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----- Original Message ----- From: "diana potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "henrique casanova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:38 PM 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 > >
