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

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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:54:40 -0800
Tim Howard <tdhoward at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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

I would agree with that, but with one proviso, do a final check on a
reasonable home audio, especially for bass - after all, this is where
you hope your music will mostly be heard!

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