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10-16-2008, 08:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | Studio Monitor Listening
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So, guys, I got some new monitors, and I wanna know what are some good tracks for testing the playback...
What are some good Recordings that are Pretty high fidelity? What tracks do you TBers suggest I use to hear some great recording, fidelity wise...
I have a pretty diverse collection of stuff on LP, MP3s, and a few hundred CD's. So far I've listened to:
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
2 Aphex Twin Albums
and some Jaco stuff
What else you got? |
10-17-2008, 12:06 PM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | For now just listen to what you like but pay attention to how things may sound different from your normal listening on other playback systems, it may sound better or more pleasing or it may sound harsh in some frequency bands. For sure you should be getting more detail and may be hearing parts you never thought were there.
When I am mixing I try to listen to a recording similar to the project I am working on. To tune my ears in I listen for every detail of every instrument, where it is placed, if there are any added effects and it's volume level in respect to all other parts. |
10-17-2008, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbrad  For now just listen to what you like but pay attention to how things may sound different from your normal listening on other playback systems, it may sound better or more pleasing or it may sound harsh in some frequency bands. For sure you should be getting more detail and may be hearing parts you never thought were there.
When I am mixing I try to listen to a recording similar to the project I am working on. To tune my ears in I listen for every detail of every instrument, where it is placed, if there are any added effects and it's volume level in respect to all other parts. | Great advice...
Thanks, Keep 'em comin! |
10-17-2008, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | I'll try to find the TapeOp that had a bunch of good titles for listening back. The big rule of thumb, of course, is to listen to things similar to what you're mixing. For detail, my fave is XTC's _English Settlement_. SoundGarden's _Badmotorfinger_ was one of the picks the TapeOp article mentioned.
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10-17-2008, 02:27 PM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
If you've got a good clean digital copy, not the old played-out vinyl LP! |
10-17-2008, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kraigo I'll try to find the TapeOp that had a bunch of good titles for listening back. The big rule of thumb, of course, is to listen to things similar to what you're mixing. For detail, my fave is XTC's _English Settlement_. SoundGarden's _Badmotorfinger_ was one of the picks the TapeOp article mentioned.
KO | Mayor Of Simpleton was the last thing I listened to last night before bed...
I tend to go the other way and try to listen to something VERY different from What I'm about to record. I think it makes your ears more "fresh" to the sounds you are about to record.
My reasoning... Psychology
So you get exited about seeing a live act, and grab the CD for the tour you are about to see. You've listened to it to the point of knowing every nuance. When you show up to see said act, your ears are now expecting a certain sound. When the show is over, you are disappointed at the performance.
That's not to say I don't do some a/b'ing of some similar stuff during mastering Quote:
Originally Posted by scottbass Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
If you've got a good clean digital copy, not the old played-out vinyl LP! | Some of my vinyl is very clean... no detectable pops or crackles...
I've converted a few directly to MP3 and needed very little tweaking, to get a better than CD quality MP3...
And I think I have that album by "the Dan"
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10-17-2008, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pacific Northwest USA | | Robert Cray's album "Strong Persuader"
song: "Right Next Door (Because of me)"
If any part of that song sounds harsh to your ears, move on to the next pair of speakies. 
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10-17-2008, 02:55 PM
| | | | Anything by Alan Parsons, Ammonnia Avenue is a personal fave.
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10-17-2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RONQUITO Anything by Alan Parsons, Ammonnia Avenue is a personal fave. | Got a few APP albums...
not sure if I have Ammonia Avenue... that's the one with "dont answer me" on it,right?... If I remember correctly, that is a pretty HI-FI album... good one... That string of APP albums was pretty good... Who played Bass on that album?
I Like Robert Cray, just don't have many of his albums... I'll make a note of it.... Good suggestion's keep 'em coming!
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10-21-2008, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | Ok guys, more suggestions please!
There have been some good ones, thus far | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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