Can a reference monitor like Mackie or Bringer Truth be used to play-along with or are they strickly for monitoring pre-recorded music? Currently, I use a set of 15-inch EV-152 and a 200 watt amplifier at very low volume to play-along and record. I was looking to reduce the size and replace the amplifier using a aplified monitor setup. Thank you for your help.

Hope this is the right topic. Alan suggested that I start a public thread for this.

Does anyone have strong opinions regarding one or the other of these products?

• M-Audio BX8 Studiophile Powered Monitor Pair

• Event TR8-N Tuned Reference Monitors

Hi Folks,

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but...

This may me a lot to ask but I would like to create a set of reference CDs for every type of music out there. In other words I want everybody's input on what they think are the absolutely best mastered CDs out there for a particular genre of music. Ex Rock, Metal, opera, classical, hip-hip etc. Thanks.

I found a great reference site for recording material. This may be old news to some of you, but I found it useful. The drums section was a big help, as I am now starting to get into Micing live drums, plus the links area is really good.

http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html

Stage managers/Producers,

I am setting up my new Hafler TRM 8s and I ran into a dilemma. I purchased some Omnistudio mounts for bottom mounting and attached the mounts to the wall. How high can I place these monitors? Can I put them above my head and then tilt them down and still get the same imaging as setting them flat? Any problems with sound this close to the wall (6-12")?

During a vocal recording today, I noticed the occasional click on the recording (similar to that created when a digital system can't quite cope or it's clocks are out of sync) about once every minute or so. After checking all of the clocks etc. I realised that it was coming from pre-ADC source (I saw one spike on the pre-amp during a take). The mic is a Manley valve Reference.