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MSP7 STUDIO/MSP5 STUDIO/SW10 STUDIO Owner’s Manual

Setting Up for Superior

Monitor Sound

Setting Up for Superior

Monitor Sound

Unlike most other audio and production gear, the way speakers are set up in a room has a dra-

matic effect on the ﬁnal sound. This short tutorial provides a basic guide to help you maximize

the performance of your Yamaha MSP-series monitor speakers.

Listening vs. Monitoring

You’d think that the requirements for "listening" and

"monitoring" would be the same, but that is not always the

case. A great listening system can be a great monitoring

system, and vice-versa, but in most cases you’ll miss details

that are essential to producing the best possible mix on a

system that’s set up purely for musical enjoyment. The dif-

ference is somewhat similar to the difference between a

retouched glamour portrait and the original in which every

blemish is clearly visible. The model looks a lot better in the

retouched photo, but the reality is in the original un-

enhanced version. As mixing engineer, or producer, or

sonic artist, you’ll want to hear the details so that you can

create a perfectly balanced mix that will sound good on

the widest possible range of audio systems — and that can

mean anything from high-ticket boutique audio compo-

nents in a properly-designed listening room right down to

the boom box on top of the fridge in the kitchen. You

don’t want problems hidden by poor monitor perfor-

mance to sabotage your sound on other systems.

The legendary Yamaha NS10M became a standard

monitor in the music and sound industry (and is still in use

in many studios throughout the world) for precisely that

reason: it offered ﬂat response and excellent resolution that

allowed engineers and producers to hear subtle details that

make the difference between good and great sound. The

MSP-series monitors carry on the tradition with accuracy

and detail that can help you make great mixes, while let-

ting you monitor for long stretches with minimum fatigue.

If you’re connecting your MSP speak-

ers directly to a mixer such as one of the

Yamaha MG-series mixers, they should

usually be connected to the mixer’s "C-R"

outputs or MONITOR outputs so that

you can control the monitor level with-

out affecting the level of the signal sent

to the mixer’s main bus, which will usu-

ally be feeding your recorder or DAW

(Digital Audio Workstation) in a produc-

tion type setup.

input

C-R

OUT

RST

OUT

MG Series