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How to get the most out of mixing on headphones
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djsabreblade
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Posted : Jan 23, 2010 00:43:54
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Hey guys, this has a potential to be a great topic...please contribute..if there is already a topic like this than, lemme know 
I'll start...
1. Collaborate your studio monitors with the great plugin called Redline Monitor. It makes it so its pretty close to your monitors sound.
2. Use the best headphones you can afford.
3. Learn you headphone's frequency response and compensate accordingly...anybody have that link that compares headphone freqency's?
4. Do A/B comparison's with your studio monitors every now and then.
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TimeTraveller
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Posted : Jan 23, 2010 01:25
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Compare to as many speakers,headphones,monitors as possible.
Don't compare only to one source more.Always compare never trust the headphones only.
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Jan 23, 2010 02:52
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electronic maddness
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Posted : Mar 19, 2010 13:29
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its always a great idea to do a headphone reference while mixing...but not a good idea to mix only on headphones...it's not the natural way of hearing sound
i can explain it to you...but i cannot understand it for you... |
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Simulton
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Posted : Mar 20, 2010 09:14
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On 2010-03-19 13:29, electronic maddness
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its always a great idea to do a headphone reference while mixing...but not a good idea to mix only on headphones...it's not the natural way of hearing sound
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i agree...
theres a few plugins (eg. 112db Redline Monitor) who promise recreate the stereo image field of monitor speakers while using headphones for mixing and mastering...
anyone here ever tried?
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SCircuit
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Posted : Apr 12, 2010 23:59
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I've had to do this for the past three years because of where I lived. The neighbors I had below me were totally anti-any-kind-of-noise, It sucked but I just moved where I can turn my monitors on at a reasonable volume.
best way to do this is to learn your headphone frequency response curve, rip your music to audio or upload it somewhere. and listen to it on every sound system you can, even crappy car speakers, figure out what needs to be changed, go back and adjust accordingly.
a ridiculously long and tedious process, but it helped to learn detailed frequency responses of different systems, as well as where different things sit in a mix. Very glad I no longer have to do it, only that way now though.
http://soundcloud.com/short-circuit
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Short-Circuit/446249920482?ref=nf |
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danfoss
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Posted : Apr 13, 2010 03:40
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First when I started with my akg k 141 headphones, what suprised me the most was the bass... It sounded quite awful until I get used to my headphones... Most important thing is to learn your headphones response.
It takes some time until you get to know with your headphones.
Also I thing they are great to hear all that important details in the mix.
Imho the biggest problem with headphones mixing is the bass.... |
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Maine Coon
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Posted : Apr 13, 2010 04:51
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Thanks a lot!
I always wondered why people don't just use a pair of good earphones and work in their bedroom. Finally, all this talk about monitors and room treatment starts making sense to me.
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orgytime
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Posted : Apr 13, 2010 11:07
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i also bought the [akg k 141 mk2] for 110€, and yes... the bass is a pain i the ass... so freaking overpowered.
the kick and bass sounds like a shitload, no chance to produce bass with them imo.
but, there is a big difference to cheaper headphones when it comes to mids/highs... i hear every detail with them... and use it especially for reverb issues.
over all headphones are to check the whole mix again, and pay attention to the details, but not for making a fat bassline.
i cant imagine that any headphone make a natural bass noise?
cheers
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Josh Inc
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Posted : Apr 14, 2010 00:05
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On 2010-04-13 11:07, orgytime wrote:
i also bought the [akg k 141 mk2] for 110€, and yes... the bass is a pain i the ass... so freaking overpowered.
the kick and bass sounds like a shitload, no chance to produce bass with them imo.
but, there is a big difference to cheaper headphones when it comes to mids/highs... i hear every detail with them... and use it especially for reverb issues.
over all headphones are to check the whole mix again, and pay attention to the details, but not for making a fat bassline.
i cant imagine that any headphone make a natural bass noise?
cheers
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1+ on that 1.
i hate producing with headphones, bass seems to be exagerated somewhat and the stereo image is exagerated alot.
for me its abit more tricky to mix on headphones and i think its because different frequencies take different times to reach the ear through speakers and i don't think its quite the same with headphones.
when i do mix on headphones i use the redline monitor as previously mentioned and mix at a reasonable low volume -
i've listened to a good few 'reference' headphones and i've noticed that mixing with the headphones on too loud gives a less true sound.
when i start a project on headphones it most of the time doesn't sound as good when i play it back through the monitors and always needs editing, but when i start a project on the monitors it always sounds just as good on the headphones.
but i have heard some mixes mixed completely on headphones and they sound fantastic, i guess you have to know the sound translates through monitors and compensate whatever needs compensating.
headphones are brilliant for checking your mix for clicks and pops before it goes to be cut, a must in my opinion. |
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