[Dream] Calibrating monitors?

[Mark]

On 1/17/07, klapton put forth:
>
>A Real Time Analyzer (RTA) with pink noise generator, an EQ (31-band
>graphic EQ, parametric EQ, or even use a software EQ effect on your
>master out channel), and a measurement microphone (Behringer has one for
>cheap) should get you one your way to flattening out the sound from your
>monitors in your studio.

Imho, it is better to rent quality equipment and tune your room
properly, then buy crappy equipment and possibly make it worse.  I
don't even want to think about how much self-noise a Behringer mic
has.  For the same money you could rent an Earthworks M30.   Then
have sex with it.  While an RTA is useful there are many other tests
that one might want to do.  I do not know if one can rent a laptop
with SpectraFoo or similar software already installed, but
professional hardware analyzers, such as a Goldline, are often
available as rentals.  Why buy something if you are only going to use
it once??

Also, it is way better to treat the room physically, than try to
correct the problem with an EQ.  While EQ's are used in live sound
where treating the room is not an option.  It is not such a good idea
for a control room.

On 1/19/07, spork put forth:
>Yeah, I've been thinking about simply using a software EQ, but I don't
>really know where to cut the bass. Any ideas? The bass levels on my
>monitors are set to zero, so there's not really anything I can do in
>that end, and I thought the whole point with monitors was that they
>*shouldn't* produce too much bass...?


Well, no.  Just like a woofer outside of a cabinet will not produce
any bass (try it someday if you don't believe me) the bass response
of a monitor is largely dependent on the room.


On 1/31/07, UnderTow put forth:
>
>Yes you can fully run Windows on the new Intel Macs (not the older ones).
>THese are nice computers albeit expensive ...


I have a Mac, but I think it might be broken.  The screen says that
Allistair said that Macs are nice computers.  That can't be right.