So let me ask you a question. This is something that I have been wondering for a long time. Me as an artist, someone who creats music wants to know, when composing a track,beat,song. Do the insrtuments play a huge part in the the collaboration with how speakers work?
Wayne Parham Messages: 18686 Registered: January 2001
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No, speakers are sound reproducers and should be as accurate as possible. They are to give the illusion that the instruments used are right there in the room with you, not add anything or take anything away. If you want to augment a certain track, instrument or music range, then you can use EQ to do it. But ideally, your speakers are capable of being sonically neutral.
If you play your guitar through a Celestion guitar speaker, sonically optimized for that instrument, it can sound great. However, if you record that guitar sound and play it back through the same speaker, it will sound like ka-ka.
It's related to Wayne's response above. A guitar speaker is made to PRODUCE a characteristic guitar sound. It will have colorations and range limitations which complement the instrument. If you mic the speaker and record your guitar sound, then play it back through some decent studio monitors, they will REPRODUCE your guitar sound accurately. If you playback the recording through your guitar speaker, it will again add its colorations and range limitations. You won't get your original guitar sound, and you're not likely to get something better, either. If you have the gear, this can be a fun experiment.
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