12 May
2005
12 May
'05
4:29 p.m.
Regarding-
I agree here. What I meant to say is that the Events are comparable when
considering usability over time. I think all monitors have thier quirks and
you have to know your speakers and how they sound.
Matt
are the event
TR8XL speakers. Incredible. They sound comparable to the
Mackies or NS10s.
I've done direct comparisons.
That's a bit confusing, as the Mackie monitors I've heard
(624 and 824) sound nothing at all like the old Yamaha NS10s.
The Mackies have good bass extension and a reasonably accurate
midrange. The Yamahas had no bass extension and a strongly exaggerated
midrange. <rant>It's a good thing Yamaha finally discontinued the NS10 or
people would probably still be buying the horrible things.</rant>
I did kinda like the older Event 20/20p for the price, I
haven't heard the new models but historically they've made some nice
bang-for-the-buck systems. The only thing I didn't like about the
20/20 compared to the Mackie 624 was a hint of "plastic"-sounding
resonance in the midbass, and a very slightly harsh treble that might
be annoying after a long day of mixing. But I could certainly get work
done on it, and the price is/was a heck of a lot lower. 
12 May
12 May
5:01 p.m.
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 02:28:58PM -0400, matt(a)tinysongs.com wrote:
I think all monitors have thier quirks and
you have to know your speakers and how they sound.
Yep, that's the important thing.
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
9:29 p.m.
On Thu, 12 May 2005 15:01:01 -0400
Paul Winkler <pw_lists(a)slinkp.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 02:28:58PM -0400,
matt(a)tinysongs.com wrote:
Thanks for all the replies ! I've just browsed quickly over them and
will take more time to actually read them this weekend.
About the speakers: yes, to know them. But then, way back when I was
more into music and much less into computers I was used to having
Marshalls and the like. Amplifiers to which you connect your guitars,
and yet other amplifiers to which you connect your synths. Since I"m
still planning to get "old fashioned" hardware MIDI synths modules
connected to the software sequencer I'll use (as opposed to using
Soundfonts or any software-based sound generation) I'll need also
amplification for these, an amplification that can balance nicely with
any computer-generated sound (using a good set of computer speakers).
By the way, when you record the output of external synths, can you
connect directly their outputs to any eventual computer input ? If you
have three external synths, surely you need an external mixer, isn"t it
? Or is there some other configuration nowadays ? Or is it that you
have to mike the output of the synths' own amplifiers ?
Thanks again for comments/suggestiosn/hints !
Al
I think all monitors have thier quirks and
you have to know your speakers and how they sound.
Yep, that's the important thing.
10:48 p.m.
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 07:30:17PM -0400, lanas wrote:
By the way, when you record the output of external
synths, can you
connect directly their outputs to any eventual computer input ? If you
have three external synths, surely you need an external mixer, isn"t it
Or is there some other configuration nowadays ?
It depends. Synths generally output line level, so if your soundcard has
enough analog inputs, you can plug all your synths directly into it. But
if you have several synths running at once and not enough inputs on the
soundcard, yes, you need a mixer.
Or is it that you
have to mike the output of the synths' own amplifiers ?
Only if the amplifier does something you like to the character of the
sound. That's commonly the case with guitar amps, where
the amp's distortion and the speaker's frequency response is an
important part of the sound. But with synths, it's *typically*
the case that the amp is designed to be somewhat neutral and
just amplify what you send it, so there'd be little benefit to
miking the amp; instead, just plug the synth into the soundcard
(or mixer).
However, that's not a rule. I presume that some synth players choose
amps to color their sound.... marshalls, leslies, whatever.
--
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