Sage-Tips

How far apart should studio monitors be from each other?

The distance between the two speakers should be the same as the distance between each speaker and your head (in the listening position). If your speakers are four feet apart (measured from the center of the speaker cone), then the listening position should be four feet from each speaker.

What level should studio monitors be?

A good rule of thumb is that your volume level should be low enough to allow for conversation without raising your voice. If you need to shout to be heard, your monitors are too loud.

How do you equalize speakers?

EQ Method 2 Equalize to make the instrument or mix bigger and larger than life.

1. Set the Boost/Cut knob to a moderate level of BOOST (8 or 10dB should work).
2. Sweep through the frequencies in the bass band until you find the frequency where the sound has the desired amount of fullness.
3. Adjust the amount of Boost to taste.

How far apart should Yamaha HS8 be?

Yamaha recommends placing the HS8 at least five feet from the nearest wall for truest response when bypassing its filters, but that wasn’t possible in my small control room.

How do I make my room acoustically perfect?

4 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Studio’s Acoustics

1. Ensure windows are adjacent to your listening position. Windows are useful for letting fresh air in, but a nightmare when it comes to treating a room.
2. Get out of the corners.
3. Enforce symmetry.
4. Exercise proper listening position.

How loud is too loud for studio monitors?

For your safety and health: Sound pressure levels over 85db can cause permanent hearing loss, if exposed for 8h or more. Medium sized studio monitor speakers can def. produce this kind of volume and midfield monitors even much more.

How do you balance studio monitors?

3. How to Calibrate Monitors

1. Turn the volume of your studio monitors all the way down.
2. Set the volume of the audio interface’s output level to 0dB (unity)
3. Set the SPL meter to C-weighted and slow response.
4. Hold the SPL meter in the sweet spot of your normal listening position.

What dB should room tone be?

Room tone refers to the level of ambient room noise when no one is speaking. Room tone should be well below -30 if you actually want it to sound like “silence”, I would suggest around -60 for complete silence. If my room tone gets above -40 I try to reduce it if I can.

How to equalize a room with an equalizer?

Another option when equalizing a room is to use a computer program that measures the room’s responses to the sound and then helps you adjust the resonances to EQ the space. These programs often measure impulse and frequency response and calculate reverberation times. Some can automatically adjust the settings of your equalizer.

How do I choose the right size monitors for my Room?

First off, ensure that the height of your monitors is either slightly above, or slightly below the mid-way point between the floor and ceiling. Next, measure the distance between the monitors and the side-walls, to ensure that they’re neither the same ( nor an exact multiple of) the previous two distances.

How far should studio monitors be placed from the speaker?

The placement of your monitor speaker makes a big difference in the sound you get. If you have near-field studio monitors then you have to place them within 2-3 feet from your ears. On the other hand, if your room has a wide area and you have far-field monitors you should place them a minimum 5-6 feets from your ears.

How do I adjust the audio system for my Room?

Finally, you can also adjust the system using room optimization software or a hardware spectrum analyzer. In this approach, the tools use anywhere from two to eight or more microphones to provide detailed spatial analysis of the entire space. You can then adjust the EQ for groups of speakers (a single array, for example).