calibrating for editing audio

[Ed Kishel]

My Xmas present this yar was a pair of audio monitors to help in editing audio on my Vegas system. So out go my soundblaster speakers and in go my rather heavy new m-audio monitors.

My question is this: how do you go about adjusting (or calibrating?) new speakers so that you can accurately edit audio. I would like the end user to hear as close to what I am creating sound wise.

Im a bit rusty in this area, but I know is has something to do with the referance tone that reads -20db, but after that I'm lost.

Thanks in adavance for anyones help,

Ed

 

[egproductions]

you're welcome

 

[Ed Kishel]

ha

 

[Dave_Fisk]

do you plan on doing the final mix on your system for your projects? If not, then it's really not all that big of a deal. I'm assuming you are not working in an acoustically "good" room (that's not an insult, btw. i'd say that 80% of the people cutting sound out there are working in a bad room, including myself).

So...calibration isn't as important as having a master fader in your session where you can see your level, and know you are not distorting. I do that every time, and I have never had any problems.

-Dave

 

[stevesherrick]

Here ya go.

http://www.abluesky.com/p_s_gb/p5s10.html

Don't listen at 85db in s small room unless you want to damage hearing eventually. Mix at a more conservative 78-80db which is more suited for home listening level.

Steve

 

[matthewd5]

thanks for that link!

matthew

 

[stevesherrick]

No problem.