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Old 18th March 2009   #20
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Originally Posted by babydaddymusic View Post
I am an engineer newbie but a long-time recording artist and have trained with pros who use them. Chris Lord-Alge mixed four of my songs of my album and I think he is a pretty good representation of what NS-10 guys do.
The listen at low volumes. I mean low, like you can hear the fan of the computer low.
Expect everything to sound thwappy and unimpressive.
You will have to milk a lot to get good bass sounds, but I feel that is a good thing because the bass needs to translate on little speakers and ipod headphones.
Take breaks frequently to let your ears rest.
You will need to replace the usual comfort zone of mixing while having a "this is pleasing to the ear" feeling with a "I am getting the competing instruments to sit in a good place and these monitors are giving me a shortcut to that."
You will not impress musicians with these.
You will feel cold an alone the first time you tackle electric guitar sounds through this gooo
Hey great tips man!
Have to disagree with not impressing clients.
My young clients (19-24) think the NS-10s are some mysterious high end speakers and they think they sound AWESOME!
Can't tell you how many times they've asked "what kind of speakers are you using, they sound great!"
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