Can I upgrade studio monitors for surround sound mixing?

[Neil Redman]

First of all thanks to everyone who has answered. Lots of great information and I will check out all of your speaker recommendations.

[Ty Ford] “Do you have the right space in which to deploy surround monitors?”

I am actually planning on moving pretty soon and I will have a look for a place where I can set up a room just for film editing and audio mixing. Do you have any tips about what characteristics a good mixing room should have and what (minimum) size would be appropriate?

[Sareesh Sudhakaran] “Investing in CS6 on PC is a great idea for 2012 if you’re a filmmaker. “

Thats what I did with the creative cloud, I’ll be running an all Adobe Workflow: Premiere, AFX, Audition, SpeedGrade, Photoshop.

[Ty Ford]

Hmm, let’ see….

Don’t put your main monitors on a wall.

make or keep the side walls symmetrically irregular, never parallel.

Have enough room behind the fader line for the sound waves to develop, maybe 8-10 feet.

If you can put a mirror on a side wall and see your main monitors int the reflection from the sweet spot, you’ll have to treat that wall to prevent late reflections from messing up you mix.

Don’t put monitors on the console meter bridge, some of the sound will bounce down through all of the pots and knobs and back up to your ears and mess with the sounds coming directly from your monitors. Mount the monitors higher and further back from the meter bridge instead.

etc.

Regards,

Ty Ford
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[Neil Redman]

Thanks a lot I’ll keep those things in mind, when setting up my new room!