PreSonus—How to calibrate your studio monitors

Thank you so much!

How about the sub? That is where there are mixed opinions because some people have them eq'd while other don't. What's your take on it?

You need a calibrated mic for that and not just a smartphone. On an iPhone it might work because they have just a handful of versions and different mics, but apps on the play store just can't be calibrated for your mic.

Very helpful video thanks👌👌

Anyone know how to calibrate the low & high frequency correctly within this method? (KRK’s)

Excellent, no crap straight to the point so helpful and explained well. Thank you Sir, i salute you.

-20 db rms or peak ?

you must make an eris 6.5 you need something in between 5 and 8

Ok so 85 dbslp on both, wont it add up to be 88dbslp until the pan law is applied respectively?

video is stupid af, pink noise is in hertz not db and most daws dont have a generic pink noise setting, 80db is way to high i dont know what crack this man is smoking but this video is more confusing than helpful

Ok I need some help; My L/R eris 5s are connected to Studio 2i6's main out and I did everything Rick did, what should be the main knob level while calibrating? Initially I calibrated that setting all the way up to 0db. Was that right?

Im confused on why you have to set up the noise generator to -20dB???

Really good tutorial 👍

What would I do to calibrate a subwoofer with monitors? (KRK 10s subwoofer & KRK RP5 G3 Monitors)

As an audio professional why would you ever recommend someone to download an SPL app. Thanks for contributing to the stupidity of this generation of engineers.

How do I do this with Eris E4.5?

Thanks heaps for this :)

This guy omit to say that today there is no good music anymore like elvis presly, michael Jackson, tina turner, the beathles, pink Floyd, the bee gees, etc. So , i don't need costly studio monitors with costly complicated audio interfaces with 8 inputs. I then bought edifier s350db speakers set at only 300$ with digital inputs for my tv and computer audio where i listen for free pink Floyd, bee gees, elvis presly, michael Jackson, etc. I also listen my tv, so these interfave don't have tv. I can also stop to listen to this horrible audio mix that are just programmed distortion noises and they are no music. WE can all bet 20$ that no good music have been made on these audio studio monitors ever. If they say on which studio monitors pink Floyd the wall have been mix, than i will buy them today.
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Straight to the point. Great video! Thanks from posting

PRESONUS THE BEST

This video is gold, lots of knowledge for free, thank you

I just got a set of JBL 308 studio monitors. My question is what is the input Sensitivity?  Is it that... -10 is more power than +4?
It has a switch (-10/+4) Not sure what it dose? I plug in my Apple and cant hear much. I plug in from my mixers mains still not much. Using 1/4 jack, not 3 pin balanced. Thats another question is 3 pin louder than 1/4 TSR? and which is more power +4 or -10? Help

what about sub?

I'm also confused. Then what level should we be mixing at? surely not 80db? Thats way too loud. Don't over think this stuff people. I don't think theres a damn thing wrong with having both your monitors and interface at 12 o lock. I leave everything at 12 o clock, then use the master volume on the laptop to then control the volume higher or lower. There's no way i'm going to mix at 80db. Im also not going to mix with each track at 0db, when the sweet spot in DAWS to get the best sound from plugins is -18db.

Thank you, Rick. Very helpful video.

I cannot get more than 50-54 dB... what's the problem?

80db you better wear some earplugs that's the equivalent to standing in front of a jet engine :) 15 minutes of that and you have permanent ear damage..! on a side note the mic in an iPhone is not accurate at all you need to use a studio mic with unidirectional polarity for perfect studio monitor calibration, your space should also be properly treated with sound absorbers and diffusers.

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How do you calibrate your studio monitor with just using one monitor but in the same process you just showed and demonstrated

Run the pink noise at -20 and bring up the volume on monitors so the spl meter goes to 85-90.
then i do it again with my vocal track as close to -12db as possible hitting the spl meter at 85-90
I usually go with the vocal track measurement.

Have you considered the EQ response, in my opinion the most important thing to get right for the best audio reference? Maybe speaker volume is close to step 1, but the relative volume of every band is what's UP. I'm sticking to ringing out my speakers until I find a better way.

Done, thanks for this Rick!

Hi Sir. Is there any free(inexpensive) method like this for room correction(frequency response)? Sorry for my broken English

can you help me with the settings on a m-audio fast track pro and where the knob(s) NEED to be, as i have never done it with this particular piece of hardware! idk where "unity is on my fast track pro...

I just stopped watching this video when he pulled out a dB-meter app to measure SPL. Kidding me?

Am I all alone here using monitors from the 90's, and do any modern monitors use a passive crossover?

thank you

Thank You, Very helpful! I'm a rock drummer with vocals studying hard. After calibrating my monitors it really made it easier to mix. Thank You!

I would have started on the left side.

thanks very much

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I have a problem with my mackie CR4's where they output louder on the right monitor compared to the left.

Thank you very informative, i did as you said. Everything is set but what i want to know is, whats the process for a sub? Im running yamaha H7 & Hs8s

So that's it...forget about calibrating them to your ear and ears drums just to make sure one stay in the standards...come on what they teach u in those friking ingeneering schools..so tired of non sense at all levels.
Reference need a standard we don't have one to refer to...
Once we do..we must tune or calibrate the monitor..any monitor..
to the frequency response of our ears...yes..it vary...how to do that...ask this guy..he is a pro.

how do I set my subwoofer?

Hi, is it possible to use studio monitors with tube guitar heads? If so, how? Thanks!

I`m a big Presonus fan thanks for the video. I have 1 question, what is that furniture desk with mixer embeded on it? I am looking for something similar for my StudioLive 24.4.2, can you advice? Thanks and keep up the good work

I want to match my Eris 4.5's to my Temblor T10. What do I need to use and do? Is there a video that explains how to do this?

I already have ideas as to what to do but I want to know what your instructions/suggestions are.

I originally put the Eris 5's in my cart but Sweetwater changed my order and sent the Eris 4.5's instead. The Eris 4.5's do not have a setting for unity gain. I might want Sweetwater to exchange the speakers but I want to see if I can find a way to make the Eris 4.5's work first. I am hoping to avoid the hassle of having to exchange the speakers if possible. They also originally sent the wrong cables. They did correct the cables part.