nope no kidding, you conclude wrong, I've tried working with a pair of Mackie HR824 in a friend's untreated hdb room (and tried treating DIY) and in one that's treated (in a pro studio) in 2005 and I learned that whats most important is you need is a good pair of well maintained ears and monitors that don't lie and in my case I use multiple everyday listening medium to finalize stuff.. however monitors' truth gets twisted if you don't treat the room. and the monitors itself is $$$, the treatment itself is $$$. I prefer cheaper monitor headphones as solution, eat grass for a year, save up and one shot splurge on monitor speakers and proper professional treatment.
because the threadstarter states a budget of $800 below excluding the others, and i suggest that he go for headphone monitoring if he doesn't have the luxury of great monitors and great treatment esp the budget.
So if you have stated how there's many methods through google but all of them cost money anyway (and I said earlier firehazards) , I'd like to hear your cost EFFECTIVE solutions cos I have none with a budget under $800 excluding purchase of other mics with a list of how much it can cost for
1) what's considered good monitors and how much is it
2) what's effective diy gobos and how much are the materials, what kind of hazards/side effects would there be, like how rockwool links with some cancer etc.
so that's the dollars and cents backing statement I'd very much wish to see. cos if that art piece alone cost lets say $300 (I do appreciate art paintings and have one limited edition custom painted favourite myself) then that pretty much ends your discussion.
you can hear my works on my
site, I don't need "luck" in mixes. I just need good weather (I pray for all of us often in this freak weather frenzy), good health (can't record vocals with flu) and good habits (of backing up data/projects).
cheers
