The difference between DJing Monitors & Studio Monitors?
The difference between DJing Monitors & Studio Monitors? Posted on: 02.09.2013 by Aleta Sephus Hey, I am a beginner Dj have done more than couple of gigs now.I own a Cdjs and a mixer and I plan to buy Djying Monitors for my home studio. My questions.. 1. What is a difference between a Djying monitor and a Studio monitor. 2. Can Djying monitor be used as a normal Speaker for loud hearing purposes? 3. When do I need an amplifier? 4. Please also suggest good brands for studio monitors?- Decent brand(Medium Budget) Your help would be appreciated | |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Aleta Sephus 03.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by Janky
Hey thanx a lot for your response on my question. So do you mean to say the club monitors(Reference monitor) is a PA system and different from studio monitor? |
| Emerson Crist 03.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by Blue Sandwich
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. |
| Aleta Sephus 02.09.2013 | Hey, I am a beginner Dj have done more than couple of gigs now. I own a Cdjs and a mixer and I plan to buy Djying Monitors for my home studio. My questions.. 1. What is a difference between a Djying monitor and a Studio monitor. 2. Can Djying monitor be used as a normal Speaker for loud hearing purposes? 3. When do I need an amplifier? 4. Please also suggest good brands for studio monitors?- Decent brand(Medium Budget) Your help would be appreciated |
| Augustine Mitzen 04.09.2013 | I'd just get some decent hi-fi |
| Carlee Pickard 03.09.2013 | I'm curious about the same thing. I have KRKs that I produce on, but was looking to get some monitors for my CDJs. I'm very curious as to the difference between regular producing monitors & the S-DJ80X marketed as DJ'ing monitors. Is it just a wider field where you can hear shit from? Is that what categorizes DJing monitors? |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 | sorry - having probs with the board and editing posts :/ this is the link for those all new Reloop Monitors |
| Cira Ditz 03.09.2013 |
You may hear the term monitor usually when youre at a club/bar venue. The purpose of these monitors is to compensate for the delay in sound from your mixer to the house system. It also serves as a reference for levels, gain and EQ so that you can make adjustments properly. Relying on just the headphones for a large system can be problematic and often times the headphones will give a slightly "colored" sound, which will give in an inaccurate representation of whats actually going on in front of you.
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. Def a good reply - especially about the kind of monitoring you get in the DJ booths of clubs/events. My reply was more about home studio/dj practice setup monitors. Just saw this review about Reloop bringing out their own version of the dual studio/dj home studio monitor speakers that Pioneer have just phased out (ironically they seem to have copied the KRK's more for their new S-DC X series) these look pretty great too - though for about |
| Aleta Sephus 03.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by Janky
Hey thanx a lot for your response on my question. So do you mean to say the club monitors(Reference monitor) is a PA system and different from studio monitor? |
| Augustine Mitzen 03.09.2013 | i will let wikipedia speak for me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_monitor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldbac...d_engineering) |
| Josef Modine 03.09.2013 | I use a pair of M-audio Audiophiles BX5A deluxe active monitors (70W) for dj practice and studio usage. Got them pretty cheap at a B stock sale and can't find anything wrong with em works great & don't cost much I can easily recommend those or something likewize |
| Emerson Crist 03.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by Blue Sandwich
Chances are, if you are going to a club or a halfway decent bar venue, they will have a monitor setup for you, but more often than not its something thats overlooked and using your headphones is the next best option. Just make sure that if you dont have a monitor system to take a listen to whats going on without headphones every once and while and maintain the levels correctly. An amp is needed if you are using non powered speakers of monitors or "Passive" monitors. It essentially give the gear power (general term). If a system is "Active", it means it has its own power source and can be directly hooked up to the mixer or EQ system. Studio monitors are a tough thing to recommend to someone, as they are all different. Most home studio/beginner DJs/Producers go with KRK brand, but other to consider are Yamahas, Focals and Events. Depending on the size you want and the primary use, you can usually see a variance of $200 - $350 a pair. Best bet is to find a local store and see if you can demo them. |
| Trista Karle 02.09.2013 | For the record you become way more precise when using studio monitors because you will notice a lot more in the sound then before. At least it does for me. Listen to your mix on monitors then in a car stereo or regular speakers and will notice. Big difference |
| Cira Ditz 02.09.2013 | I managed to get a pair of pioneer S-DJ05 Ws this weekend. They're the speakers pioneer just recently phased out and they combined the flat frequency response of studio monitors with a switchable eq to add/cut more bass/treble which is nice to give them a bit more thump for dj practice. Tbh I wasn't planning to get some for a while buy then pioneer annonced their new range which are cheaper n more just aimed (from the look of them) for dj practice. So I managed to get one of the last pairs of white ones around here as other places are now out of stock. Tbh I love them a lot, but there's not too much difference between the flat response and the eq'd version so I prob could have used the new ones or the KRKs for producing on, but if u have a chance go into a dealer, have a listen to the various options and brands and see what you prefer the sound of. |
| Chet Gatts 02.09.2013 | Don't know where you got Dj'ing monitor from. There are Studio Monitors, which can be expensive and mainly for studio use but also for DJ use. You do not use Studio monitors for playing out or for gigs ie. PA systems PA systems like the kind you see in the clubs or what a wedding DJ uses are the kind you use for playing out for gigs. They are larger and louder and heavier. You will only need an amplifier if your speakers are passive ie. not powered or without a built in amplifier. Passive speakers tend to be cheaper. Studio monitors that I suggest would be the KRK Rokit G2 series. Go for either the 6" or 8" models because they can provide enough bass for your bedroom/basement without a subwoofer. And they are Active or Powered so no need for an amplifier. |
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