Technical talk doesn't really hold my attention but I'm not gonna get p***ed off about it. If it don't interest me I just delete it. Sometimes the 313 topic seems a little narrow 'cos it ain't the only thing of interest in the world
-----Original Message----- From: diana potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:39 PM To: henrique casanova; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) headphones for monitoring? 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 Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
