A myth about studio monitors?

[Dj Hempenhymer]

Hey guys

Ive heard around a bit from other djs ect... that using your studio monitors for bedroom mixing and also production work could be detrimental to the life of the speakers quality, as in when you mix on the decks the volume is cranked up high so the speakers are pumping, but then if you go and use them later down the track for production work they wont be as good clarity wise?

Ive got some KRK rokit 6's and they do pump loud and sound great but because of hearing this i was thinking of getting some cheap speakers i can just blast away and wont have to worry about wrecking them, do you think its worth it, or will the build quality of these speakers last?

Thanks

Chris

[plan-b]

It's not a myth, it's just common sense... crank any speaker too hard and you'll kill it...

I used to use my production monitors (Tascam VLX5's) for DJing, but since moving into my new flat and putting my decks in the lounge, we're just using a stereo unit...

I find it's a little easier to mix on than my production monitors

[gamblore]

A lot of people have got the whole monitor thing wrong around here. Proper monitors are supposed to be used for just that, monitoring! They aren't meant to be 'cranked' and rock a party, they are meant to be used to hear the music clearly. If you want to 'crank' it when you mix and don't give a fuck about hearing subtlty, then go get a PA system.

[hoppuspears]

I just use pa party speakers may as well practice on what you will be using at a gig.

[plan-b]

I just use pa party speakers may as well practice on what you will be using at a gig.
Doesn't make alot of sense to me...

a) I'm not going to get much use of them out of them at the capacity I would at a gig without pissing off my neighbours

b) Monitors at gigs have to be loud enough to compete with the floor stacks etc... the monitors in my unit don't have this problem

[gamblore]

Doesn't make alot of sense to me...

a) I'm not going to get much use of them out of them at the capacity I would at a gig without pissing off my neighbours

b) Monitors at gigs have to be loud enough to compete with the floor stacks etc... the monitors in my unit don't have this problem

c) They don't have the detail that monitors have.

d) You don't have to blow your head off when your having a leasurely mix!

[Afro thunder]

i found mixing with pa speakers extremely difficult...

maybe someone on here can help me figure out as to why... scenario: i had 2 tunes beat matched, one tune in headphones, other through the speakers, all good

turn the headphone channel to mix of cue and master... = beats out by around half a second, which as u know is extremely noticeable. Also the same fail was produced by simply sending my 'cued' tune into the master mix too..

was finding that i had to always speed up the song coming in, which i guess means that the PA speakers, were somehow jumping ahead of wat i was hearing in the headphones... either that or they were falling behind and instead of having my 4/4 matched i was going 1/4.

I have since got Rokit 5s, and whatever kind of monitors they're classed as, they're a hell of a lot better to mix with,

so my suggestion to OP is that if ur needing to play loud, get some speakers for the occasion, and don't kill ur poor little monitors =( with a bit of sensible volume control im sure u can use them for both production and bedroom banging

[Funkedub]

i guess the other thing about mixing with studio monitors is getting used to mixing with a clear tight nearfield sound instead of the muffled womp womp of a club system with no decent monitor near your ears (or feet)

this can make the transition from bedroom to club a bit more of a overwhelming experience

[DSILVR]

I don't know why people need a monitor near there ear to mix with. I find if you mix in headies leave the monitor off or down really low. You don't have any issues with beats not mixing or falling out of place.

If you have done a propper job of beatmatching the tracks together, then you can take your headies off and then focus on the mixer, placing one ear cup on for a quick listen to see how they are holding up. Or better yet have one ear free listening out loud and other over your ear oon low volume listening quitely.

[jarrardscott]

im getting some rockit 6's soon for monitoring.
got a pumping stereo for cranking up.
its alot easier to mix with monitors then having it cranking in your face

[Funkedub]

i crank it on shitty 3way speakers ... you can tell by the shitty mixes i post online :-D

[gamblore]

i crank it on shitty 3way speakers ... you can tell by the shitty mixes i post online :-D

I can beat that, I mix on portable iPod speakers! :(

[plan-b]

I don't know why people need a monitor near there ear to mix with. I find if you mix in headies leave the monitor off or down really low. You don't have any issues with beats not mixing or falling out of place.

When I can, I prefer to with one channel in my headphones... Never know when it might come in useful...

I can beat that, I mix on portable iPod speakers! :(

That the JBL thing?? I got one of these free with my N95 :P

[Majestyk]

I don't know why people need a monitor near there ear to mix with. I find if you mix in headies leave the monitor off or down really low. You don't have any issues with beats not mixing or falling out of place.

If you have done a propper job of beatmatching the tracks together, then you can take your headies off and then focus on the mixer, placing one ear cup on for a quick listen to see how they are holding up. Or better yet have one ear free listening out loud and other over your ear oon low volume listening quitely.

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