New to forum and looking for some recommendations

[SquidInc]

Hello all...=)

good to be aboard.

Building up my studio as we speak.

Thus far the only real piece of gear i have is my sampler (and computer of course to control the sampler). The sampler I went with is the EMU 4xt rig.

The type of music I am working on is mainly electronic (DnB, Breaks etc). I am looking for a good set of Monitors.

-Monitors
I would of course like them to have a pretty hefty low end but still provide and acurate depiction of my tunes so that I can make clear judgement calls during mix downs etc.

-Mixer
Looks to me like Mackie has some of the most popular ones. Any ideas here? Not sure if I would prefer analog or digital, and is there a clear advantage to one over the other?

I guess that about does it for now.

Thanks everyone for any and all recommends.

Look forward to getting some feedback and hopefully getting a chance to converse a bit more in these forums.

[TeeCee]

Jackal of Jackal & Hyde and I believe Exzakt swear by the Alesis Monitor One's and you should know that they deal with bass. I have a pair of Alesis Monitor 1 Active Mk 2's that I like but have not used during mixdown, yet. You can search for their comments on the forums at http://www.electroalliance.net/ .

As for mixers, if you are going to use a digital mixer as a front end to a PC or an ADAT, I can see using a digital mixer. Otherwise, I don't see the point of doing the A/D/A, I would use an analog mixer.

If you look at recent topics, analog studio mixers have recently been discussed.

[RAHAN]

I have the active Alesis monitor ones and I was not happy with the bass responce I was getting. it could well be my studio set up which is very shallow but I added a sunwoofer and I am now much happier.

[TeeCee]

I too was concerned about not having a sub. For mix down levels, nearfield monitoring, though, I trust the Actives at least as a reference. They play back surprisingly low bass. Not as low as I'd like them to go, and not as loud, but for jamming and working out a song, I listen to my stuff a good bit louder than necessary. I will not spend $1000 to $1500 for a monitor quality sub, either.

[RAHAN]

Sorry for my spelling.... I actually got a suBwoofer. I think a sunwoofer would be a coyote who has his days and night confused.

I do not listen to my mixes at any extreme volume or I would not have the woofer because I would not be able to afford one. The one I got was made for home stereo use and I got it very cheap on ebay. It is not studio quality by any means but it adds a nice richness to my bottom end.

[TeeCee]

I too use a home built sub for general use. Actually, it's a pair of 10"s in a single enclosure that I recently built after tiring of a pair of 10"s in separate enclosures. I got tired of dealing with phase issues between the subs. Now I just need to place my subs properly in my home studio.

I will still say that down to a certain degree, my Alesis's are a fair representation of what is in my music. Additionally, because they are nearfield monitors, they do not suffer from hot spots and frequencies the way my subs do.