Mix Cube

You're not wrong, although people who use the mono trick with a single Auratone or Avantone are well aware of this and they compensate for it. But it's kind of the opposite of your point. Someone who uses a frequency limited speaker like this is doing it precisely so they don't overly rely on sounds

Oh you're lucky. I have Avantone Mixcubes and I adore them. People say the Auratones are even better. Working on Avantones is similar to the "mono trick." (In fact, you can combine the two and work on a single mono Auratone.) The limited frequency range puts your focus on the most musical and critic

Good question. I own a pair of Avantone Mixcubes and I've used them stereo, dual-mono, and also single-mono. My favorite way to use a speaker like that is definitely single-mono, and I even got a stereo-to-mono summing box so I have instant mono without having to click "mono" in the DAW. (Well spent

Try switching to mono to check levels. On speakers/monitors. Or, get an Avantone mixcube. This never lets me down when getting levels right. It may take some time to get used to (it's strong in mid frequencies) it but, it's very good for levels especially when posting audio to social media (mono/wea

Nice performance - good diction, clear pronunciation, and engaging delivery. Well done. The mixes are letting it down - I'm listening on my phone speaker, as potential clients might, and your voice is being drowned out by the music in most of the corporate demos. The e-learning ones are better (part

Hmm... I don't know that loudness by number, but are you just listening too loud? Could it be the wide range of frequencies, from the subs to the top end air frequencies that just overload your brain after a while? If so, I kind of get that... My monitoring situation isn't high end or anything, but

I have a similar appreciation for my Avantone Mixcubes. Mine are passive and powered by an amp with tone controls, so they’re slightly tuned toward a more 'normal' response... but they still roll off lows and highs, keeping the focus on the midrange. Midrange-focused monitoring is arguably less fati

Question for you - how do you "soften/smear" high frequencies? I believe I understand the sound you describeexactly but I'm not sure how to attain that sound in the highs. The Avantone Mixcube is great advice for OP. I came here to say the same. Of he gets his mix sounding good on the 'cube, it will

I've never used the Auratone. Because it's mono if you have something hard left (or right I forget) it doesn't represent on the Avantone. I'm running it as an ALT from my Apollo Twin. It's not a huge deal, I know it so if I want to check something that's blind I just pan it over and then put it back

I use a pair of passive MixCubes from Avantone, driven by the power amplifier stage of an old Yamaha receiver. I should use them more, but I find them extremely useful when I don't forget to actually use them. The sealed-box design reduces resonance and gives them a tight transient response that is