MONITORS FOR TV POST PRODUCTION...

roylusty · 9th September 2005

First post...please be generous...

I'm moving my studios to a new location in London with fully treated rooms...
I currently use a pair of Mackie 824s and I'm looking to upgrade to maybe Dynaudio M1.5 or Adam S3As.

Any ideas...especially from those mixing programmes and ads...14' control room roughly...

Thanks.

MIKEHARRIS · 9th September 2005

BM 15a...GENELEC 8040's

JulianBrightnes · 9th September 2005

Hi Roy,

My main work consists of TV work and I'm using PSI monitors at the moment.
Perfect monitors for what I do. It's a fairly new Swiss brand. Bit pricey though.
Then make sure you have at least one television for monitoring too!
I also use a Tivoli audio (mono) radio, model one. Excellent.

Cheers, Julian

roylusty · 9th September 2005

...Thanks for that...I notice that you are based in Amsterdam...I'm actually trying to find a studio that I link to using CDQ or Telos Zephr ISDN for a few voiceover sessions...again any ideas!?

Thanks,

Joel.

MrChang · 10th September 2005

Are you mixing music or shows? SFX? Voice recording?

The dynaudio and genelecs are everywhere, especially on the music composition and mixing side. I still see Genelec 10xx series stuff. Having said that, many smaller LA post facilities' offline suites and mix rooms are using (drumroll...) what you already have, 824s.

Also, you'd be surprised at how many $100 (per pair) Roland MA8s are floating around... and how many rough mixes/edits done on those are it before online.

2¢ opinion:

Listen to each monitor with some reference material you know. What sounds good to your ears, purchase. They're all capable of illuminating "professional, broadcast-quality" mixes. Okay, that's the obvious answer, so maybe it's only a 1¢ opinion

Welcome to GS!

roylusty · 12th September 2005

Cheers MrChang...this is my first chance to actually pick the monitors for a room so I'm keen to get it right and also time is of the essence unfortunately.

Over here there appears to be a lot of PMCs around in post-production but I think they may be slightly out of our budget...Dynaudios look like the best bet (and I think they also look nicer that the Genelecs, for client bullshit value).

Great site, learned loads already..

Cheers,

joel.

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roylusty Gear interested Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Thread Starter	MONITORS FOR TV POST PRODUCTION... First post...please be generous... I'm moving my studios to a new location in London with fully treated rooms... I currently use a pair of Mackie 824s and I'm looking to upgrade to maybe Dynaudio M1.5 or Adam S3As. Any ideas...especially from those mixing programmes and ads...14' control room roughly... Thanks.

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MIKEHARRIS Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2002 Location: MIAMI FLA Posts: 1,685	BM 15a...GENELEC 8040's

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JulianBrightnes Gear addict Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 390	Hi Roy, My main work consists of TV work and I'm using PSI monitors at the moment. Perfect monitors for what I do. It's a fairly new Swiss brand. Bit pricey though. Then make sure you have at least one television for monitoring too! I also use a Tivoli audio (mono) radio, model one. Excellent. Cheers, Julian

10th September 2005	#5
MrChang Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 285	Are you mixing music or shows? SFX? Voice recording? The dynaudio and genelecs are everywhere, especially on the music composition and mixing side. I still see Genelec 10xx series stuff. Having said that, many smaller LA post facilities' offline suites and mix rooms are using (drumroll...) what you already have, 824s. Also, you'd be surprised at how many $100 (per pair) Roland MA8s are floating around... and how many rough mixes/edits done on those are it before online. 2¢ opinion: Listen to each monitor with some reference material you know. What sounds good to your ears, purchase. They're all capable of illuminating "professional, broadcast-quality" mixes. Okay, that's the obvious answer, so maybe it's only a 1¢ opinion Welcome to GS!

12th September 2005	#6
roylusty Gear interested Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Thread Starter	Cheers MrChang...this is my first chance to actually pick the monitors for a room so I'm keen to get it right and also time is of the essence unfortunately. Over here there appears to be a lot of PMCs around in post-production but I think they may be slightly out of our budget...Dynaudios look like the best bet (and I think they also look nicer that the Genelecs, for client bullshit value). Great site, learned loads already.. Cheers, joel.