3. Setting up ERGO and your Mixing Environment
Adding a Subwoofer
Begin by determining the best location for your subwoofer. If possible, the optimum set up would reflect that shown in Figure 3.2; however, this set up may not be practical, or possible, in your room. Once you have set up your monitors, listen to program material that you know contains low frequency information. If your subwoofer has a phase switch, adjust the subwoofer to provide the highest frequency setting possible. Flip the switch back and forth to find the loudest setting. Then adjust the sub’s low pass filter so that it works in conjunction with the satellite’s high pass frequencies. When you have finished, readjust the level of the sub. (Figure 3.2)
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1)Plug ERGO into your computer by connecting it to the FireWire port. ERGO ships with a
2)Plug in ERGO’s Microphone adapter cable. This is the little XLR to 1/4” TRS cable that shipped with ERGO.
3)Go into that box in the corner of your room and dig up your best XLR mic cable. Make sure it is about the length of the longest dimension of your room. Also make sure it is your BEST cable and it is in working order. Plug this into the ERGO’s
4)Plug in ERGO’s microphone into your best cable that you installed in the previous step. Place the microphone in your best microphone stand, you know, the one in the other corner of your studio. Put this aside for the time being.
Setting Up a System with Two Monitors and One Sub (Figure 3.3)
Focus / Listening Position
Figure 3.2
3.3Connecting Your
Now you get to plug things into ERGO. Plugging in audio cables is always a rewarding experience, as the gratuitous “thunk” of a cable seating into a jack provides a sense of accomplishment, both aurally and tactically. So here are the steps for hooking things up:
Make sure power is Off at your monitors/amplifier, computer,Figure 3.3 and ERGO’s power switch is Off. This is an important step.
Please follow it to ensure things go smoothly.
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