--- In Max Catterwell <>=
wrote:
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> My computer speakers on which I do most of my listening and all of
> my editing (Miglia Diva 2.1s) cost me about =A330 and are more than
> adequate to my ears. And therein lies the answer of course; being old
> and deaf definitely has it's advantages!
You have touched on an interesting point, Max, and it's not just about gett=
ing old...
I record numerous things, including music. Some of the music I record is mu=
ltitracked, where numerous microphones are used to record disparate instrum=
ents to individual tracks. After recording, all of the individual tracks ar=
e knitted together to form a stereo mix. This often requires judicious use =
of processing (equalisation, compression, reverberation, etc.) on each indi=
vidual track, and also globally over the entire mix. The speakers used for =
this kind of re-construction work must be able to resolve fine detail so th=
at the engineer can hear how well the sounds are knitting together.
Most nature recordings, however, are direct-to-stereo; the sounds are alrea=
dy knitted together in the air, and don't require the same degree of screwd=
river work. For editing and compiling, any pair of half-decent speakers mig=
ht do the job. If your microphones and recording equipment are clean and yo=
u're happy with the results they produce, a little bit of 'faith' can get y=
ou a long way when monitoring over speakers because they really only need t=
o provide the big picture.
Having said that, I get a real thrill from hearing my recordings through hi=
gh quality speakers...
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