The Curse of Sound pt2: Hear the Truth

When I made my first episode of The Curse of Sound series, I didn't think about making it like a niche or something that is going on every day or week or month. I don't want to make this as an obligation.
I said in my last post with this title that I will probably write about sound isolation and how to record an amateur song in your home conditions. But I realized that there is much to write about before that.
Meanwhile, I wrote a little bit about public speech and live acts and about last concert of 022.

The reason I changed my mind about part 2 topic is that I can't stand these anymore:

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...NOR THESE:

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... NOR THESE	... NOR THESE

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... NOR THESE	... NOR THESE

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... nor any of car sound systems, cheap home hi-fi system, TV speakers, computer speakers, cellphone speakers or an old JVC system in my favorite coffee shop.

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It is different when you are a musician and when you are a music consumer.

A music consumer wants to enjoy the music boosting the bass and treble but completely neglecting the midrange frequencies. Music production requires something different. We want to hear the truth.
You can't mix or clean your tracks, recording sessions or make your compositions with some ordinary computer speakers. If you want to hear the truth, you will need some good studio monitors.

Let's say few things about the importance of studio monitors.

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As I said, you don't want to produce the music using only computer speakers.

If yo do that, you can listen your track somewhere else and it will sound awful. You need a reference, plain truth, the speakers that do not add some extra warmth, extra treble or any extra sugar to the sound. You gotta hear the ugly truth without beautifying. Off course there are some great computer speakers, great sound can come from those made for gaming, but they all result with so called "smile curve". That's because boosted low and high frequencies and the midrange is neglected. Well, when you are in a nightclub, last thing you want to think about are midrange frequencies. Bass is driving you around and makes you happy. But if you make music on those speakers and bring your track in that nightclub, you will get blurry sound, aggressive bass with no clear definition, screaming high frequencies and all because you didn't HEAR THE TRUTH when you was making your music.

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If you are newer user of proper studio monitors, you won't find easy adjusting your ears to them.

It takes some training and time. Try to listen some songs you well know how they sound, you will probably hear their truth for the first time.

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I told you what I can't stand anymore, now I'll tell you what is the only thing I trust!

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Up on the photos are my Yamaha HS 7 active studio monitors.

They are successors of legendary passive monitors Yamaha NS7. The difference between active and passive monitors is that active have their own power supply, while passive ones need the external amplifier. They are actually not so large but the details I can hear on them are amazing. The next important thing is placing them in room, making some diffusors and bass traps. Probably next time about that!

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Thank you!