Hi Joe how do we decide what the distance should be between our ears and the monitor. Is 3 feet ok as a minimum. Or is it 2. What about power output, woofer size. Etc. Any advice?
Where should I place my monitor if I only have one? lol I had two KRK Rokit 5s but one of them went out. :/ So now I'm using one, pretty much mixing in mono.
Mixing in mono is actually a secret to get amazing quality. If you can make it sound good in mono, it will sound amazing after in stereo. I mix in mono through the daw.
if i move my speakers off the wall , there is no bass at all , also i know studios have speakers in the wall , not away from the wall but in the wall. Much of it is to the speaker designe but my 8ich monitors have no bass at all if they are away from wall.
Speakers built into walls are designed to be there, they aren't the same as (for example) a pair Yamaha Hs7s. You're hearing the bass proper when it is off of the wall. There is bass, it's just not exaggerated from the proximity effect. If you think it sounds better closer to the wall go ahead and do it,njust know it won't be an accurate representation of the low end.
Dedtime im constantly moving them , can you suggest to me , where to place them they are Behringer 2031A models , i have them in the center of the room that is about squared 4-5m all sides . right now i moved them of the wall about 30cm . I hear the bass when im in the exact opposite place in the room, back on the couch . There its good . But in my sweat spot there is non at all. Well there is , when i cut of bass and bring it back , i hear it . It there its just not like it is when im listening from 3m away on the couch . Thanks
You're talking about the booming of the bass.Thats how it is with placement, where the bass sounds awesome farther in the room, but that is because the low frequencies are building up in the back of the room. The Sweet spot is not supposed to boom, so it would appear that there is no bass but in reality you are hearing it proper (based on your monitors frequency response). Based on the dimensions of the room, the monitors should be facing the long way in the room, and they should be placed a smaller distance from the front wall as they are from the side walls. Also equal distance from each other as they are from your ears. Equilateral triangle. That is generally the way to place them for proper acoustics. Knowing that not all rooms are made the same, moving them around is good, but you should try to place them so you don't get low end that is effected by proximity. Looking up your monitors I see that the ports are in the front so proximity shouldn't be as much of a problem, but I also see that the frequency response is from 50hz to 21khz. So you aren't really getting a lot of low frequencies from them anyway. You are definitely not getting the thump (sub) from the speakers that you hear in back of the room. Those are the build up from the bouncing frequencies. If you aren't hearing the bass with proper placement you may want to look into picking up a subwoofer. Look up the 38% rule, that's a good place to start, and also trust your ears. Your monitors are not Subs so if they are sounding like subs from the sweet spot then move them farther from the wall. Question, do you have any of the switches on the back moved from 0?
Sorry but youre totally wrong about speaker placement ie how close they are to the back wall. Professional studios have the speakers built into soffits which is the closest thing to being inside the wall. Think about it , the nearer the wall the less problematic phase reflections from behind the speakers.
Flush mounted monitors are designed to be inside of a wall, near field monitors are not the same. KRK's have the bass ports in the front so the effect isn't as bad when they are close to the wall, but most monitors have them in the back which can reflect off of the wall to create an exaggerated amount of low end the closer you are to a hard surface. So he's not wrong about distance from a wall with speaker placement.
Hi Joe how do we decide what the distance should be between our ears and the monitor. Is 3 feet ok as a minimum. Or is it 2. What about power output, woofer size. Etc. Any advice?
Thanks for the advice
Because the KRK Rokits 2 G2 have the hole for the bass in the front, can they be against the wall?
Can you give me the name of the sites where you bought the Monitor Isolation Pads?
Where should I place my monitor if I only have one? lol I had two KRK Rokit 5s but one of them went out. :/ So now I'm using one, pretty much mixing in mono.
Mixing in mono is actually a secret to get amazing quality. If you can make it sound good in mono, it will sound amazing after in stereo. I mix in mono through the daw.
Joe! I really should get back on periscope i miss being in contact with you!
Ha. I'm not on Periscope anymore
IF we have side walls... haha
if i move my speakers off the wall , there is no bass at all , also i know studios have speakers in the wall , not away from the wall but in the wall. Much of it is to the speaker designe but my 8ich monitors have no bass at all if they are away from wall.
Speakers built into walls are designed to be there, they aren't the same as (for example) a pair Yamaha Hs7s. You're hearing the bass proper when it is off of the wall. There is bass, it's just not exaggerated from the proximity effect. If you think it sounds better closer to the wall go ahead and do it,njust know it won't be an accurate representation of the low end.
Dedtime im constantly moving them , can you suggest to me , where to place them they are Behringer 2031A models , i have them in the center of the room that is about squared 4-5m all sides . right now i moved them of the wall about 30cm . I hear the bass when im in the exact opposite place in the room, back on the couch . There its good . But in my sweat spot there is non at all. Well there is , when i cut of bass and bring it back , i hear it . It there its just not like it is when im listening from 3m away on the couch . Thanks
You're talking about the booming of the bass.Thats how it is with placement, where the bass sounds awesome farther in the room, but that is because the low frequencies are building up in the back of the room. The Sweet spot is not supposed to boom, so it would appear that there is no bass but in reality you are hearing it proper (based on your monitors frequency response).
Based on the dimensions of the room, the monitors should be facing the long way in the room, and they should be placed a smaller distance from the front wall as they are from the side walls. Also equal distance from each other as they are from your ears. Equilateral triangle. That is generally the way to place them for proper acoustics. Knowing that not all rooms are made the same, moving them around is good, but you should try to place them so you don't get low end that is effected by proximity.
Looking up your monitors I see that the ports are in the front so proximity shouldn't be as much of a problem, but I also see that the frequency response is from 50hz to 21khz. So you aren't really getting a lot of low frequencies from them anyway. You are definitely not getting the thump (sub) from the speakers that you hear in back of the room. Those are the build up from the bouncing frequencies. If you aren't hearing the bass with proper placement you may want to look into picking up a subwoofer.
Look up the 38% rule, that's a good place to start, and also trust your ears. Your monitors are not Subs so if they are sounding like subs from the sweet spot then move them farther from the wall.
Question, do you have any of the switches on the back moved from 0?
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Sorry but youre totally wrong about speaker placement ie how close they are to the back wall. Professional studios have the speakers built into soffits which is the closest thing to being inside the wall. Think about it , the nearer the wall the less problematic phase reflections from behind the speakers.
+Radar Sounds Inside the wall is completely different from close to the wall.
Flush mounted monitors are designed to be inside of a wall, near field monitors are not the same. KRK's have the bass ports in the front so the effect isn't as bad when they are close to the wall, but most monitors have them in the back which can reflect off of the wall to create an exaggerated amount of low end the closer you are to a hard surface. So he's not wrong about distance from a wall with speaker placement.
I hate those Christmas lights. They make the studio look junky.