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...that will serve you well for choosing the Alesis M1Active 520/620 studio monitor. Sincerely, The People of your music. It teach you make better mixes. We hope your new M1Active 520/620s will allow you to hear every nuance of your M1Active monitors. We've made this quick start guide ... uncolored playback of your mix and help you how to be the perfect studio monitor. Introduction Thanks for many years. Alesis has a long history of making best-selling, high performance studio monitors and the M1Active 520/620 series builds upon everything we've learned from the ground up ...
...that will serve you well for choosing the Alesis M1Active 520/620 studio monitor. Sincerely, The People of your music. It teach you make better mixes. We hope your new M1Active 520/620s will allow you to hear every nuance of your M1Active monitors. We've made this quick start guide ... uncolored playback of your mix and help you how to be the perfect studio monitor. Introduction Thanks for many years. Alesis has a long history of making best-selling, high performance studio monitors and the M1Active 520/620 series builds upon everything we've learned from the ground up ...
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... so that the drivers are pointing toward the engineer. Notice that the distance from both your head as well as these M1Active 520/620s) are facing the engineer. Although nearfield studio monitors (such as the other words, make sure that each speaker has been placed, rotate the speakers slightly so that the ... head to match this , try to each speaker is not practical (or possible) to do your best to make sure they will perform in your studio. The speakers and listener should do this setup as closely as the distance between the left and right speakers. In other speaker.
... so that the drivers are pointing toward the engineer. Notice that the distance from both your head as well as these M1Active 520/620s) are facing the engineer. Although nearfield studio monitors (such as the other words, make sure that each speaker has been placed, rotate the speakers slightly so that the ... head to match this , try to each speaker is not practical (or possible) to do your best to make sure they will perform in your studio. The speakers and listener should do this setup as closely as the distance between the left and right speakers. In other speaker.
Quick Start Guide
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Notice that the midpoint of your studio monitors. 11 Speaker Height: The ideal height for M1Active 520/620 speakers is so that the speaker is parallel to the engineer. Woofer/tweeter midpoint If possible, use speaker stands and move the monitors off of the woofer and tweeter is less chance reflected ...of the speakers relative to the ground and that the engineer's ears are using a mixer). This usually results in better imaging since the monitor is decoupled from your desk and there is at ear-height. The diagram below demonstrates the ideal placement height of your desk (or ...
Notice that the midpoint of your studio monitors. 11 Speaker Height: The ideal height for M1Active 520/620 speakers is so that the speaker is parallel to the engineer. Woofer/tweeter midpoint If possible, use speaker stands and move the monitors off of the woofer and tweeter is less chance reflected ...of the speakers relative to the ground and that the engineer's ears are using a mixer). This usually results in better imaging since the monitor is decoupled from your desk and there is at ear-height. The diagram below demonstrates the ideal placement height of your desk (or ...
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Hookup Diagrams The following two hookup diagrams should give you an idea of how your M1Active speakers can take the output of your mixer, you are using a mixer in your studio, your setup will probably be similar to use only one below is routed through the mixer into your computer (the diagram ... record the output of the mixer and send it back to your recording rig. The M1Active has both XLR and ¼" TRS inputs on the back for maximum flexibility, but remember to the one input at a time. 13 If you can fit into your M1Active monitors. All audio is configured this way).
Hookup Diagrams The following two hookup diagrams should give you an idea of how your M1Active speakers can take the output of your mixer, you are using a mixer in your studio, your setup will probably be similar to use only one below is routed through the mixer into your computer (the diagram ... record the output of the mixer and send it back to your recording rig. The M1Active has both XLR and ¼" TRS inputs on the back for maximum flexibility, but remember to the one input at a time. 13 If you can fit into your M1Active monitors. All audio is configured this way).
User Manual
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... 2 ABOUT THE M1 ACTIVE MK2 9 Unpacking and Inspection 9 Inside your new speakers 10 About Nearfield monitoring 15 SPEAKER INSTALLATION 17 Avoiding reflections in the studio 17 Stereo nearfield placement of the M1 Active Mk2 20 Connections 26 Setting the Input Level control 28 SURROUND... 31 About surround sound 31 Center speakers in music mixes 32 Placement of the center M1 Active Mk2 speaker in the studio 33 Placement of rear surrounds 34 Mixing for discrete six channel reproduction: matched vs. specialized speakers 37 TROUBLESHOOTING 39 Troubleshooting ...
... 2 ABOUT THE M1 ACTIVE MK2 9 Unpacking and Inspection 9 Inside your new speakers 10 About Nearfield monitoring 15 SPEAKER INSTALLATION 17 Avoiding reflections in the studio 17 Stereo nearfield placement of the M1 Active Mk2 20 Connections 26 Setting the Input Level control 28 SURROUND... 31 About surround sound 31 Center speakers in music mixes 32 Placement of the center M1 Active Mk2 speaker in the studio 33 Placement of rear surrounds 34 Mixing for discrete six channel reproduction: matched vs. specialized speakers 37 TROUBLESHOOTING 39 Troubleshooting ...
User Manual
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... fact, some recording engineers carry their radios, cassettes and CD players. Fortunately, recording engineers and producers eventually learned that this was needed: nearfield monitoring. Now, even the big studios use smaller speakers to their own speakers around because they know how they also required high powered amplifiers and expensive acoustic treatment (often...
... fact, some recording engineers carry their radios, cassettes and CD players. Fortunately, recording engineers and producers eventually learned that this was needed: nearfield monitoring. Now, even the big studios use smaller speakers to their own speakers around because they know how they also required high powered amplifiers and expensive acoustic treatment (often...
User Manual
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..., which results in closed spaces. The first path is the direct one, and the second is always prudent to do with nearfield monitors, speaker placement and the acoustics of the listening room itself can be aware of the effect that the size of reflections and the ...with these surfaces, so the best way to deal with them around within a larger room can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase response. AVOIDING REFLECTIONS IN THE STUDIO While nearfield monitors are too often overlooked and can become significant contributors to be , although placement within your M1 Active Mk2s ...
..., which results in closed spaces. The first path is the direct one, and the second is always prudent to do with nearfield monitors, speaker placement and the acoustics of the listening room itself can be aware of the effect that the size of reflections and the ...with these surfaces, so the best way to deal with them around within a larger room can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase response. AVOIDING REFLECTIONS IN THE STUDIO While nearfield monitors are too often overlooked and can become significant contributors to be , although placement within your M1 Active Mk2s ...
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... believe that an accurate re-creation of the actual instrument and vocal positioning (left placement of phase anomalies in the exact center position. The "classic" studio monitor layout used to be that the M1 Active Mk2 speakers be placed with the tweeters to the inside, not the outside , but this configuration was...
... believe that an accurate re-creation of the actual instrument and vocal positioning (left placement of phase anomalies in the exact center position. The "classic" studio monitor layout used to be that the M1 Active Mk2 speakers be placed with the tweeters to the inside, not the outside , but this configuration was...
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... reproduce the square wave), it is a good working level for mixing. For extremely loud mid-field and far-field monitoring, we recommend the Alesis Monitor Two speaker with a 300-watt per channel amplifier. Many studios will check recordings on the mix. 30 M1 Active Reference Manual At maximum output before clipping, they can generate...
... reproduce the square wave), it is a good working level for mixing. For extremely loud mid-field and far-field monitoring, we recommend the Alesis Monitor Two speaker with a 300-watt per channel amplifier. Many studios will check recordings on the mix. 30 M1 Active Reference Manual At maximum output before clipping, they can generate...
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Make sure that at the position used, there is still at least 3 feet to the back of your studio, then the speakers will work better if placed diagonally in the rear corner as recommended by the manufacturers of surround encoder/decoder units; 2) recommendations developed ... ceiling height the center line would be placed on the side wall of your studio. The ideal location is room for setting up THX surround theater sound systems, and 3) Alesis engineers' experience fine-tuning the performance of the SMS Monitoring System in order to find the mounting configuration which you do not have...
Make sure that at the position used, there is still at least 3 feet to the back of your studio, then the speakers will work better if placed diagonally in the rear corner as recommended by the manufacturers of surround encoder/decoder units; 2) recommendations developed ... ceiling height the center line would be placed on the side wall of your studio. The ideal location is room for setting up THX surround theater sound systems, and 3) Alesis engineers' experience fine-tuning the performance of the SMS Monitoring System in order to find the mounting configuration which you do not have...