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Headphones or speakers while producing?
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carbonic
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 00:47:21
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Hello everybody.
I was wondering if you people use headphones or studio monitors/speakers while producing(I guess both). Lately I've moved to another town where I'm living in a flat which is too sensitive to noise(neighbours knock very often), so I can only produce with my headphones. Last week I started a track, worked with headphones and sounded perfect...when i got back home(on weekends) i played in my passive monitors(which sound good) and the track sucked!!!:@ The kick and the bass was so bad, I expected it but not that much! |
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Medea
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 01:45
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i use both. 95% headphones, cos i work at night, - and final mixing and mastering tweaks - 5% - on monitors.
Such scheme for last 2 or 3 years.
The more I work, the less corrections i need to make...
So that's quite ok, all about how well you know your gear.
Although, I wish I could work on speakers all the time...
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elastic_plastic
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 06:42
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i would go in for monitors anyday....
btw. wat headphones are you on?
cheers!!! |
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wizanda
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 12:11
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Upavas
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 13:59
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TuK
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 14:18
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you can't work only with headphones, i too have a neighbour problem. what i usualy do is build the fundamentals with my monitors so know i have a good enough mix when i begin then swich to headphones. its very frusterating to work on somthing a long time and see that you have to change the bass for example. and when i put in a new sound i turn my monitors on to see how it fits. headphones are great for arranging but suck in mixing. also it is very important to hear your mix at high volume with the monitors. in low volume you can't hear whats happening in the low frequencies.
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wizanda
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Posted : Nov 8, 2009 14:47
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makus
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 11:04
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gutter
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 12:22
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100% monitors
if i had good headphones i would use them only for listening to the reverb of my mixes, which lacks due to room acoustics
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Freeflow
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 18:03
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On 2009-11-08 14:47, wizanda wrote:
Low volume is good for testing if anything is protruding from out a mix. 
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True!
Actually i like best to mix at low volumes..
and turn up the volume to hear how it sounds loud and where it starts to break..(hitting the ceiling) if does that too early i know i need to mix better and cut more..
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soulfood
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 18:44
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It's all about both.
Once I think I've got something sounding good on my monitors, I check it with headphones... especially with kicks, bass and snares. |
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carbonic
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 20:45
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From my experience stuff that sounded good on monitors it did on headphones too while vice versa no. Good said up there headphones for arranging(Y). When having both I keep trying in both...but I've noticed that the tracks I worked more on monitors sound better.
Cheers though.
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aciduss
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 21:16
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Psytrance is not headphones music.
Only use them for reference. Only for reduced amount of time and with low levels.
Get good monitors.
I only use phones past midnight.
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theendtone
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 21:17
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both |
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Nectarios
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 21:28
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Both Mackie HR 824s and Alesis Mk2 M1 actives. I can bang out music anytime in the day or night in my new house. This is why I pay so much for it.
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