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Placement of monitor speakers: Is it normal to hear a lot more bass when stepping back?
What you have is too much bass bouncing off the walls. You've created what are called standing waves in your room, which is very common. When there is a standing wave for any frequency, some spots in ...
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How do I build a studio in an old ‘01 Chevy single cab?
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You're better off learning how to plan your time and working on your networking skills.
I'm from the UK so I had to go and look up what a Chevy Silverado Single Cab actually was.
Having seen ...
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Placement of monitor speakers: Is it normal to hear a lot more bass when stepping back?
A couple of things to add on; If you are djing, then I assume you won't be sitting by your computer?? The way you describe it, it does sound like standing waves. If you are to produce, then you ...
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Placement of monitor speakers: Is it normal to hear a lot more bass when stepping back?
If you're using the set up purely for mixing in the DJ sense, as you've indicated, then it doesn't particularly matter how you position things. I'd suggest you go with your gut preference and what ...
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Best way to set up my DIY studio/recording/interfaces?
I was first going to write a long answer with all permutations on how you could hook everything up, in multiple configurations. However, this would be a very long answer, and would probably complex ...
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Setting up Home Studio, need advise on setup
In a tiny room like that, with unspecified materials, the quickest way to find out is to try it.
My optimum in a home studio ended up being this…
My ceiling is also partially sloped. Room is approx ...
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TRS or XLR to TRS? which one?
XLR and TRS are two different things.
XLR is a "balanced" audio cable, which means that it sends the signal in such a way that the noise picked up while traveling over the cable can be canceled out ...
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How to achieve low latency for live audio: new soundcard or computer?
The smallest buffer you can use is the next one up from the one that glitches.
The computer itself is the main cause of buffer under-run. The external hardware is probably non-adjustable.
The more ...
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In theory, could a choir rehearse safely by using multiple recording booths mixed with a soundboard?
Turning my rambling comments into an actual answer…
It would probably be simpler & safer to run fast covid testing on-site. Keep everybody outside & separated until they get the all-clear. ...
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TRS or XLR to TRS? which one?
Assuming that the same type of cable is used with either configuration, there will be no sound quality difference.
The plug type makes no difference to the fact that there are essentially three ...
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Laptop -> Audio Interface -> Studio Monitors
Just to clarify, I believe you are saying that you have a laptop, and a USB audio interface that goes from USB to a pair of 1/4" balanced outputs (TRS). You are now about to buy some monitors and want ...
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