Scott Peterson
10-16-2010, 09:18 PM
I've jones'd for one of these for years. I've used a Mackie Big Knob for years and years; but really had my ears perked up (pun, I know) by what the JBL MSC1 offered with it's "Room Mode Correction". You put up a (included) reference mic in your listening position, it runs a battery of test seeps through each speaker and the system as a whole... and does some number crunching. It then loads parametric corrective (all subtractive) filters and output levels relative to your system (and any delay compensation to account for speaker placement). It downloads them into the box, you then removed the USB cable and it runs in stand-alone mode from there. (You can switch the RMC off at any time if you choose).
I'm getting back into recording and needed some updates to the monitoring situation I have here.
I had always set my system up with test discs I used and treated my room. Using a SPL meter, I would tweak levels and such, but never EQ too much.
I wanted to add a subwoofer back in (used to run one years ago) with my old school little Mackie 624's. Not for that hyped bottom end, but for low end extension.
Long story short, after some interesting setup tests (it really runs lots of level checks and such through your audio interface), I ended up with 8 filters added to my "RMC" calibration. It also sets the output levels of your L/R/Sub correctly to match perfectly based on your listening position.
The end result is far better than I even imagined; the mud and huge standing waves I was getting @ 56Hz and @ 74Hz are gone. (I know the values because it tells you). The end result is such a even sound-stage with depth, clarity and balance to the entire timbre of the sonic picture... this is one helluva little box.
Thumbs up, way up, for the JBL MSC1. I am really looking forward to getting to some mixing now.
I'm getting back into recording and needed some updates to the monitoring situation I have here.
I had always set my system up with test discs I used and treated my room. Using a SPL meter, I would tweak levels and such, but never EQ too much.
I wanted to add a subwoofer back in (used to run one years ago) with my old school little Mackie 624's. Not for that hyped bottom end, but for low end extension.
Long story short, after some interesting setup tests (it really runs lots of level checks and such through your audio interface), I ended up with 8 filters added to my "RMC" calibration. It also sets the output levels of your L/R/Sub correctly to match perfectly based on your listening position.
The end result is far better than I even imagined; the mud and huge standing waves I was getting @ 56Hz and @ 74Hz are gone. (I know the values because it tells you). The end result is such a even sound-stage with depth, clarity and balance to the entire timbre of the sonic picture... this is one helluva little box.
Thumbs up, way up, for the JBL MSC1. I am really looking forward to getting to some mixing now.