
Mackie 824s are consistently rated among the very best studio monitors, often head-to-head against far more expensive monitors from Genelec and others. The 824s are ruler-flat across the audio spectrum. The bass is so accurate that if you are not accustomed to such, you might think it doesn’t have enough bass … until you feel the walls shaking. In other words, this is real bass, not muddy booming. The monitors have a passive radiator in addition to the speakers in order to add to bass performance. The sonic character of these monitors is adjustable for wall placement via a 3-way switch. You adjust input sensitivity via a pot. They have high and low cut switches should you have a bright room or use a sub. They have a two-way power mode switch that swaps between always on and hot standby. Finally, they accomodate XLR, RCA, and phono connectors. The high and low filter EQ curves are smooth and introduce no odd artifacts or distortion. In addition to sonic excellence, the 824s
I have a Tascam Portastudio 424 mkII into which I record directly with a Shure dynamic SM57 mic (I also Mkii Professional have another cheaper dynamic mic that I’ve tried using along with the Shure, mic-ing the bass separately, with disappointing results). I’ve tried so many adjustments to the distance betweeen mic and drums, muffling of drums, and everything else I could think of, but it’s just not as clean and articulate a sound as a professional studio sound like on “Tramp.”What-all to do?
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