I think off topic discussions is what has kept me, and i believe a lot of people, on this list. Sometimes a breather from 'track id' or a discussion about saunderson, mills etc. is needed. There are other dimensions to detroit music, djing and producing....and I'm sure there are other dimensions to us as people.
As for headphones, I personally like my big ole Sonys that have a button that allows me to turn off one ear. how's that for technical talk;) d --- henrique casanova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
