I own some Passives and think there quite good I'd like to upgrade at some point though. I have had problems with mixing down on them and then finding that on a seperate system it can sound vastly different, especially when dealing with bass frequencies. But you learn to master slighhtly differently with them! Cheers G ----- Original Message ----- From: "james paredes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 12:02 PM Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Tannoy Reveal Actives
> > Hi nick. > > The tannoy's are shit mate. Don't bother to get them. The sound that comes > out of them is not a true image of the sound going into them. > I've now got some Genelec's and they're wicked. Mackie,Dynaudio,Genelecs > are your safe bet for monitors as they're all accurate. > You're friends will have problems with there mixdowns cos they Tannoys are > > just wank. > Harsh but fair. > > Peace > > Jimbob > > >From: "Nick Lankester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [dnb-prod] Tannoy Reveal Actives > >Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:38:41 -0000 > > > >Anyone use these? > > > > > >I just got back from visiting my mates who have just bought some and > >they've had stupid problems with the sound they're getting out of them... > > > > > >Initially they had them very close together (Either side of the monitor) > >and the tunes that they did ended up sounding increadibly thin when they > >took them to another studio in London.. Basically there was very little > >bass when played on any other system.. > >We spent a bit of time on Saturday shifting everything around in their > >studio and managed to get them sounding a lot better.. (We moved them about > >12-14 feet apart in a big room).. This sorted the bass out pretty much but > >one problem remained... : On one of the tracks they were using a sound with > >a high resonance setting (on the sampler in Reason) .. On their system it > >seems to make very little difference to the sound wether the resonance is > >on or off, but on the other system the resonance settings were FAR too high > >and made the sound too harsh to listen too! > > > >The weird thing is that The other studio had the same speakers! > > > >So does anyone have an idea as to what's happening here? I can appreciate > >that if their monitors were badly positioned then they may have over or > >under EQ'd parts but I can't get my head around this resonance thing... My > >mate was saying that it's almost as if some of the frequencies are missing > >from the monitors' output! > > > >They're using a Creamware Powersampler in the PC which has abismal drivers > >and support so I guess it could be the card but I can't see how.. > > > > > >cheers, > > > >Nick > > > >--- > >Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > >You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
