{"id":312,"date":"2022-12-01T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audioapartment.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2023-06-11T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T02:47:13","slug":"do-you-need-studio-monitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioapartment.com\/techniques-and-performance\/do-you-need-studio-monitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Really Need Studio Monitors to Mix?: Unveiling the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Remember the first time you saw the price tag on a set of studio monitors? Your eyes probably widened, and your jaw hit the floor. Studio monitors can be expensive, and you probably won’t just buy one. But can’t your home speakers do the trick? Do you really need studio monitors to mix music<\/strong>? In this post, I will go over the difference between these two types of speakers, give you my recommendations for some quality monitors, and offer an alternative to both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you need studio monitors to produce music? <\/strong>You should use studio monitors to mix because they will give you the cleanest sound possible. Home speakers hide noise and imperfections. If you use them to mix, your final mix will sound inconsistent from one device to the next. However, you don’t need to use them if you don’t want to (though you should).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Home speakers are the conventional speakers<\/strong> you might find on most boomboxes or wired home audio systems. They don’t usually provide a power amplifier. Instead, they have two terminals in the back for power and sound, so they rely entirely on a separate power source. Home speakers usually come in pairs and are relatively inexpensive compared to studio monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Studio monitors give you the flattest and most accurate representation<\/strong> of your playback. They have a separate terminal for connecting power and typically have an XLR audio input terminal. They are sold in single units as well as in pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are home speakers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What are studio monitors?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The difference between home speakers and studio monitors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n