Hi guys,

 

 

Now I will give you my left leg in the post to anyone who has posted this question before, and it is a very niche question so I almost don't expect a response. [still hoping though].

 

Basically I am a musician, and I am going to be purchasing some monitor speakers [basically the very large speakers you see in recording studios].

 

 

 

Would FSX sound good through these, or, because normal speakers colour the sound, they will not actually sound good at all.

 

 

Question 2) Does any body use guitar/mic processors [uSB/MIDI Interfaces] with their desktops? Will running the sound through that sound better than your standard sound card!

 

 

Cheers gents!

 

Alex

Hey Alex,

 

I've played in bands (guitar) all my life and have a home studio that is connected to my FS Pc. Personally I don't think using monitors is a good idea for flightsim, best to get dedicated speakers and a good subwoofer.

 

Sound in FS is more important to me then visuals, my house in London is detached so I bought the logitech z5500 (thinks that's the name) they don't make them anymore but you could probably find them on ebay.

 

I can't even begin to describe the sound, the subwoofer was so big I used it as a pedestal for my throttle and charts. for music it's pure genius. For flightsim it's the closest I've got to feeling the raw power of setting take off thrust. I'm not exaggerating they are that good.

 

Dont know why they stopped making them. I paid to have them shipped to my apartment in Bahrain but haven't risked cranking them up since I have neighbours, I still have them pretty loud and the low end rumble still works at low levels.

 

Regards

Hey Alex,

 

I've played in bands (guitar) all my life and have a home studio that is connected to my FS Pc. Personally I don't think using monitors is a good idea for flightsim, best to get dedicated speakers and a good subwoofer.

 

Sound in FS is more important to me then visuals, my house in London is detached so I bought the logitech z5500 (thinks that's the name) they don't make them anymore but you could probably find them on ebay.

 

I can't even begin to describe the sound, the subwoofer was so big I used it as a pedestal for my throttle and charts. for music it's pure genius. For flightsim it's the closest I've got to feeling the raw power of setting take off thrust. I'm not exaggerating they are that good.

 

Dont know why they stopped making them. I paid to have them shipped to my apartment in Bahrain but haven't risked cranking them up since I have neighbours, I still have them pretty loud and the low end rumble still works at low levels.

 

Regards

 

Thats about £500 worth of speaker right there! I will one day for sure.

 

 

My plan, and I am looking for advice.

 

I am wanting these babies: http://www.gak.co.uk...CFWwntAodcg3D0Q

 

 

So the solution.

 

I have 2 creative speakers at the moment, I love them. So I am going to continue using them and my headset through my asus sound card.

 

For everything music related [music production/composition], I am going to put the input and output through the usb audio interface and monitors. Which is a Roland Quad-Capture

 

Cheers Rob,

 

Alex

Those speakers look nice. If you do make a purchase let me know how you get on.

 

Cheers

Alex,

 

I do all my simming with my Beyerdynamic DT770 studio reference monitor headphones. They're not quite full-size monitor speakers, but they're very close to neutral.

 

The NGX's sounds were created on a professional system using monitors - so monitors would probably be the best possible sound actually, provided you have full range frequency response out of them (usually requires the main monitors plus a subwoofer).

 

I have a Pro Tools interface myself, but I don't use it for game sound output - I use my Asus Xonar DX card for that.

I have this play a lot of guitar and fsx of course if you can find these or something like it you will have a great setup, rockon, good luck.

 

http://www.zzounds.com/item--MDOLX4

Those speakers look nice. If you do make a purchase let me know how you get on.

 

Cheers

 

Its looking very likely, so I will keep you updated man

 

Alex,

 

I do all my simming with my Beyerdynamic DT770 studio reference monitor headphones. They're not quite full-size monitor speakers, but they're very close to neutral.

 

The NGX's sounds were created on a professional system using monitors - so monitors would probably be the best possible sound actually, provided you have full range frequency response out of them (usually requires the main monitors plus a subwoofer).

 

I have a Pro Tools interface myself, but I don't use it for game sound output - I use my Asus Xonar DX card for that.

 

Ok cool, I am thinking of keeping my creative speakers, and have the krk's monitors as well. Speakers coming from the asus xense, and the monitors from the USB Audio interface!

 

Alex

Hi Alex I all ready have them, I have had them for about 6 years they are great for what yu want to do with them the price was not bad either, they are not sold with all 5 speakers you have to buy the extra two separate, I use line6 ux-2 to get the guitar into the computer not expensive and you just set the sound driver to the ux-2 for flightsim talk about being there, good luck.

Hi Alex I all ready have them, I have had them for about 6 years they are great for what yu want to do with them the price was not bad either, they are not sold with all 5 speakers you have to buy the extra two separate, I use line6 ux-2 to get the guitar into the computer not expensive and you just set the sound driver to the ux-2 for flightsim talk about being there, good luck.

 

Which DAW do you use?

Was nuendo but not impressed - Try mixcraft 6 rocks its cheap and the sound quality is awesome - I use guitar rig 5 mostly and line6 podfarm for my guitar vst's with mixcraft 6 checkout some youtube videos on mixcraft amazing for the price they also have a built in vst called shredder I will look for the link to the video and post back :)

 

ok heres the video I was talking about at 5:00 you can hear it in action have fun, they have a demo to try

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ok heres the video I was talking about at 5:00 you can hear it in action have fun, they have a demo to try

 

You forgot the vid ;).

 

I am thinking about Sonar X1. I already love adobe audition and getting to grips with cubase.

 

Alex

Sorry here it is :) tried all of them including audition mixcraft will blow you away on how easy it is and the quality of your recordings

 

 

 

I have KRK Rockit RP6's hooked up to one of my desktops, sounds good with FSX, but volume is an issue - needs to be quite loud to hear any real advantage

Hi Alex,

 

As a guitarplayer for more than 30 years (and also being a Hammond player), I have quite some experiences with the Yamaha NS-10 studio monitor speakers. They have a very neutral sound and "not coloured". I know they are quite aged but it's still a reference in studio. I don't know if you can still purchase them as new but otherwise you'll always find them on ebay.

 

Wish you a lot of luck to find the right sound, ;).

30 Years nice ------- 35 on drums for me 5 on guitar more to go, take care.