TAKE A BERKLEE ONLINE COURSE WITH ERIK HAWK! Add an Analog Monitor Control Box This dual monitor approach will let you hear how most listeners will be hearing your tracks-over a cheap home stereo system, a television, or computer speakers-instead of the precise, accurate, and “flat” sound of your pricey studio reference monitors. However, to truly hear how your music will translate to the outside world, the real world beyond the four walls of your comfy studio, you should be working on at least two sets of speakers: your main near-field monitors and a set of small, inexpensive desktop computer speakers (minimonitors). Most home-studio owners purchase one good pair of powered reference monitors and that’s it.

Do you think you’re set with one pair of professional studio monitors? If so, think again.