Setup Guide - Connect Studio Monitors to Audio Interface (best settings)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- This is a full tutorial on how to connect studio monitors to an audio interface.
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JK is just an all around good German dude. isn’t he? Efficient and precise when explaining things. One of the true go to professors of audio at You Tube University. Thanks Julian!
Agreed. He's actually a great representation in human form of what quality German Engineering looks & acts like; Simple yet thorough/quality, precise & ACCURATE...all while keeping ego out of the equation. Results speak for themselves. Taught me & no doubt many more A LOT without coloring or obstructing the process with any & all of the ultra-annoying, way too common wasteful fluff & opinion RUclips is SO over-loaded with. LOL
Just stating as I see and have experienced it watching & learning from his videos. Quite gratefully at that I will add:)
Great, simple yet thorough & precise ACCURATE info... as I've grown to learn is what Julian provides in every one of his videos. He's become my go-to RUclips Pro-Audio Home Studio teacher/professor. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us, Julian! Sincerely.
Awesome video. The intricate details about the balanced and unbalanced cables is noteworthy. 👍👍
Extremely useful - as always. It's so nice you take the time to explain the topics in detail and don't gloss over basics. I've worked with music (as a hobbyist) for 20 years and I find that there are so many basics that you never take the time to set up correctly. I found that my right monitor had different EQ and volume setting and the tip about adjusting the volume was a game changer. Now most of the amplification comes from my audio interface, and not the speakers - which has audibly reduced the noise. So good!
Invaluable information about the TS/TRS cabling and balanced/unbalanced. Great concise video Julian
I got a couple of speakers, and I had these questions... I was so relieved to see that you made a video about this and it did not disappoint! All clear now.
only place on the internet ive been able to find the answer to my question about why to use +4dBu THANK YOU
Now this is one of my favorite channel about audio things, thanks dude.
So great full for this well done tutorial. You're the perfect german engineering: precise, simple and reliable. Thanks to you i was able to make mines works. No frustrations, just results. Greatings from Paris of your newest Brazilian fan ;)
Julian you are one of the only fully objective channels on youtube
Superb work, keep it up, but two suggestions;
01. A frequency response graph of the interfaces
02. An phase canceled, original input audio vs preamps input, to see if the system does change the audio in other ways other than frequamcy and resonance.
Incredible! That video vanished all my doubts about interface to monitors conection.
OMG SOOO helpful, thank you! Just invested in some beautiful Focal Solo6 BE's, SO stoked to hook these up and get listening! Thanks again, watching from Toronto.
Re-upload because of an error in the previous version.
It would be nice one in which you explain the different EQ settings on the back of monitors and how to adjust them. Great video Julian!
Thank you for the correction Julian.
@@JoeJacksonJr Thank you for pointing it out :)
Please upload how to record drum thankyou
You didnt say if you need to turn off the monitors before plug the cables ?
julian can make a dry subject even dryer,lol,.....great video bro, thanks
Thanks for the helpful tips.You're are doing a great service to us especially the beginners.Can't wait for my first set up to arrive.
Using Bias FX 2 and everything sounded like garbage. At wit's end and decided to turn to RUclips for help. I come across this and he's using the same Interface and same exact monitors. What are the odds? now everything sounds great :) thank you for sharing :)
Another awesome video -- just what I needed! You even had the courtesy to be demonstrating on the exact JBL monitors I just bought!!!
Really cool tutorial. If all tutorial video would be like this. Everybody could an audiospecialist be.
I'm 8 months later and just got these monitors ...thanks for the information and the video..👍
Thank you for the information... you are very amazing, and a pleasure to listen to! You are simply an amazing professor!! =)
Amazing tutorial man! Keep up the good work🙏🏽
Thank you Julian, this is exceptionally helpful!
Love the informative videos. Easy in, easy out. Keep it up! Thank you.
Quite a wealth of knowledge in a tight 6 minute package. This was ridiculously helpful thanks!
Excellent explanation by a knowledgeable musician. Dankeschön !
Can I plug headphone output to my Harman Kardon 2.1 computer speakers?
Julian... I'm fascinated by your choice of studio monitors, those KEF's in particular. Can you expand on your preference for them?
Your tutorials are the best man, big shoutout to you!
very helpful, thank you friend
Very nice "no bullshit" video. German precision. Thanks man.
Very useful. Wish this was around when I started out.
So much learning. * chef's kiss * Perfect!
...Julian for president...👍😜😁 Straightforward explanation.
Thanks
Thank you thank you thank you. And I thought this would teach me nothing. I was using unbalanced trs to xlr and I didn’t know it! No more hums I hope!
been looking for someone like this that just explains it straight up 👊🏽🙏🏽
Thanks bro 💯🤞🏾💪🏾
Thanks for this excellent tutorial, Julian.
Great, concise and detailed review! Nice job.
love this thank you
great man...was looking for some video like this. Thanks buddy.
Love you bro. Thanks for your amazing content.
Hello Julian,
Can you please do a review of a Focusrite Clarett USB interface? I'd like to hear your opinion on it
Thank you so much, I was so confused about audio interfaces but now I understand. Thank you!
Thank you, really helpful tutorial, just what I was looking for 👍
What about the volume on your OS (windows), DAW and software (spotify/youtube)? If your DAC is maxed is it safe to increase to software volumes? Or should the software volumes be set to 100% from the start and then to only control volume knobs from your gear, DAC + amp or speaker? Also can you make a video on how volume affects watt used by the amp? e.g. if I have a 1000watt amp with a volume knob and set it to 1% volume will it use 10watts? and if I turn up the PC audio from 50% to 100% will it now use 20watts as the DBs went up by e.g. +3.
This was very helpful, great job!
Hi Julian!
Thanks for your hands-on tutorial!
After I tried your setings I am still facing significant mike bleeding - since my podcast set up is always on the go, in various places with my interviewee sitting just 1,5 meters away from me.
Do you have tips on how to kill the mike bleed effectively in post-production without experiencing cut-off sentences due to lower volumes there? Thanks a lot!
We have a mixer for all our instruments. The mixer out cable goes to each of the powered monitor speakers. My problem is: the back of the powered monitor uses an XLR output (male i think) that i would like to connect to the A/D input on my Montage synthesizer. I tried using a standard mic cable, connecting the male end to the back of the monitor's out jack (XLR) but my keyboard only takes 1/4 inch as input to the A/D input. I used a dongle/converter to convert the XLR female end of the mic cable to a 1/4 inch jack and plugged that input the mono port on the A/D input for my synth. I turned on the A/D button on my Montage synth and raised the gain. I then connected my headphones to my synth via 1/4 inch jack. My purpose was to better hear the mix coming out of the monitor in my headphones by chaining the output of the powered monitor to my keyboard so I could better adjust the mix volume in my headphones so I could hear my vocals more clearly in the overall mix. No sound from the monitor can be heard (but I can hear myself playing the keyboard). Do I need to buy a dedicated XLR (male) to balanced 1/4 inch cable? Perhaps my cabling isn't right? Thoughts? Thanks.
Brilliant and factual video. Thank you for sharing with us.
Is there a brand of balanced TRS cables that you recommend?
Thanks man !!!
I have a question. How do i switch between listening through my studio monitors to my speakers. Is there a way i can do this with out turning the volume down on my speaks or unplugging them from interface
This helped me a lot.
Thank you!
ur channel is amazing and rly useful keep up man
Thanks Julian! Great Video!
Well that's an excellent informative video!! Keep up the good work!!!
loved it thanks, so clear and useful!
good and helpful video :D i'm in the process of purchasing an audio interface for recording voice overs and i wondered which cables to buy for my small studio monitors, which i already have (they're running atm with a 3,5 mm to 2x6,35 mm cable directly from my mainboard soundcard). This prevented me from buying the TS cables and maybe having some problems setting everything up (maybe shorting the outputs).
Very nice video and very well explained.
I just bought a pair of krk monitors, do i need an interface or i can ise a normal dac like the ifi zen2? I don't use microfons or other instruments.
I wil really appreciate your advice.
Life saver dude, thanks so much
Thanks for your guide. It seems like a very basic stuff, but it's extremely usefull if you buy your 1st pair of monitor's like me :)
Hello! Loving your informative videos! when will you be doing the interface headphone comparison? Thank you so much. Hope you are doing well and safe
Good morning. Loved watching your video but being of weak knowledge in this subject I couldn't fully understand. It was very informative for me to hear you describe how to set up the volume levels on the monitors and interface. I would like to know whether this will affect the volume of my recording because I have a very low voice and have to set up the gain levels of the input quite high to have a 'decent' recording that has to be given effects for pushing up the volume further. In case you have any other video describing how to set the gain of the input source in relation to the monitoring volumes, I'd be glad to watch them. Thanks for this video that will help me do better recording:). Have a nice day.
Regards
Dr. Somanna
Great vid, any chance you could let me know what monitor stands are in the video please?
You Sir, are a professional.
Aww, I was hoping for your insights of connecting those passive speakers to an interface. I'm thinking of trying out a different setup. Been using studio monitors for years, but maybe something like the KEF LS50 might be fun to experiment? Not sure how that goes from the interface to the amp to the speakers. I hope you can give some insights. :)
Hi...Great tutorial btw.
Could you name or link the music playing at the end 5:41?
Thanks for the video. Very informative. What volume settings do you recommend for the PC audio?
Windows audio always at max and control the volume from audio interface/amp. This way you get the strongest and cleanest signal possible.
@@PingWine What do you mean by "Windows audio". I assume you mean the main Windows sound control volume @100%? But there's also the volume for whatever player you're producing the sound from. For example, if I'm watching RUclips, I can adjust the volume slider. Should this RUclips audio slider be at 100% as well (all the way to the right?). The end volume is greatly affected by where I set the RUclips player volume. The same applies to music players (e.g. iTunes), or a movie player's volume (e.g. VLC player).
Thanks a lot for the explanation!
I have a pair of quested s7 monitors that only have an xlr in, i was hoping to simply use them as pc speakers, do i need an inteface for better sound or should i just find a pair of xlr/3.5 jack cables, what do you think?
Does the gain level on these two volume controls change the sound? More or less compressed?
Great video bro
Fantastic Guidline, thank you very much !
Would you consider reviewing the Mackie Big Knob Studio or Studio+ Interface?? Great tutorial on a basic setup by the way.
Quick question, for the Scarlett solo, I know it only has one adjustment knob, but let’s say I only wanna hear the sound only coming from the headphones instead of the studio monitors, would that mean I would have to disconnect them or is there another way ? I know the 2i2 is good for something like this but I wanted to make sure if it was still possible for the solo as well, thank you and have a good day!
This was very helpful, thank you :)
I have these same JBL MONITORS! I love ❤️ my JBL’S
I just ordered TS Cordial cables before seeing your video. I have Behringer UMC202HD with balanced outputs and Yamaha HS4 monitors with balanced inputs. Should I order TRS cables or running unbalanced, if no noise it's fine? Right ? 😬
Which input do I choose (RCA or Optical Toslink) when connecting an audio interface with TRS (M-Audio Track Duo) output to a speaker in order to obtain greater volume power?
Hi...Great video ! I learned alot ! I just hooked up my Focusrite 2i2 Gen3 and it connects using USB C connector on 2i2 then to a standard USB A on the computer. Does it matter if I connect to USB 2.0 on my computer or USB 3.0 ? Thanks !!
No, doesn't matter as the 2i2 3rd gen uses a USB 2.0 connection. It will work in USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports just fine.
Very well explained. 👍👍
Thank you! very helpful video.
This helped so much , thank you !!
I recently got a motu m2. Your review is what made me purchase it!
When you have both the monitor and headphones plugged in to interface, is it possible to have separate outputs?
For example: I want to listen to music from the monitors but have discord output to headphones while both being plugged to the audio interface
Thank you for a great video. 😊
Hell yea.. Liked. Subbed. Everything in one video. What else can I ask for.
I’ve noticed the volume from my actual computer will manipulate the overall output going to the interface and then to the monitors. What should i set the volume from the computer? Will this make a difference?
on me I know exactly what you mean doin the same thing to me pissin me off
if you use a interface for controlling the volume anyway, then you can keep the Windows sound on 100% and only regulate with the interface
Should ground pin of XLR be soldered to body of connector or not?
Hi, great video. Quick question if I use a DJ mixer and use only one studio monitor in order for it to record in stereo do i need to connect both inputs from mixer to interface or is it ok just to use one? Thanks
Very informative video, thanks for the effort you put into making it Julian! I'm new to using specialized audio equipment, and was hoping you could help me solve an issue I have regardoing connecting my bose companion 20 speakers to a motu m2 interface. The companion 20 have only one 3.5mm input on the speakers, and since I want to be able to connect my headphones to the interface at the same time, I wanted to use either of the outputs at the back to connect the speakers. Which would be the better choice in your opinion? After some research I've found that I could use either a 3.5mm male to dual male RCA cable, or a 3.5mm male to dual TS mono cable. I believe RCA is stereo but unbalanced and the TRS 1/4" outputs for the m2 are balanced, and I was not sure about using unbalanced mono TS cables here either. I would really appreciate your expertise in this matter, thank you in advance!
Hi, can you tell us which XLR 2 TRS you are using? Do I need to look at expensive brands? Thanks in advance
are these the right cables?
Thank you for the very useful video. My question for anyone to answer is I have an audio interface with multi-channel inputs and it has a mixer dial. Should I let the mixer stay in the mid position where it mixes other inputs (actually most of the time I'm not using instruments or microphone input) or should I turn it all the way to the side of output of monitors alone? Thanks
Cual entrada escojo (RCA u Optica) al conectar una interfaz de audio con salida TRS (M-Audio Track Duo) a un parlante con el objeto de obtener mayor potencia de volumen?
Thank you for this video. May I ask what audio recording software do you use?
Hi JK, what are those monitors on your desk?
Great info. Thank you.
can I use regular audiospeakers? my goal is to just listen to best quality audio as sound output coming from my regular amp is not that good, if I use headphones from my multi effects its good but if from am its not, what do you think?
Danke schön, Julian! You the man!!
Well done mate 👍
Is it possible to connect studio monitors so that the sound from the computer could also be heard in the monitors?
super helpful and well explained thank you JK