Speaker
Instrilillon
Vertlcal
Placement
Reconmendafion
Vertical
placemmt
of the Ml Active
as shown
in Figure 3
is highly
recommmded.
This position
will simulate
the soundfield that
will be
heard in
most consumers'
homes
and
(to
a great extent)
their cars.
For this reasorL
evm
iI the Ml Actives
are
positioned horizontally for
all of the mixing
the vertical
position should
always
be
used in the
final
"playback
check"
mode.
(See next
section)
There
are a couple of
possible drawbacks to
vertical placement
of a nearfield
monitor
relating mostly
to room interaction effects.
Vertical placement
allows the
Ml Actives
to
portray your mix with the widest
and deepest soundstage
possible,
so
many
people in the
control room have an image
of the
"sweet
spot''.
However,
this wide a
dispersion pattem
in a control room with walls
in
too-close
proximity
to the speakers
can add strong
reflections to the sound you hear, muddying
your
mix.
Figure 4
shows the control
room placement/ distance
recommendations, which should
help
you
determine
if your available recording space
would work well
with the M1
Actives set up vertically.
Correct
vertical
placement
tweeters towaid inside
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