[linux-audio-user] Re: It's music time again

[Tim Howard]

> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 05:11:54 -0800
> From: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] It's music time again

> On 2/9/06, james at dis-dot-dat.net <james at dis-dot-dat.net> wrote:
> >
> > One day, I'll spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more
> > than 20 quid and speakers that were meant for more than Doom.  Then
> > maybe I'll stick with a track long enough to produce something
> > polished.
> >
>
> You know, it probably isn't as necessary as you think. All studio
> monitors do (IMO) is give you a good listening environment when you're
> mixing. However, they are not 'required' to get a good mix. If you

I have a "home bedroom" studio with wierd acoustics, which makes it
very difficult to get accurate sound, even from the highest quality
studio monitors.  So I use a set of high-quality headphones to do my
mixes.

It is much easier to get high-quality, accurate sound from a smaller
transducer closer to the ear, rather than having your speakers moving
a lot of air through a longer distance.  It's also a lot cheaper... 
:-)

-Tim