IK MULTIMEDIA ARC System 3

A quick question for you: what’s the single most important aspect of your studio, the thing that makes everything else possible?

That’s right. Monitoring. Your studio monitoring system is the window through which you hear everything. It’s what all your judgements are based on. If your monitoring is inaccurate, your judgements will be based on false information, and will invariably be poor decisions as a result. Should your monitors be weak in the low end, for example, you might over-boost low-end EQ to compensate, resulting in a mix that seems bottom-heavy when heard on other systems.

Accurate monitoring isn’t all about the monitors themselves though. Your room’s