Monitoring

[Night Pupil]

Sup i just set-up my little studio and was wondering what is the best level to monitor?

In my main soundcard mixer it goes from 0 2 5 10 20 30 50 and 00.. So what would you say is the best? i know its best to monitor low. But how low is the question.

Also i just put on my monitors truth b2031.. And was wondering is there hiss in any of your monitors? Mine do and the right one has more and it zig zags.. And it is all coming from the tweeter.. it even comes and goes away.. Is this at all normal at any level? it's not very loud.. but i can still hear it..

[1 M.I.C]

you know i have some yamaha's and one tweeter did the same thing for a couple of days, had a odd hiss from the tweeter.. only when powered of course, and only when the cable was plugged into it. i tried 2 different cables and same result.. but i left for the weekend.. came back.. and it was gone.

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[Night Pupil]

Yeah i dont even need any cable in it and it does it.. I cant hear it when i sit down so whatever for now..

It's not a big hiss..


I asked somebody and they told me 10 20 was good..

Anyone else know?

[Magic]

Originally Posted by Night Pupil

Sup i just set-up my little studio and was wondering what is the best level to monitor?

In my main soundcard mixer it goes from 0 2 5 10 20 30 50 and 00.. So what would you say is the best? i know its best to monitor low. But how low is the question.

Also i just put on my monitors truth b2031.. And was wondering is there hiss in any of your monitors? Mine do and the right one has more and it zig zags.. And it is all coming from the tweeter.. it even comes and goes away.. Is this at all normal at any level? it's not very loud.. but i can still hear it..

I have the same monitors and was getting the hissing bad when I lived on the fourth floor of an apartment complex. When I moved to a ground floor apartment it went away, and i worked out what it was.
It was interference from TV and radio signals, frequencies and all that passing through my room at the same level. If I listened really close I could hear a radio station coming through my monitors. But any kind of hiss etc is interference from other signal that are being beamed around us all the the time. Think of a computer screen, or car radio and how a mobile phone can effect it. Not good for monitors, and I doubt it's good for us as humans either, but that's another topic.

[PettyCash]

Originally Posted by Magic

I have the same monitors and was getting the hissing bad when I lived on the fourth floor of an apartment complex. When I moved to a ground floor apartment it went away, and i worked out what it was.
It was interference from TV and radio signals, frequencies and all that passing through my room at the same level. If I listened really close I could hear a radio station coming through my monitors. But any kind of hiss etc is interference from other signal that are being beamed around us all the the time. Think of a computer screen, or car radio and how a mobile phone can effect it. Not good for monitors, and I doubt it's good for us as humans either, but that's another topic.

Definitely not good for us as humans, but its too hard to avoid completely. For those who have a lot of those things creating negative energy in their personal living quarters all night and all day, its even worse. It can have adverse effects on your health in the long run, or even immediately depending on your current state of health.
Same could be said about using the microwave to warm your food, but thats also another topic.