Practicing bass through studio monitors?

[eggfart1]

The JBL setup with the sub is the way to go if you want the best of both worlds in terms of combining studio monitors and a bass amp. The sub will give you more accurate low end on your mixes and makes practicing bass more gratifying since you're moving more air. I used to practice through my nearfields (I have some excellent 8" Tannoys) and while it was totally acceptable it wasn't nearly as fun as playing through a bass amp that moved more air.

Thanks for the tip. I suppose that a sub could very easily be added after

 

[silky smoove]

GC sells KRKs cheap, they are OK but most likely anyone who spends more time mixing will switch them out to something more semi-pro within a year or two when they hear what real studio reference monitors sound like.

KRK's work just fine for an entry level trip into the world of home studios. That sounds like the category the OP is in. A set of RP5's, or Yamaha NS10's combined with the knowledge of how they sound in the home studio room relates to the real world will put you miles ahead of someone with a high end set of near fields and no knowledge/experience.

 

[ksandvik]

KRK's work just fine for an entry level trip into the world of home studios. That sounds like the category the OP is in. A set of RP5's, or Yamaha NS10's combined with the knowledge of how they sound in the home studio room relates to the real world will put you miles ahead of someone with a high end set of near fields and no knowledge/experience.

The curse is that studio reference monitors don't really break down so the investment is around for a long time. I hope my Event TR8s would collapse but they just keep in ticking since 2002.

I think anyone serious about studio work should get good reference monitors. Even the latest M-Audio offerings are great. GC sells cheap KRKs, 5" and so on, they are OK but anyone who checks out good reference monitors regret their purchase later. As for NS-10s, if someone likes to suffer listening to mixes all day and all night, that's fine then.

Just to add more info, any good monitors will sound crap in a bad acoustic, untreated environment.

 

[fokof]

NS-10 are used in Studios as a reference for "general home stereo" environement.
It's used to hear what a mix will sound like in a "mister everybody's" home stereo.
Auratone were another reference in another era.

I would avoid those as main speakers.

 

[eggfart1]

Cheers. I will check out KRK and a bunch of other companies. I'm sure that it will suit my needs and also be fine for practicing bass guitar on!

 

[DukeLeJeune]

Have you considered a Thunderchild 1x12?

I hear a lot of people raving about this cabinet because of the ability to generate very low frequency tones, and it's power and clarity for the size.

Also, the creator said that he created it as a hi-fi quality bass studio monitor or something like that...

Just for the record, the Thunderchild goes deep enough for the first overtone of low-B, but really not much deeper, so it would probably need a subwoofer in a studio monitor application.

I wouldn't claim that my cab is competitive with a well-designed equal-cost studio monitor in the studio monitor's arena, but I think it could double as a studio monitor better than most bass cabs. That being said, the Acme B1 would probably be a better choice for a dual-duty cab.

 

[eggfart1]

Just for the record, the Thunderchild goes deep enough for the first overtone of low-B, but really not much deeper, so it would probably need a subwoofer in a studio monitor application.

I wouldn't claim that my cab is competitive with a well-designed equal-cost studio monitor in the studio monitor's arena, but I think it could double as a studio monitor better than most bass cabs. That being said, the Acme B1 would probably be a better choice for a dual-duty cab.

Thanks.

 

[Igotsoul4u]

Aren't they supposed to be the "go-to" studio monitor for an un-biased and true sound?

they can be very fatiguing due to a hyped mid range right in the same place where our hearing is the most sensitive and acute. A nice power amp like a Bryston improves them significantly but they can easily carve out the part of your hearing that the speaking voice is in. I would not want them for laying down bass at all. They do not have enough low end. I have Adams with a sub and they are easy on my ears but I don't mind playing bass through them. A sub is critical unless you have something with 10" woofers+ like Genelec 1032s. I actually prefer headphones.