ambient Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Following on from my thread last week asking about the ProTools subscription thing. I've discovered that we use it on my course, because we have to do some multi-channel stuff. I can do 5.1 in Logic Pro. What's the best budgety gear I need to add to my current set-up of a pair of Genelec powered monitors and a Focusrite Forte ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 You need 5 of the same speakers for your surrounds, you're better off using cheap speakers all around than trying to use your genelecs with something cheaper as surrounds IMHO.. I'm not sure it's something you're going to be able to do on the cheap well at all as you need a good room too... we just used the uni's gear when I did it. Surround sound headphones can give you a good starting point though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1443772490' post='2877509'] You need 5 of the same speakers for your surrounds, you're better off using cheap speakers all around than trying to use your genelecs with something cheaper as surrounds IMHO.. I'm not sure it's something you're going to be able to do on the cheap well at all as you need a good room too... we just used the uni's gear when I did it. Surround sound headphones can give you a good starting point though. [/quote] Thanks, cheap would be good. It's basically just so I can compose at home. They have a couple of multichannel rooms set up at uni, an 8 way and 5.1. That's in London though, I live in Birmingham, and just go down one day a week for lectures. I was hoping to do the bulk of the work at home, and just 'pretty things up', at uni . It actually sounds really interesting. i travelled back by train last night with all these ideas buzzing around in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 You might be able to get away with using a plugin for composition at home (then polish it at uni), few ideas here : http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=356395 Failing that you could try and find some 5.1 Headphones reasonably : http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/rs-175 (Not tried these but were the first non-gaming ones I came across) Also some interesting reading here : http://www.soundsonline-forums.com/showthread.php?t=48748 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1443781602' post='2877614'] You might be able to get away with using a plugin for composition at home (then polish it at uni), few ideas here : [url="http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=356395"]http://duc.avid.com/...ad.php?t=356395[/url] Failing that you could try and find some 5.1 Headphones reasonably : [url="http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/rs-175"]http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/rs-175[/url] (Not tried these but were the first non-gaming ones I came across) Also some interesting reading here : [url="http://www.soundsonline-forums.com/showthread.php?t=48748"]http://www.soundsonl...ead.php?t=48748[/url] [/quote] Thanks I've never heard of 5.1 headphones, brilliant ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1443781946' post='2877619'] Thanks I've never heard of 5.1 headphones, brilliant ! [/quote] They can get silly expensive too How's this for an interesting concept! http://www.dv247.com/headphones/beyerdynamic-headzone-pro-xt-professional-5-1-surround-headphone-processor--58402 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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