theyellowbrickroad said:
now this might be my own shopping hang ups, but i find making a 300£ decision quite difficult when there is some 15 year old guitarist (with copy of guitar mag in hand) banging on about linken park next to me!
Tell him Andy Wallace (who mixed Linkin Park's singles) replaces the recorded drums with samples - he's been using samples to beef up drums since at least Nirvana's
Nevermind in 1991, and they use sampling and loops intensively to get the sound as tight as it is on record. Also tell him that you could end up doing the same for his band if he stays quiet and just lets you listen.
Just take along with you a CD with something you know is well-made (A Posford or Ott* track, for example), something that you think sounds a bit rough around the edges and something that you've done on it. Listen to all 3 tracks and whichever set of monitors brings out the most detail in the good track, shows up the badly mixed track and inspires you to improve your track is the set of monitors you want to go for.
J.
(* - Or OOOD.... yadda yadda... any album that you think is mixed and mastered well by people who know what they're talking about**)
(** - unlike me)