Chapter 6 Monitoring
DOI: 10.4324/9781315696331-6
One of the most exciting moments in recording comes when the finished mix is played over the studio monitor speakers. The sound is so clear you can hear every detail and so powerful you can feel the deep bass throbbing in your chest.
You use the monitor system to listen to the output signals of the console, audio interface, or recorders. It consists of a monitor mixer, power amplifiers, loudspeakers, and the listening room.
The monitor mixer is a group of knobs or faders, either in a hardware mixer or a software mixer on-screen. The monitor mixer lets you balance the levels of recorded tracks with a live mic signal to be overdubbed. Details are given in Chapter 15, DAW Signal Flow.
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