blinddrew wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:36 pmArpangel wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:01 pm
You can hear if something has inordinate amounts of bass, or top, through quite crappy equipment.
True, but only if it has been recorded in a decent environment in the first place.
You never hear the speaker, you hear the speaker and the room together. Stick a decent speaker in a boomy room and it will still sound boomy. Stick a half decent speaker in a decent room and it will still sound half-decent.
I know you know this Arpangel, but other people, new to this stuff, will also be reading this thread.
Excessive bass, some of it may be coming from the room it was recorded in, but what if it wasn’t recorded in a room at all, the music was electronically generated? there are no reference points, as to what it "should" sound like, and synths sound different through different speakers.
Agreed, a boomy room will add its sound, but you need to choose a speaker that will work best in that room, one that isn’t inherently bass heavy, or boomy, this is reality, and how most of us with home studios that can’t be treated choose monitors.
I’ve always tried to choose monitors that work in a particular room, and I have my preferences beyond that, that’s why I asked about the speakers here.
I have my own opinions about monitoring and monitors, and it’s very personal, I’m not suggesting others starting out should take it on board, it’s just how I think, my perspective, some may be interested, some not.
Monitors for recording purposes are to me, not the most important thing to worry about, I believe we can work with anything, in any room, if need be, and still produce great recordings, well, some can.
There’s no other subject in recording that gets people going as much as this, but honestly, I really don’t take it seriously, it’s not important, we are led to believe certain things, that may have worked for someone, somewhere, at sometime, but that was them, it might not work for me.