Recording Gear For Use With Sonar
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| + | There are two basic classes of studio monitors -- powered and unpowered. Powered monitors come with their own built-in amplifier, while unpowered ones require that you purchase a separate, dedicated amplifier and connect the monitors to it. | ||
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| + | In home studios you will typically find near-field monitors, which are designed to reduce the effects of room acoustics as much as possible. These monitors are smaller and less powerful that their bigger cousins, mid-field monitors, and are designed to be placed close to the user. | ||
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| + | ===Specific Monitors=== | ||
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| + | ====Behringer Truth B2031A==== | ||
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| + | The [http://www.behringer.com/B2031A/index.cfm?lang=ENG Behringer Truth B2031A] are active nearfield monitors with a nominal frequency response of 50Hz-21kHz, with what the manufacturer claims to be an "extremely flat response". Each monitor includes two amplifiers, a 150 Watt amplifier for the 8 ¾" woofer and a 75 Watt amplifier for the tweeter, respectively. Each amplifier includes an automatic overload warning which triggers a red warning light on the front of the monitor when active, and which will turn off the amplifier in extreme cases. | ||
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| + | The Behringer company has anything but a sterling reputation among audio pros and semi-pros, but I (Scott Sadowsky) find my pair of B2031As to be excellent for their price range (about US$500.00 MSRP). | ||
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==Headphones== | ==Headphones== | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 14 September 2006
Recording Gear for use with Cakewalk's Sonar DAW software.
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Microphones
Microphone Preamps
Direct Boxes
Mixers
Sound Cards / Audio Interfaces
Monitors (Audio)
Classes and Types of Monitors
There are two basic classes of studio monitors -- powered and unpowered. Powered monitors come with their own built-in amplifier, while unpowered ones require that you purchase a separate, dedicated amplifier and connect the monitors to it.
In home studios you will typically find near-field monitors, which are designed to reduce the effects of room acoustics as much as possible. These monitors are smaller and less powerful that their bigger cousins, mid-field monitors, and are designed to be placed close to the user.
Specific Monitors
Behringer Truth B2031A
The Behringer Truth B2031A are active nearfield monitors with a nominal frequency response of 50Hz-21kHz, with what the manufacturer claims to be an "extremely flat response". Each monitor includes two amplifiers, a 150 Watt amplifier for the 8 ¾" woofer and a 75 Watt amplifier for the tweeter, respectively. Each amplifier includes an automatic overload warning which triggers a red warning light on the front of the monitor when active, and which will turn off the amplifier in extreme cases.
The Behringer company has anything but a sterling reputation among audio pros and semi-pros, but I (Scott Sadowsky) find my pair of B2031As to be excellent for their price range (about US$500.00 MSRP).
Headphones
Control Surfaces
Frontier Design TranzPort
Frontier Design's TranzPort is a wireless remote control for Sonar and other audio applications. It's especially useful for home recordists that want to track in a room other than their control / computer room, typically to work in a quieter environment. It is also used by many while in the control room due to the increased ease of use it provides for working with Sonar.
The TranzPort is radio-frequency based, which means that it does not require a line-of-sight to its USB receiver unit in order to function. Nominal range is about 30 feet, though some have used the TranzPort at greater distances, while a few can't use it at more than 10 to 12 feet.
It may be possible to increase the TranzPort's range slightly by putting the left side of the remote unit toward the USB receiver, as the remote's antenna is located there.
