get some good monitors

[axevictim]

hi good folks in riff land just got some glorious tapco monitors and some stereo leads to add to my toneport and riffworks, recording heaven i thought couldnt wait to finish work go home and set them up and write some new stuff but theres always something gonna piss you off and it did big time.One of the analogue outs on the toneport doesnt send a signal to one of my monitors and having bought the toneport on ebay it looks as though i may as well throw it in the bin.luckily still got my old guitarport so can get by for now,sorry just thought id have a rant.Anyway when i did eventually get set up i couldnt believe the sound.Just thought id say to anyone getting by without decent monitors just get some you wont believe the difference they make.

[camaro24gold]

If you know somebody you can trust to do this...ya might just have a cold solder point on that output jack where it connects to the board. In the shop I worked we ran accross that quit a bit and ya just never know...might work. Good Luck

[scott]

Totally agree on the monitor issue. My S8s have made a H U G E difference to my sound purely through the ability to produce a halfway decent mix.
Now that I'm firing material off to professional studios and they're saying the sound is good, I'm totally convinced that my monitors are the most important part of my setup. Wish I'd bought them years ago! :rolleyes:

[axevictim]

thanks camaro ill give that a try,probebly take it to some computer repairer or something.

[gatorjj]

Monitors are as critical as your ears, fingers, guitars etc! Acoustics turn out to be at least as important too, though monitors definitely give a good bang for the buck.

Hopefully you'll be able to get that TonePort back up and working Axe!

[Mkolak]

Sounds like it could be fixed, have you called Line6 on the phone. There support does in fact suck but when you get to a person (after an hour) on the phone they can point you to an authorized repair place in your area...I have done this...

Good luck

[beauzeau]

One of the first things I learned when I went to school for audio production back in the early nineties was that it doesn't matter how great all of your gear is, because if your monitors suck, the mix will suffer. Good nearfields are a must! Unfortunately, I don't have any.

However, I DO have a cheap solution to a great pair of nearfields. Go to walmart, to the electronics section, and look for the Durabrand home theater system. It runs about 40 dollars. It's a six-speaker system that has all the input electronics built right into the subwoofer. Of course, you only need to hook up two of the speakers to the sub. However, if you do any video production work and are using software that supports 5.1 surround audio, go ahead and hook em all up.

Before this setup, I was using the same setup, but with a 5.1 system designed for computers (creative labs). It sounded fine too, but wasn't as loud. This home theater system has 80 watts. I don't think the creative was as powerful. Before either of these systems, I was using a larger pair of "desktop" speakers. It sounded ok, but the subwoofer is a must when using small speakers.

This home theater also makes for a great portable amp, since I can go directly from my pod xt into the subwoofer. I want to somehow mount a handle on top of the sub, and add some sort of detachable mount for the left/right speakers on the side of it.

I found this out of neccessity. I was going to take a trip this weekend and wanted to take my guitar and pod with me. I didn't want to have to lug my flextone II with me. This makes for a good solution. Just set the subwoofer anywhere, stretch the side speakers out to the side of the room, plug in your pod, and bam, the room is filled with sound.

Well, I didn't go on the trip this weekend after all. But I'm keeping the home theater setup. For forty bucks, it's a nifty little amplifier/speaker sytem.