Getting mixes to translate from system to system..is quite difficult.


It can be a really involved subject. But basically...if you have reasonable monitor speakers....place them correctly in the room.........put up some acoustic treatment at the first reflection points in the room....have some sort of bass trapping....you should be in a pretty good ball park.

Its funny, people can spend thousands and thousands of dollars on microphones and microphone preamplifiers etc...but will do nothing about the room the mix and record in....


There are some fantastic sources of information on acoustics and DIY solutions for the home recordist.

www.johnlsayers.com

www.gearslutz.com (the acoustics forum)

www.soundonsound.com (do a site search on acoustics)

There are also some good commercial solutions as well...people like.

www.auralex.com

www.realtraps.com

www.gikacoustics.com


If you have any specific questions fire away...I am pretty up to date with this stuff..having just built my 3rd recording studio...8)

cheers

Wiz