seems like 313 has become a gear list latly. i think that off-topic mails (including this one) are 85% of the discussion this last weeks.. : ]
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: (313) headphones for monitoring? > On Fri, 06 Dec 2002, Simon M Pascoe wrote: > > >does anyone have any recommendations for quality > headphones for monitoring (ie; not DJ headphones) > please ? > > sImon Pascoe > > ***Simon: Sony's MDR-V600 are good headphones, and > thus good for any type of listening. But, I would > strongly caution you against producing only with > headphones. If you produce with just headphones, your > brain and your ears will work together to make things > sound better than they really are and > psychoacoustically fill in the sonic holes. Then when > you play something on a speaker system that you've > produced while monitoring on headphones, you will find > that your balances will be off (too much/too little of > different frequencies). I broke this rule a month or > so back and it was obvious: I had been working on a > remix for Tristan (Phonopsia) and decided to play with > my rough version during a live PA. All was sounding > great till I dropped in the bassline I had created > and--even over the club's system--it just wasn't > cutting it. Turned out that I had done the bassline > one night while my girlfriend was over; she was really > tired and had gone to bed, and I was working on > headphones so as not to disturb her. So the rest of > the remix, that which had been done on monitors, was > fine, but the balance, because I had done it on > headphones, wasn't all that it was cracked up to be > because my ears and my brain had made it sound better > and more "right" than it really was. (Over the > headphones, it was like "wow, this is a sweet > bassline"; over the club speakers--and mind you, > everything else sounded great--it was like "uh, what > the hell is this?") Note to Tristan: Don't worry, > I'll be fixing this! :) So, if you want to get a bit > of work done--say late at night--and don't want to > disturb room mates/partners with your work, use the > headphones to get some rough work done (editing sounds, > things like that that aren't frequency and > balance-based) and not disturb them, but it is best to > use monitors and headphones when getting into EQing, > mixdowns, mastering, etc-- monitors to get the balances > right, and then headphones later to listen to the > quieter and more detailed parts, fade outs, listen for > unwanted clicks, errors, etc, and fine tune 'em. Hope > this helps. Take care. Andrew > > albums out now: Sprung (http://bip-hop.com) > More Destructive Than Organized > (http://staalplaat.com) > Highest Common Denominator (http://pieheadrecords.com) > Physical and Mental Health (http://dialrecords.com) > 74'02 (split with Hypo) (http://tsunami-addiction.com) > check Cognition (http://techno.ca/cognition) > for upcoming appearance and release updates > __________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com >
