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4. Re: Speakers for Editing

Subject: 4. Re: Speakers for Editing
From: "obSession" melvoid2002
Date: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:52 am ((PDT))
Good point, Lou. But, I listen on several speakers, and I can see the low
rumbles and thuds on the waveform, too.

Again, if it's for your own listening, it's less critical than if you're
trying to sell them, I guess, because you have no idea or control over what
they're being played on.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Lou Judson <> wrote:

> My thought on this would be, if you can't hear the low frequencies
> how would you know when to filter the low end?
>
> The most pervasive human-made sound is usually motor and traffic
> rumble, or wideband aircraft. So I always use a spectrum analyser to
> see things I may not hear, even with a 12" 200 watt subwoofer (which
> I keep on all the time, it is a flat equalized system...) that goes
> way down low.
>
> <L>
> Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2009, at 6:47 AM, obSession wrote:
>
> > From my experience, the only really low sounds I capture are wind
> > on the
> > microphones.
> >
> > I've had good luck recording everything flat, but here and there, I
> > have
> > tweaked the EQ to get rid of those low sounds. I *use* studio
> > monitors, but
> > sometimes they're maybe less forgiving than I wish they were, for this
> > application anyway.
> >
> > For basic editing, like getting rid of man-made sounds, I use my
> > computer
> > speakers and turn the subwoofer down.
>
>
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