s for reference monitors.

Why is it that when I make small adjustments in EQ,
compression, reverb, etc, that I cannot hear on the Mackies,
I can hear those same adjustments on my home stereo system which, by the way, is in the same room?

I use Cubase SE for my home recording on a G4 iBook, and do not have any good reference system beyond a set of headphones. My question is whether I can use a spectral analyzer to produce a spectral profiile visually representing "good" sound without actually having a good reference system.

I plan on purchasing a marantz PMD670 or a Fostex FR-2 and I'll Be needing a dual channel or 2 single channel battery powered preamps.

Also I'd like to get a CLEAN uncolored headphone amp... My budget would be pretty tight so spending 1300$ on a reference headphone amp is sorta out of the question.

Hi All,
I wanted to get good ref tracks so I:

Extracted the aiffs from production CDs using Toast.

Then used an audio editor to separate the L and R tracks into 2 mono.

Then loaded the files into my digital recorder (MX-2424) via file transfer (not real time).

Then played back on 2 adjacent channels for stereo (MX is connected to my 02r via TDIF).

I think this might be useful for all RO friends...
Nice weekend
:)

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