Oh right! Wow, what a slip. It's been a while since I've been in the studio as you can tell.
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You could probably send your amplifier into oscillation with that EQ. I would really recommend changing that to something a lot less dramatic.
Being neutral or flat certainly is not the be-all-and-end-all for studio monitoring (NS10s, anyone?). What's important is not how the monitors sound - it's what they make you do.
Exactly, that's my point. My DM303s are not exactly the greatest speakers ever made (although I swear by them when on a very low budget). I do much better mixes on them than I do on other speakers.
NS10s are the perfect example. A HiFi buff laughed at me once when I said I might get some (still want some), he said "Why would you want speakers which are often used with tape over the tweeter to make them sound better?".
The industry has become obsessed with getting the specs perfect...
You mean distortion. It wouldn't be the amp, but in fact the output. Also don't forget that on a Mac, rather than the sound distorting, it's more just compressed. Still sounds appalling though...
I'd take the pre-amp down to about 50% of what it is at the moment.
these eq settings are crap! +9 dB? are you listening through pillows?
buy decent active nearfields ($500/pair range) and some auralex pads.
buy decent active nearfields ($500/pair range) and some auralex pads.
Exactly, that's my point. My DM303s are not exactly the greatest speakers ever made (although I swear by them when on a very low budget). I do much better mixes on them than I do on other speakers.
NS10s are the perfect example. A HiFi buff laughed at me once when I said I might get some (still want some), he said "Why would you want speakers which are often used with tape over the tweeter to make them sound better?".
I should point out that it was only the original NS10s where you had to do that , the later "studio" models were revised. It's a shame they're no longer made. Horrible sounding things, but incredibly useful.
On a side note, this thread inspired me to load up iTunes' graphic EQ and have a fiddle - and my goodness, it sounds bad!
I would certainly use it only to cut, not boost.