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the moneyshot 
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ok, its my birthday in a couple of months and im ALLOWED to spend some money. not a lot though i need some monitors i have about 400 quid for these
and about 200 quid for a audio interface. can any one suggest any products for me. also head phones is there head phones out there that can compete with high end monitors?
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24-02-2008 12:01 |
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save another 200 hundred and get some mackies my man thats more worth it in the long run
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24-02-2008 14:22 |
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Halph-Price
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get a midi keyboard guitar, you know these ones:
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24-02-2008 14:39 |
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Binary Havoc
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24-02-2008 17:18 |
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24-02-2008 17:34 |
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if you can't spend too much money on speakers, buy krk's or mackies, they give the best value for your money
if on the other hand you decide to save some more
buy jbl LSR series monitors, or Dynaudio BM5A/6A's
or if you go frenzy, buy Focal 
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24-02-2008 19:32 |
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oh yeah
www.tweakheadz.com
they have some great tips from setting up your studio for your budget to advanced fm synthesis on bull's testicles and horseshit
great site !
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24-02-2008 19:33 |
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BattleDrone
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Headphones arejust not the same thing as monitors...
if you have "ok" headphones, then go for monitors. I'd get KRK if I were you, don't throw away all your money on them. It will be a huge improvement compared to production on headphones only.
I have an M-audio Audiophile 2496 soundcard, it's not overly expensive and it does the trick (just guessing that your not on a laptop).
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24-02-2008 23:23 |
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the moneyshot
str8 outa nocash
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do i need an internal sound card aswell?
or can i use just an external?
btw im going for krks nearly every producer i see in my magazines has a pair of krks, so after all the suggestions here i think ill go for them. plus they look well cool 
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25-02-2008 11:31 |
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Muad'Dib
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Originally posted by the moneyshot
do i need an internal sound card aswell?
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No, you dont. 
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25-02-2008 11:37 |
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the moneyshot
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Originally posted by Ghost
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btw im going for krks |
They are nice buti thought they were a bit much in the top end.
My friend has some and even with the high frequencies cut on the switch on the back they still seemed a little harsh making them a little annoying to work with for long lengths of time.
although if the speakers are top heavy your mixes could end up sounding nice, warm and rounded elsewhere.
you really need to go to a shop and test out some speakers first.
Take a CD with some tunes that you know inside out to the shop and test
it out on the speakers they have. |
good tip man yeah i will try that
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25-02-2008 13:32 |
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Originally posted by the moneyshot
btw im going for krks nearly every producer i see in my magazines has a pair of krks |
that's because they spend more on advertising than on production 
krk sells thousands of units a year in benelux alone
they're okay, but nothing special imo
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25-02-2008 14:17 |
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Rudeone
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soundcard intern emu 0404 ~100€
extern m audio fw 410 ~300€
headphones akg 271 ~100€
monitors mackie hr824 ~1000€ pair
adam p22a ~1600€ pair
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25-02-2008 15:27 |
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Halph-Price
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e-bay get an older pair of mackie speakers
or anything mackie there older stuff is quality.
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25-02-2008 19:14 |
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BattleDrone
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Originally posted by Ghost
you really need to go to a shop and test out some speakers first.
Take a CD with some tunes that you know inside out to the shop and test
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I got an unpleasant surprise after doing that...
The monitors I bought sound great in a big room and a big distance between the monitor and the back wall. When I installed them in my closetsized room the low end was way smaller than in the shop.
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28-02-2008 09:06 |
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-J-
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pretty new on the market, but well worth the buy, and imo one of the best studio monitor's around (price/quality) are the JBL LSR series, a pair of LSR4326's costs about 1100EUR/pair
and sound fenomenal, they also have a pretty decent room control mode, to measure the accoustics of your room and adjust their output according to it. (comes with a litte mic to measure)
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28-02-2008 11:14 |
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the moneyshot
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hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i dont think they are within my budget!!
but thanx hey
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