operative451 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Hi! So yes - what it says up there. My musical comedy duo have started doing regular-ish live-ish youtube videos, for which i got lots of help on the recording forum to make the sound better by going into a behringer UMC404HD 4 input audio interface, which is working well! But now we need to be able to hear it properly. As we're using a Zoom B3n and a POD for bass and guitar, plus backing tracks, its easier to DI into the audio interface and then use whatever amps to hear what's coming out the other end. Currently we're using a cobbled together mess of a Stagg acoustic practice amp and a Warwick BC15.1 to hear ourselves, which sounds predictably pants, and makes mixing and editing more of a faff... So i'm thinking either a little PA, one of those 'two speakers and a box with knobs on' jobbies, or some 'Studio Monitors', aka jumped up PC speakers. Basically they need to be able handle Di-ed bass without going PTHHBBBOOORP. And sound ok not-super loud as this all happens in my living room and i live in a flat! Thanks! Edited March 20, 2018 by operative451 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Are headsets or earbuds not an option..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Not really - they'd look silly on video and also there are two of us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 two sets of in-ears would look OK wouldn't they? Otherwise studio monitors would be fine and probably a lot better than a small PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I presume you'll be posting links to these clips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Cato said: I presume you'll be posting links to these clips? Funny you should say that, we just did one: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 4 hours ago, operative451 said: Funny you should say that, we just did one: Raised a chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Try a powered monitor with a cheap mixer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I agree with lemmywinks. Studio monitors or similar will not handle uncompressed music at anything like sensible levels in a noisier environment and anything decent won't be cheap. If you want something that will reproduce DI'd bass at any kind of level, you're going to have to spend some money. Don't, repeat, don't buy anything without trying it for its intended purpose first. That's a sure-fire route to throwing money away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Keep an eye on local collect only stuff on eBay, me and the drummer use a little 10" JBL Eon for vocal/keys monitoring, wasn't expecting much from a little plastic thing but it kicks out a lot of sound for what it is. Cost us £100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Awesome advice, thanks everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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