Hiya all, 100% new here so PLEASE bear with me...
Long story short, I'm a singer setting up a home studio but here's a bit of backstory. It's been 10 years since I studied music (specialising in vocal performance) and put all music related work on hold for the past 7 years so essentially majority of what I once knew about audio engineering has gone out the window. So treat me like I know nothing.
I use Logic Pro X and am about to buy the latest MacBook Pro MX1 Max (many of you will have strong feelings regarding Apple, but Logic is my preferred DAW). My interface is currently Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen and I plan to upgrade to either the Scarlett 18i8 or Scarlett 18i20 (currently looking at reviews for suitability).
The only things I'm now stuck on are monitors and an amp (if needed)... I'm looking for affordability without compromising quality. Budget is max $1k USD for now and will upgrade to better monitors etc again in 12-16months time.
Biggest hang-ups so far is the age old argument passive or active monitors (or studio monitors etc)... I currently have no preference so feel free to give me pro's and con's of either based on your product recommendations. I've read SO MANY threads regarding this topic that it's made everything 100000x more difficult to decide let alone differentiate between...steep learning curves regarding technical language/graphs to be had.
Lastly, the monitors are for a high-ceiling medium-sized carpeted room that will be further sound proofed to improve acoustics (dampen the echo/reverb as the high ceiling is not doing me any favours).
Thanks for any and all advice in advance and I will try to answer any questions.
Cheers!
Long story short, I'm a singer setting up a home studio but here's a bit of backstory. It's been 10 years since I studied music (specialising in vocal performance) and put all music related work on hold for the past 7 years so essentially majority of what I once knew about audio engineering has gone out the window. So treat me like I know nothing.
I use Logic Pro X and am about to buy the latest MacBook Pro MX1 Max (many of you will have strong feelings regarding Apple, but Logic is my preferred DAW). My interface is currently Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen and I plan to upgrade to either the Scarlett 18i8 or Scarlett 18i20 (currently looking at reviews for suitability).
The only things I'm now stuck on are monitors and an amp (if needed)... I'm looking for affordability without compromising quality. Budget is max $1k USD for now and will upgrade to better monitors etc again in 12-16months time.
Biggest hang-ups so far is the age old argument passive or active monitors (or studio monitors etc)... I currently have no preference so feel free to give me pro's and con's of either based on your product recommendations. I've read SO MANY threads regarding this topic that it's made everything 100000x more difficult to decide let alone differentiate between...steep learning curves regarding technical language/graphs to be had.
Lastly, the monitors are for a high-ceiling medium-sized carpeted room that will be further sound proofed to improve acoustics (dampen the echo/reverb as the high ceiling is not doing me any favours).
Thanks for any and all advice in advance and I will try to answer any questions.
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