How to Connect Studio Monitors to Audio Interface
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This video shows how to connect studio monitors to an audio interface using audio cables to connect the audio interface to the studio monitors (speakers). ➡️ www.zzounds.co...
📒 Show Notes 📒
Equipment Used In this video:
1️⃣ Studio Monitors
KRK Rokit 5 Classic: www.zzounds.co...
2️⃣ Audio Interface
Scarlett 2i2: www.zzounds.co...
3️⃣ Audio Cables
Hosa Rean Pro Balanced Cable: www.zzounds.co...
4️⃣ RCA to 1/4" TS Adaptors: www.zzounds.co...
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It is a good idea to keep the cable length of unbalanced cables as short as possible to reduce possible interference.
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Thank you so much, I just spent so much money on the audio interface and the studio monitors, and I was freaking out when I saw all of those holes and weird-named cables. Thank you again.
You're very welcome!
Same lmaoo
Lmao me too! It looks so daunting at first.
If this video didn't exist, I would have to get up and ask my roommate. Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, but I just made myself some tea and sat down.
LOL...
Actually same. Just drank 2 cups actually. Roommate not even home. 10/10 video.
Lmao best comment ever
Valid excuse
How is the squirrel doing?
I’ve been kicking myself for the last 2 days trying to connect my gear. You sir are a lifesaver. Thank you for the detailed video. Dumbasses like myself really appreciate you taking the time to help us out.
Excellent explanation of balanced/unbalanced and what 'TRS' actually stands for. Helped me a lot
Thank you matthew!
I'm a guitar beginner from Taiwan who just looking for some information about connecting interfaces,
then I found this video.
Thanks a lot😊😊
Hello! The video was really helpful, but is it possible to make a guide on how to switch between using monitors and headphones (basically choosing where audio is played out from).
It’s the NEVER GIVE UP sign in the back for me 😩 I quit after I lost my entire studio in 2008, but randomly out of nowhere I said “YOU KNOW WHAT, FCKDAT” !!! Thanks for being here 🙏🏽🥺❤
I love my Focusrite it's awesome :) Luckily it's not too hard to set up monitors - I did them without tutorials but highly recommend people get them - loving my new set up.
There is always a show off 👀
I love my Focusrite 2i4.
can u use one studio speaker or
do you have to use two speakers ?
best video for showing exactly how to use it
Thank you so much man, this video was really helpful to help me know what to get and how to set up. you were very clear on what to do and i never felt like you were just waffling
Glad it helped!
@@MatthewStratton yea it did, thanks again man and keep the videos coming, you’re helping a lot of people with educational and entertaining videos
Strangely enough I am currently building myself a second mini work-station for which I have bought the Focusright Scarlett and the Rocket G5s.
Right on.
I just got studio monitors and when I got everything hooked up, I got this awful crackling, electrical interference. When I played my guitar or keyboard, I could hear them but still got the interference. I learned that this is actually a common issue with a custom built computer. The usb cable transfers the sound from inside the computer to the speakers. I found something called IDefender that actually cancels the ground loop which causes the interference. I ordered it and it's supposed to be in today. I'm really hoping this solves my problem. I'm ready to do some recording again.
This video will help a lot of people. Good on you bruh.
Appreciate you.
Thank you for this excellent content & education... I am going to work on recording out of my PA directly to my Macbook Pro. Any suggestions would be so appreciated! Looking forward to your awesome content!
whats the difference between balanced and non balanced? Im starting to get into music and this is very helpful, thank you.
@Anonymous Stew should i buy trs balanced 6.35mm to trs 6.5 balanced ,,,,becuz i got presonus eris 3.5 and audio inter face...should i buy cables will it improve my quality
@Anonymous Stew i mean do sound odf studio moniters
change with audio interface aand without audio interface
What is the difference between balanced or unbalanced?
Balanced audio uses three conductors to carry the audio signal. Two of the conductors carry negative and positive signals (audio is an AC signal), and the third is used for grounding. With an unbalanced signal, there are only two conductors. One carries positive, the carries negative and is also used for ground. The advantage of a balanced signal is that because the ground is seperate from the negative conductor, there is less chance that radio frequency interferance will get into the audio signal.
Generally, +4 db, balanced signal are the way to go for long cable runs. The high gain and isolated ground make for a cleaner, noise-free signal. If cable runs are shorter, there should be no problem with RF interferance or noise on unbalanced, -10 db signals. If you have RF problems in your studio, you probably have some kind of ground fault, and it's a good idea to have it checked out by an electrician. Typical studios have both +4 and -10 db gear, so the important thing there is to make sure gain stages match all the way through the signal chain. The biggest cause of noise and distortion in audio is mismatched gain.
Hey Mathew you are awesome man, thanks for making this video as I was needing help on what to buy and how to connect my MK3 to some monitors and the device to use. Your video rocks ! from Los Angeles, Thanks buddy!
Could I take a feed from my mixing desk into an interface and take the output from the interface back into the mixing desk? I want to use it for Zoom/Teams in a large hall and be able to hear people on the zoom call passed to the hall and speakers in the hall to be heard on the zoom call?
Thanks for your videos which are very helpful
Great review sir. But can you help me how to cennect. Monitor on my scarlett 8i18
Hello, thank you so much for the explanation, while to connect the sound card to a digital pedalboard (in my case I have a Nux mg300) which has only one input and output how should I do?
Can i use rca (unbalanced) from interface to (balanced) trs monitors...
Hi - I have my Focusrite 2i4 connected to my KRK Rokit 5s, and have connected my Moog into the front left port of this audio interface, but only one of the monitors is producing sound.
I would greatly appreciate any advice that you can provide here.
Hi Matthew, I need your recommendation of a hifi setup. I have the fluance RT85 turntable and A Pair of Yamaha HS7 powered monitors. Can you advise on type of cable connection and phone pre amp required to complete my system?
Will this work for plug-ins for guitar ?
nice video. wondering if i can use my computer speaker to hear sound while recording if i do not hava a monitor speaker to connect to the audio interface....
Have you tried connecting your computer speakers to the headphone out of the audio interface?
ah!
i didnt even knew they had these output on the back and i have it since half year :D
Right on. The more you know...
Is there any advantage/difference in using a XLR cable instead of a jack one ?
Want to know this too
Same
This video helped me out ✌🏻cos using the pioneer djm600 mixer and works great 👍
Glad it helped!
Thanks a bunch. Answered my questions as I was thinking of them. I subscribed!! Keep it goin
Awesome! Thank you!
I just heard that these particular models have an overheating problem and they shut off or go on standby. Have you experienced anything like that?
hey matthew. how can i connect my studio monitors to MPC live 2 in standalone mode?
havent been able to find a video on this and im new to all this stuff
Thanks for the suggestions.. Was very informative
I have Audioengine a5's that I'm using. The pair of RCA's on the back say LINE OUT as do the RCA pair on the back of my Scarlett Solo 1st gen. interface. Two pair of outs. Of course, I'm getting no sound. That kind of sucks for modern powered speakers. Do you have a solution? Sorry, but I've looked everywhere. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hey man, Do I need to plug in and plug out my TRX cables of my monitors everyday after my daily work??? 😐😐
So.... just to be clear, you plug the audio interface into the powered speaker, and then switch them on ?
Hey Matthew, love your video would this be a good option for me if I wanted to hear my DJ sets through my krk speakers or would another option be best ??
Excellent video. Thanks man.
Difference between balanced and unbalanced? Other that the form factor.
do the KRK ROKIT5 need phantom 48V?
This was so helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the video..
Amazing video. Thanks for the help.
Very helpful I have a genos keyboard and a audio interface and rokit is there a tutorial on this please
Hi Matthew. Apologize me my ignorance , i'm new on setting up a home studio... I tried to connect my focusrite scarllet 2i2 3rd generation to audio monitors presonus eris 3.5 through these cables with two ends ) red and and black in both ends. Red for right side black for the left side and connect on to the TRS balanced side of the monitor and black/left and red/rigth side of the interface line outputs but Pro tools says that doesnt recognize any audio hardware. Did i do something wrong? Should i buy other type of cable?Can you help me please? Thanks in advance.
Perfect just needed this
Question: If both xlr inputs in the interface are used up by the monitors, where do you plug your mic? Into the computer? Is it better to plug into the interface?
Use connect one end to the end of the mic and the other end in to the interface
And then the the usb interface connects to your computer hope that helped
You have to either use TRS cables and not the XLR to your speakers or get an interface with extra inputs and outputs.
Hi i have condencer computer and CI1 enterface but i dont reallly know how to installed. Can you help me?
let me first say that I already have the fiio k3 that I use for my headphones, do you think it is a waste to buy an audio interface, for example, scarlett solo only for the xlr microphone?
Damn. I already had these bulky nice cables from my last speakers but theyre 1/4 to RCA! 😟
I just got Pre Sonus monitors. It has RCA too of course but it said in manual i should connect to the balanced 1/4
i cant believe there has to be a video for this. I mean come on how hard is this really?
I love you.
Hey there,
im thinking about buying the Hercules Monitor 5 as Monitor.
I'm not really professionell, but would you say they are good for 200?
Also i want to buy Headphones. As said im not very professionell, i will use them mainly for gaming but sometime also for recording vocals.
Thought about the Byerdynamic DT770 880 990, but im not sure what would really be the right, the 990 would be the best for gaming i guess, but not very good for vocals. Would you say the 880 is the one?
-> at the moment i have as speaker a Logitech Z407 and as Headphone a SteelSeries Arctis 9
How can you make the audio come out of a speaker connected to the computer rather than the focusrite itself?
Thorough!! 🙏🏽
Appreciate you.
Man thanks for the video, i noticed that you monitors also have the xlr input, mine have only xlr do you know if i can hook up the trs out on the scarlet to xlm in on the monitors?
What if I don’t have studio monitors but normal speakers or a beginner amp?
thank you bro
You're welcome
so i have personus eris 3.5 active monitors, but an old passive subwoofer (one rca output) how could i play all 3 together?
Thanks bro 🙏.i have one question ?which one is better to home Studio for voice between two interface focusrite solo 3rd gen & 2i2 3rd gen ? I'm waiting for your help bro😊🙏thanks so much 😊
Thank you
You're welcome
Does it matter if I plug my speakers with XLR or TRS? is there a difference in sound?
From what I've read and experienced, TRS and XLR are exactly the same. Both are ' balanced ' outputs/inputs. I have used both without any discernable differenced. Always use ' balanced ' outputs/inputs if you have the choice. Much better than RCA. I hope that this helps.
Nice topic. I wanted to ask that if you know the modx synthesizer from yamaha.... So what cable should be used? TS CABLE to a balanced input studio monitor?
If the outputs are balanced you should use TRS cables to the studio monitors.
Hey Matt, do you need an audio interface if you have an MPC Live? I want to buy monitors and just use the MPC in standalone. Thanks
Hi, I purchased a new m audio 192/4 interface and a Marantz MPM 1000 condenser microphone last week I need know what types of monitors I can use to get some sound output don't really want to spend too much on monitors as long as they are good enough for home recording does this interface have a balanced or unbalanced output ? I only know they have 1/4 inch jacks I also need to buy headphones.I am new to this stuff I just play guitar but want to learn about recording and make videos could you help me with this thanks, Andy Glasgow 🥰🥰🏴🏴
Is it okay to use the focusrite trs out to 3.5 or RCA in of my speaker? my speaker only have those 2 sadly
hey i know im late, but i have this speaker with rca wired like yellow red and white wire.. i convert it with 6.35 audio jack to connect with focusrite interface, it work but the sound is so low like barely can even heard. what can i do?
Come the powercable with the box?
I currently have a pair of klipsch RB -51 II passive speakers, paired with the fosi audio 2 channel 100 watt 8 ohm amp but I wanted to add a subwoofer and an audio interface to my set up.
I was looking at the focusrite scarlett solo but due to my speakers being passive I’m unable to pair the two and I know I would also need a subwoofer connection, so I started looking at buying a new amp. I’m looking for 2.1 - 8 ohm amp. (75W RMS to 300W peak) that I can connect to the focusrite
Any one have any suggestions as to how I could solve this issue or point me in the direction of a budget friendly amp?
Are audio cables the same thing as speaker cables? Or should I just buy the audio cables you have linked?
Buy speaker cables. I forget why, but a it has something to do with power delivery. No reason to cheap out with electrical equipment.
Buy 6.35mm TRS to TRS or TRS to XLR(female)cables... TS cables would be unbalanced like the rca output he talks about in the video.
Sorry for the dumb questions,
a) do I need any other cable to connect PC to interface; speakers, or will the USB suffice?
B) would a regular quarter inch cable work? Or must they be TRS? How would I differentiate them?
Thank you!!
1 USB cable. 2 quarter inch cables. If your speakers and audio interface have a balanced input/output - TRS is preferred because TRS is balanced. TS isn't balanced.
Will this work with a gaming pc
I have USB mic. Can I still use it even tho I have a interface ? I know I can't connect the mic to the interface. I use cubase 5 to record vocals. Also can I still have the speakers connected also ?
I enjoyed this videago
Thanks. Sir
All the best
Just subscribed!
Thank you!
Great video man
Appreciate it
Will this also work to use my stage monitors.
If i would like to add a subwoofer to this setup, what would be the best option?
Some sub have connections in from audio interface, then an output to the studio monitors. Or there are studio monitor controllers that you can connect subs and monitors to and select which ones you want to hear.
is it normal for my mic input to play through my speakers when everything is connected to the interface?
does anyone know a good work flow to connect 4 studio monitors to an apollo twin? It's strictly for volume purposes. I know I won't be able to control the volume.
what are drivers... and how do i s=install them... ?
Hi Matthew.
Do you know what causes hum-hiss on monitors and what's the best way to cure it as a lot get rid of their monitors thinking its the monitors that's the problem?
Do you have any hints tips?
Thanks and your channel is really helpful.
Two guesses brother.
1:- You might be using TS Cables.
As he mentioned in the video . TRS cables and XLR cables are usually preferred for audio production work as these are of "Balanced Line" .
So maybe you should try using a TRS 1/4inch cable or XLR cables .
2:- Incase you have a TS cable (Tip and Sleeve) you might want to check the length of the cable. The longer the length of the cable higher are the chances for it to pick up" electronic interferences". So do check the length of the cable it should be within 15ft anything more than that would give you those "hisss sounds". Usually guitar cables are TS Cables thus when recording electric guitar, you use shorter cables (8ft) and sit a little closer to the interface to avoid any audio interferences.
I think you should use TRS cables those usually do the trick ....👌.
You might also want to check the inputs of the audio interface itself. If those ports are damaged then you could still get those weird farting noises while you record😅 ( This happened with my Focusrite interface ).
Last but not the least don't keep any electronic devices near your monitors again thank to "Electro Magnetism" monitors tend to even pick those up 😟😟.
@@dbmdrums1105 Apreciate you taking the time to reply.
This information will cure my problem so thank you so much for taking the time to write this amazin infromation.
Blessings to you and your family brother.
@@darrenhirst9900 ooh well. No prob hope this fixes your problem.
@@dbmdrums1105 It has thank you. I was using the wrong cables.
Godbless you
are these technically going into the monitors as analog or digital?
The audio signal gets changed back to analog before going to the speakers.
@@MatthewStratton ty
What if you only have 1 monitor? How do you balance this with the interface? Thanks
You dont, go buy a pair
Hey bro is the link to the speakers for the pair or is it 294 each
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Thanks bro I just purposed some I been needing some new ones and wasn't sure what would work with my interface
Does anyone know if I can connect my Spark Amp to my Focusrite and use my monitors?
What happens if i plug 2 mono Cables?
I have one end as TRS pin and other side is XLR - No matter how I connect, am unable to make it work on KRK and Focusrite :(
I really appreciate the fact that you´re doing this for dummies. Because I am a dummy.
🤣🤣🤣 I just hope it helped.
open hier
You are not alone. /wave One more dummy, checking in.😄
Me to
This was a very helpful video! I just got the krk monitors and the focusrite interface and video really helped me setting up my new home studio
Nice!
reply asap so if i buy me some rokit 10s or 8 and a interface thats it i can play my music and plug it into my gaming moniter for forza and stuff in futer please tell me i dont need any pc or laptop
Is there any hissing sound on idle when you connect through focusrite? Thanks in advance.
Wait so i cant just plug these into my laptop with an aux?
The krk rokit 5’s
I have to laugh and now understand why the music technology industry is not as big as it can be.....Because everything is mad unnecessarily complex.
If this isn't working for you on Mac try going to System Preferences > Sound > Output and make sure your audio interface is selected
He is back with another helpful tutorial. Thank you!
I appreciate you 💯
@@MatthewStratton morning l
Hello, i have the Uphoria um2, and i want to buy the rokit5, do the monitors sound worse with the RCA cable? Should i change my interface?? Thankss
iv just bought these speakers which they work perfectly fine until i open FL Studio and it says 'Couldn't create the main streaming DirectSound buffer? Can anyone help please?
My Friend you should have a school of recording
Can I just use the Aux-in or will that damage my studio monitors?
Thanks Matthew, exactly the info I was looking for and explained in terms that even a non-techie like myself can get. Very useful emphasis on balanced,unbalanced. Great video.
Great explanation of balanced vs unbalanced - thanks!. I have a semi-related question: I have a Scarlett Solo and use it to connect my guitar to my PC for use with Amplitube 4. I am getting tired of having to use headphones while playing (I rarely record - I just like to play using the amp variety and options in Amplitube). I would like to know if I can use studio monitors while playing (BTW - I do not play loud - usually.... ;). Can I use monitors (instead of headphones) and if so, are there any you recommend (under $300 for the pair)? Thanks!
Yes, you can. It's how i have been playing bass. Though idk of a good sub 300$ pair, as it'a hard to find such things. I guess any monitor with a 5 or 6 inch sub would work great with eletric guitar.
ok so i downloaded the user manual of the subwoofer, and jack outputs from the audio interfaces goes to jack input from the subwoofer. then i need different cables, because subwoofer output are only xlr, as left and right monitor speakers. but still don't know if the cables will matche the "balanced" attribute of the system. this is the trickist part of the procedure i guess. i will watch again your video to see if it helps. i downloaded the audio interface manual and output is actually balanced. but in french we say "symetrical" instead, and that's super-confusing 😂