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XLR connectors have a lock, so they are less likely to be unplugged by accident. Also, when connecting or disconnecting them, they are less likely to cause short circuit or produce noise because of their design (the TRS design may cause that). In general, the connector is more robust.
In your scenario, check if your monitors and interface support balanced ...
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Some feedback prevention approaches:
Changing the aim of the monitor speakers or the microphones. If the microphones are headsets (I assume they are for the musical), you can try to make sure the choreography doesn't take them (the singers and their microphones) too close to the near on-axis sound field of the speakers. You should always evaluate your ...
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I am a lot more dynamic with the control room volume fader. Unless you're producing music for a very specific audience, then you need to make sure the mix is properly balanced at both high and low levels and everything in between.
One of many great lessons I picked on in mixing workshops years ago, was to frequently turn down the music to the barely ...
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There's a loose binning of monitors into 3 categories:
Consumer equipment [$500 - $1500] Dell U-Series LCDs, Panasonic Viera Plasmas
Entry-Level Monitors [$2500+] FSI, HP DreamColor
High End Monitors [$$ - $$$$] eCinema, TV Logic
Some of the features of non-consumer monitors that you'll want to learn about are:
HD/SDI inputs
Additional outputs
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To do this properly, you will need the frequency response curves for both your studio monitors and your subwoofer so that you can get the crossover frequency right:
In the above graph, the red curved line is the subwoofer frequency response. The green line is the frequency response of your studio monitors. The crossover frequency is the point where the ...
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Pulling the connector out slightly will connect the tip of the plug to the ring of the jack on the speaker. This will definitely give you an out of phase signal.
Even if you inverted the phase of the signal to the monitor or modified your cable to compensate, I don't think you can get the same quality of sound you would have from a good connection. Also I ...
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Not dangerous at all. You may have impedance matching issues though. And possibly lots of noise in the signal because of the unbalanced source and mis-matched impedance.
Start with the volume on the Yamahas all the way down and, with something playing on the television, nudge the volume up ever so slightly until you can hear the source. You want to make ...
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One of my BX5a's had the same issue about a year ago and the culprit ended up being failed capacitors.
You can usually spot them when you open the unit because they're bulging and often leaking dark colored goo.
If you're not experienced and comfortable working inside electronics, you should take them to a shop for repair. This is a potentially dangerous ...
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Whilst being true that you shouldn't limit yourself to one or another level, there is still a level you should be able to come back to. You should have a read through Equal loudness countour curves, or phons.
This are some curves developed some time ago (became known as Fletcher-Munson) that shows how messed up our hearing really is. It shows that our ...
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I called the number above, then was told by recording I needed an AVID support code. I pressed "2" and actually talked with a customer support rep, and was told to email my request to "repairs@m-audio.com" BTW is tried several times to get this email address from the M-audio website but was unable to find it.
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In a proper studio, it is not uncommon for studio monitors to see continuous use for days on end. Power amps get hot, but they are designed with tolerances in mind, so I doubt that you'd experience any problems based on that factor alone. Still, you may want to shoot a quick email to service@krksys.com to ask them what the typical temperature should be. They ...
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Close proximity to a wall, ceiling or floor will reinforce the bass due to reflecting sound waves regardless of the speaker type. The room layout, the exact speaker placement as well as the material of the wall, ceiling, floor etc. all affect and color the sound produced by the speakers.
This coloration can both be a disadvantage, especially if you are not ...
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While it's true that front-ported monitors are preferable in that situation, the fact is that being so close to a wall will never be "without trouble", especially in an un-treated room.
In other words, the front ports aren't going to magically cure all problems related to being close to a wall in an untreated room.
having said that, a set of decent ...
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Zacuto makes an EVF monitor that is 3.2 inches, and I can say from experience this is the real deal...Has built in sharpening monitoring to help with focus support, and has a detachable eyepiece...also look into their camera rigs fro your skateboarding videos, they could be really helpful for you.
http://www.zacuto.com/zfinderevf
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I would consider the most important "rule" of monitor placement to be the geometry. That is...
You should have an equilateral triangle made up of the two monitors and the listening position.
You should consider the tweeters to be the points from which you measure, as the higher frequencies are the most directional.
As an example, for my home theater, I ...
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I'm more of a live audio guy than recording and tend to use in-ears for my monitoring, but my understanding of the idea behind isolation pads is to absorb the vibration of the speaker and/or the surface and prevent it from impacting the sound produced by the driver. Something like a computer monitor stand is going to be more worried about providing a hard, ...
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The best advice I can give is to go and listen to the monitors at a store. It's not perfect, but it'll give you a lot more useful information than spec sheets. Take music you know well and A/B/C/etc. all the monitors on your shortlist.
I've been surprised a few times when monitors that look good on paper turned out to be bested by significantly cheaper ...
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Consider the Matrox MXO2 products. The Mini model allows you to gain blue gun control of a normal consumer HDTV, solving the big issue with calibration of these large displays. The MXO2 Mini is under $500, other models include features like hardware H.264 encoding and more advanced interfaces.
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Are you examining your speakers with a sine sweep, or just your music?
It is possible that the music was mastered strangely, and the monitors are just showing that to you. If the problem persists as you (slowly) sweep a sine wave from 50 Hz to 200 Hz, then you should contact KRK's technical support to see what they recommend.
More on testing:
What does ...
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It is because you are calibrating the monitor correctly however the other two, The Sony LCD and the Computer are probably not correctly color calibrated in the same way, I know that my laptop seems to desaturate colors around the 30% mark and when compared to a calibrated monitor it looks quite a bit different...I would assume this would account for why they ...
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Where you do need monitors in the same room as the microphones, and volumes are high enough that you get feedback, a good desk will give you the ability to isolate the exact frequency you get feedback on and cut it by 3dB, 10dB or more.
This will have an effect on the final recording, but sometimes that is the trade-off you make. If the Q is high enough ...
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The monitors will only feed back if they are close enough to the microphone and the volume is turned up too loud.
You can use the monitors during recording. You can avoid feedback by turning down the volume or simply not routing the microphone through the monitors. With my current setup I have a few microphones pointing at a drum set. The microphones and ...
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They will feedback under certain circumstances. For example, if you have your monitors on and you're recording vocals right in front of the monitors, you will have crazy feedback, especially if you're using a condenser microphone. Think about it this way:
You have to imagine the audio signal path. If you have your monitors on and your mic on at the same ...
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No, sure it's not only your imagination... You described exactly what happened to me when my earphone broked, and only "worked" with few milimeters out of the jack and some "straaannggee" effects...
It's just a closed circuit between the right and the left channel, happening in the connectors jack. Then, with the "circuit-mix" on, the first thing pops out ...
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You'll need a USB MIDI interface and a mixer. A decent mixer is the Behringer XENYX 802, which should suit your eventual need for more inputs. As far as the MPC, you can use the MIDI outs with Live, but if you just want to get the sound from it, I recommend investing in a S/PDIF cable if one didn't come with your Macbook.
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Since KRK VXT6 are "active" speakers, ie have built-in amplifiers, I suspect it's the amps that causes the speakers becoming hot. High temperatures could, potentially, lower the quality but I wouldn't worry too much about it.
The speakers are after all marketed as studio monitors and in my opinion that should qualify them for use over long periods of time - ...
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I may have stumbled on a better way to contact M-Audio, that I will try next week. I can order parts from their repair department. For anyone interested, here is their info:
Call 626-633-9055, press 2 at any time to bypass the introduction message, and then press 2 for replacement parts.
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm, Pacific Time
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