Music Glossary: monitoring

Thick porous absorbers in corners/edges that reduce low-frequency decay and smooth the response. more

Scatters reflections to avoid flutter echo and preserve liveliness without over-deadening the room. more

Checking mixes on neutral headphones and consumer earbuds to ensure balance holds outside the studio. more

Isolation stops sound transmission between rooms; absorption reduces reflections inside the room—different problems, different solutions. more

Using stands/pads to limit mechanical coupling to the desk, reducing resonance and comb filtering from surfaces. more

Align sub with mains via crossover, level, and phase (or delay) to avoid summing cancellations and bloated bass. more