Comments on: The Confidence of Accurate Studio Monitoring: Mackie HR 824s http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/ Make Home Recordings Pro Recordings Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: banjobkp http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-969 banjobkp Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:43:42 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-969 I've had the good fortune of using Tannoy Near Fields PB 6.5 for years when I occasionally do studio stuff. When I did my last recording in a small but powerful digital studio, i made the engineer take out the NSM 10's -(the worst monitor ever), and put in the Tannoy's, i was much happier with the results. My new problem playing in an acoustic band is getting the Acoustic Bass sounding right. While the rock stuff i did on the Tannoy's were pretty good, I might need that extra sound on the bottom end for getting the best acoustic sound I can. Since I'm going to be doing a project this fall, we shall see if i can get my hands on these and put them to use. But if may be time to look at something like the Mackie's, especially if they are essentially in the sub 500 range. I’ve had the good fortune of using Tannoy Near Fields PB 6.5 for years when I occasionally do studio stuff.

When I did my last recording in a small but powerful digital studio, i made the engineer take out the NSM 10’s -(the worst monitor ever), and put in the Tannoy’s, i was much happier with the results. My new problem playing in an acoustic band is getting the Acoustic Bass sounding right. While the rock stuff i did on the Tannoy’s were pretty good, I might need that extra sound on the bottom end for getting the best acoustic sound I can. Since I’m going to be doing a project this fall, we shall see if i can get my hands on these and put them to use.

But if may be time to look at something like the Mackie’s, especially if they are essentially in the sub 500 range.

]]> By: brandondrury http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-713 brandondrury Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:38 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-713 <blockquote>Don’t worry those of you who are “legends in your own mind”, I won’t be back!</blockquote> That was an interesting post. I'm not sure who was getting slammed on it. Oh well. I hope you come back! I think most people aren't in the business for too long because the hours are long and the pay is low. There is a reason that I run a recording website in addition to a recording studio. Brandon

Don’t worry those of you who are “legends in your own mind”, I won’t be back!

That was an interesting post. I’m not sure who was getting slammed on it. Oh well. I hope you come back!

I think most people aren’t in the business for too long because the hours are long and the pay is low. There is a reason that I run a recording website in addition to a recording studio.

Brandon

]]> By: Dave http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-712 Dave Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:49:19 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-712 Come on!! The guy was just trying to explain the importance of good studio monitors and you cut him up! However, I did get something else from the posts that followed the article...I have been a guitar player/engineer for 30+ years and wonder why none of my close friends are in the business and now I know why. The egos are over the top and just plain rude! Grow up, get over yourself, and learn to be a humble artist that can respect the ideas and success of others. Don't worry those of you who are "legends in your own mind", I won't be back! Come on!! The guy was just trying to explain the importance of good studio monitors
and you cut him up! However, I did get something else from the posts that followed the article…I have been a guitar player/engineer for 30+ years and wonder why none of my close friends are in the business and now I know why. The egos are over the top and just plain rude! Grow up, get over yourself, and learn to be a humble artist that can respect the ideas and success of others. Don’t worry those of you who are “legends in your own mind”, I won’t be back!

]]> By: .tom http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-661 .tom Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:16:03 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-661 first, go back to elementary sentence structure classes found in grades 3 thru 8. then tackle acoustic engineering.... first, go back to elementary sentence structure classes found in grades 3 thru 8. then tackle acoustic engineering….

]]> By: brandondrury http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-659 brandondrury Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:33:20 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-659 This article was not intended to discuss how to make your studio monitors accurate. It was designed to illustrate the benefits of accurate studio monitoring that I had never knew of before. If you are looking for the holy grail of accurate studio monitoring, it's going to take more than a simple blog. With that said, I already wrote another blog telling how I did it. Again, this was more of a motivational blog than a "how to" blog. Brandon This article was not intended to discuss how to make your studio monitors accurate. It was designed to illustrate the benefits of accurate studio monitoring that I had never knew of before.

If you are looking for the holy grail of accurate studio monitoring, it’s going to take more than a simple blog. With that said, I already wrote another blog telling how I did it. Again, this was more of a motivational blog than a “how to” blog.

Brandon

]]> By: Teebow62 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-649 Teebow62 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:50:27 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-649 ''I placed my studio monitors on a cheap, plastic card table. Yes, you heard me. It’s a $30 card table I bought years ago and actually left outside for a month. I had to wash all the leaves and dirt off of it (in the bathtub….the woman was happy!!) I was using heavy duty speaker stands. Okay, they weren’t exactly “speaker stands”. They were stacked up cinder blocks! ($6 for 6 bricks seemed like a better solution than $150 for “professional” speaker stands. '' This is the punch line that you should have left in this blog do you get to where im coming from we the reader are not where you are and so we are relying on you to reveal. there is nothing more frustrating when this dosent happen and we are fed the world its grand mother and the garden sink with no real answer insight. ”I placed my studio monitors on a cheap, plastic card table. Yes, you heard me. It’s a $30 card table I bought years ago and actually left outside for a month. I had to wash all the leaves and dirt off of it (in the bathtub….the woman was happy!!) I was using heavy duty speaker stands. Okay, they weren’t exactly “speaker stands”. They were stacked up cinder blocks! ($6 for 6 bricks seemed like a better solution than $150 for “professional” speaker stands. ”

This is the punch line that you should have left in this blog do you get to where im coming from we the reader are not where you are and so we are relying on you to reveal. there is nothing more frustrating when this dosent happen and we are fed the world its grand mother and the garden sink with no real answer insight.

]]> By: Teebow62 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-648 Teebow62 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:42:26 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-648 I would have been alot better if you had let us into your secret of what you found out under the leaves which you claim is another story because what your artical fails to exicut is a punch line great lead up no punch line my only educated guess is that you have applied some form of acustic damping in the appropriate places. If this is indeed the case the illistrate that fact if its not then for god sake say what it is you have found instead of all the other nomal stuff that comes as a consequence of bad moniter positioning and inadiquate acustic treatment. I would have been alot better if you had let us into your secret of what you found out under the leaves which you claim is another story because what your artical fails to exicut is a punch line great lead up no punch line my only educated guess is that you have applied some form of acustic damping in the appropriate places. If this is indeed the case the illistrate that fact if its not then for god sake say what it is you have found instead of all the other nomal stuff that comes as a consequence of bad moniter positioning and inadiquate acustic treatment.

]]> By: .tom http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-640 .tom Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:52:52 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-640 glad you got it sorted brandon. neoprene is a good thing to layer as iso speaker pads. glad you got it sorted brandon. neoprene is a good thing to layer as iso speaker pads.

]]> By: Julien http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-631 Julien Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:41:32 +0000 http://www.recordingreview.com/blog/the-confidence-of-accurate-studio-monitoring-mackie-hr-824s/#comment-631 Huh... what's the break through? Huh… what’s the break through?

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