SOUND ON SOUND
Hugh Robjohns has been Sound On Sound's Technical Editor since 1997. Prior to that he worked in a variety of (mostly) sound-related roles in BBC Television, ending up as a Sound Operations Lecturer at the BBC's technical training centre.
He continues to provide audio consultancy and bespoke broadcast audio training services all over the world, lectures at professional and public conventions, and occasionally records and masters acoustic and classical music too!
The original The Box brought API's big-console sound to a new audience, and this new version should have even wider appeal.
My monitors sounded inconsistent to me, so I've been adjusting their frequency response by ear using a 31-band EQ on my PC. I've done a lot of tweaks, and they now sound phenomenal, but I want to be sure I'm doing the tweaks correctly.
I use a Focusrite ISA Two preamp with a Clarett 4 Thunderbolt interface, but I'm having trouble getting the two meters to match...
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