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> Professional audio engineers operate out of carefully calibrated rooms designed to eradicate odd resonances and echoes, and their speakers cost more than your
by 21 10y ago
> Professional audio engineers operate out of carefully calibrated rooms designed to eradicate odd resonances and echoes, and their speakers cost more than your car.
That is not exactly true. I've seen many pictures from studios and most engineers use professional speakers (called studio monitors) in the $5K range.
However you can spend a lot more on acoustic treatments, they make a massive difference.
I like to think that color-grading, another mysterious dark art (to me at least), is the visual equivalent of mastering.
- krenoten 10y agoPitchfork is not a publication that is targeted at software engineers.
- jdietrich 10y agoDecent nearfields cost $4-5k a pair. A proper pair of main monitors from the likes of PMC or Quested cost $50k to $150k. It's easy to overlook the main monitors, because they tend to be recessed in the walls. http://vintageking.com/pmc-loudspeakers-qb1-pair http://vintageking.com/pmc-loudspeakers-qb1-pair http://vintageking.com/quested-hm415-active http://vintageking.com/quested-hm415-active
- kowdermeister 10y agoDefine decent. You can buy a pair of Mackie from the MR series from about $500. That good enough for a long period till you learn what you are doing. Audio gear has the tendency that the value you get with more bucks decreases exponentially.
- spdustin 10y agoIf you haven't learned what you're doing, you're not the professional audio engineer referred to by TFA :)
- kowdermeister 10y agoThat's true, all I'm saying is that you don't have to pop $4k on a monitor speaker, you can buy decent ones for 1/10th of the price.