Modern Recording Techniques, Seventh Edition

Chapter 16. Monitoring

Within the recording process, our ability to judge and adjust sound is primarily based on what’s heard through the monitor speakers in a project studio or control room environment (Figure 16.1). In fact, within the audio and video industries, the word monitor refers to a device that acts as a subjective professional standard or reference by which program material can be critically evaluated.

Figure 16.1. Example of a professional monitoring system: Paragon Studios, Franklin, TN. (Courtesy of Solid State Logic LTD, www.solid-state-logic.com.)

Despite steady advances in design, speakers are still one of the weakest links in the ...