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It really depends on the genre as to what rms level you should end up with. Sound forge has an analysis tool. Run your work thru it to get an rms level. Then take a commercial released song in a similar style and load it in Forge and run the tool on that song as well, to get an idea of where the eng...

Strangely enough, smaller , well tuned hi and mid toms sound "bigger" with compression, than the standard ones here... (5 tom Sonar set). Cut thru better too... I just have to convince the drummers that come in! lol

I had the same problem with ns10s... I used them for a year and a half and it really ended up being torture. I had them and some JBLs. I thought I had to learn how to mix on them but you know what? I said to myself, this is Bull... I don't like working on them. So I bought some Mackie HR824s.(no bas...

Nice info! thanks...

I agree with ctmsound. Save up. If you have to have monitors for that low (and I understand budgets) maybe go with some Yamaha NS10s. I absolutely hate mixing on them but at least if you can get things to sound good on them, you have half of chance of having a good mix. You can actually mix on "any"...

I have had 4311s since they were new in 1978. very good speakers. They were studio standards in the 70s and early 80s in studios all over the world. Eventually they were superseded by the 44 series. i had some 4412s and they were killer. I still mix on the 4311s (sometimes). They are a bit pushy in ...

Hi, Sounds like you may be picking up clock noise from the processor or you guys are getting some kind of feedback (via the software--like the monitoring settings). How about if you just use a simple media player. Is it still there? Maybe try simple un balanced cables to make sure the cables are wir...