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BattleDrone BattleDrone is a male

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I finally got my new PC, but I still haven´t decided what soundcard I´ll buy..
Not planning on using external hardware, so no tons of in and outports needed.

I also need to buy monitors... Any advice welcome too.

Willing to spend some money on it, but as it will be a nice timespending and never a profession I don´t want to spend my last € on it either.

Do I need an amplifier to go with that or can I use the output of the soundcard directly?

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21-08-2006 21:54

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I think the better monitors are active ones. so you won't need an amplifier
I got KRK RP8 and i think they sound nice, but you should check them out yourself in the store and listen to them, and see what suits best for you..
for soundcard check m-audio, they got decent stuff!

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21-08-2006 23:17

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if you dont need the in/outs then you can't really go wrong with the audiophile 24/96 from M-audio.

its got 1 phono in/out
1 MIDI in/out
and 1 Digital in/out.

if you want to keep it simple thats all you need

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22-08-2006 11:56

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quote:

Originally posted by BattleDrone

Do I need an amplifier to go with that or can I use the output of the soundcard directly?

if you get active monitors you wont need the amp.

active ones are more expensive but the amps inside them are designed especially for that monitor so they work in perfect harmony Big Grin

i hear good things about these
and they aren't gonna cost you the earth

or if you do have the money you could get THESE

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22-08-2006 12:03

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I've also heard good things about the alesis monitor 1. Im sure someone on here uses them...it maybe be Surya but I cant remember.

im rocking these which are active. I bought them on a budget but to be honest the bass response isn't quite as good as i'd like. Its not awful but i've heard better. i'll probably look to upgrade at some point and keep them as a reference pair.

there's lots of discussion about monitors and amps on the site already so have a little look about. Personally unless you've got a very good amplifier I would go with active monitors but it's personal preference really.

22-08-2006 12:17

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I have them yeah. They do the trick for me!

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22-08-2006 12:19

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I have them yeah. They do the trick for me!

You mean the Roland MA-20D?

They look interesting to me.

Thanks all for your nice feedback... will have some links to click and then go shopping (in Cologne´s music store). I will write back in this thread when I bought stuff.

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22-08-2006 12:34

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Nope i think he has the Alesis.

The edirol/roland's are good and the wattage is plenty for a small studio space, but like I said the bass is lacking somewhat. An extra sub wouldn't go a miss Wink

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22-08-2006 12:50

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Alesis Monitor One

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22-08-2006 15:23

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OK, I see 3 different models here:
Alesis M1 active 520 for €259 (pair)
Alesis Monitor One MKII (passive) for €145 (pair)
Alesis M1 MK II active for €333 (pair)

I think the one in the middle can be left out, are the cheaper active ones the ones you mean?

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22-08-2006 16:25

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I have the passive ones...

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22-08-2006 18:32

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I heard some good things about these too. They're a bit more expensive though. And if you really got the cash, go for these babies

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22-08-2006 19:33

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quote:

Originally posted by djfreemc
I heard some good things about these too. They're a bit more expensive though. And if you really got the cash, go for these babies

The links just take you to the main page not to the items.

23-08-2006 11:32

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Originally posted by crushfuck
The links just take you to the main page not to the items.

Strange, they work fine on my pc. Anyway, I was talking about the Yamaha HS80M and the Mackie HR824, in that order.

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23-08-2006 22:24

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Originally posted by Surya
I have the passive ones...

I´d like active ones so I don´t need to buy a separate amplifier. And I wanna stay under €350, preferably under €200 is even better.

Upto now I was composing on a laptop with a headphone and when playing the result over a (car)stereo the frequency spectrum was shifted way too high (all sharp hissy stuff and the bass was just tiny). So whatever money I will spend on a soundcard which above home theater/Gaming stuff and some neutral sounding monitors will improve my productions with huge amounts Big Grin

I´m in the process of buying a house as well, so I need to hurry before all the money is gone Pleased

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23-08-2006 23:01

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Originally posted by djfreemc
...I was talking about the Yamaha HS80M and the Mackie HR824, in that order.

Yamaha HS80M = €500 Mad

sorry, ain´t going to spend that much money.
It seems like there are some monitors that cost as much as some second hand cars though.

Is Behringer such crap that they can sell a pair at €149?

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23-08-2006 23:08

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im still not sure of Behringer quality - Ive got a behringer mixing desk and it sounds a bit noisy at high levels.

I know that Eye-D uses the Behringer truth monitors and he writes sick ass choons.

24-08-2006 11:57

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my friend has some behringer truths in his studio and he say they are pretty good.

a lot of bang for your buck so to speak.

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24-08-2006 16:12

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quote:

Originally posted by BattleDrone
It seems like there are some monitors that cost as much as some second hand cars though.

Some monitors cost as much as a luxury new car too Big Grin

The HSM50 are pretty much the same quality, but have some less bass and cost about 326€-400€ a pair depending on the store wich is quite some bucks less than the HSM80. As I said: they're not cheap, but good.

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24-08-2006 19:15

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Originally posted by crushfuck
sick ass choons.

true

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24-08-2006 19:30

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