ALESIS MK2 - Manual (Page 14)

installation • chapter 2
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Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
of reflections and the additional acoustic conduction into the board can affect
your monitor's amplitude and phase response. Avoid speaker placement
directly on the console's meter bridge, because this results in two different
acoustic paths between the speakers and the recording engineer causing
undesirable comb filtering effects and poor imaging. The first path is the
direct one, and the second is via a reflection off the mixer main control panel
(as shown in Figure 1 below). Speaker placement directly on the meter
bridge also couples acoustic energy from the speaker's cabinet more readily
into the console's chassis. Both conditions should be reduced by placing the
speakers on their own stands acoustically detached from, and slightly behind,
the console as shown in Figure 2. In this location, the reflective path off the
console's control panel is now blocked by the meter bridge.
Figure 1 (incorrect)
Monitors placed on the console’s meter bridge can directly radiate
back onto the console control panel causing a strong delayed
reflection at the listening position
Direct Path
Reflection
Figure 2 (recommended)
Moving the monitors to a position behind the meter bridge causes
the bridge to block the offending reflective path
Direct Path
Direct Path
Avoids Console
Random
Reflections
—6”—
Minimum