best headphone monitors for mixing image
Jonathan
I currently have a home studio and I need some good studio heaphones for mixing and recording hip hop/r&b tracks. What are the top heaphones for a budget of $100?
These heaphones are only temporary, but I still need them to be pretty good for this low price budget.
Answer
As Lorette says, for recording you should use Studio Monitors, and different models to check the sound in different speakers, or a kind of solution could be the Focusrite VRM http://www.fairdealmusic.co.uk/focusrite-vrm-box.html with a good pair of headphones.
As Lorette says, for recording you should use Studio Monitors, and different models to check the sound in different speakers, or a kind of solution could be the Focusrite VRM http://www.fairdealmusic.co.uk/focusrite-vrm-box.html with a good pair of headphones.
Why do I see people wearing headphones when they are playing drums?
Nathan Yos
I know the difference between headphones and ear protection gear. In the videos I watch, why are they wearing headphones when they are playing?
Answer
Nathan,
At the risk of sounding too mature or intelligent, here's the real deal.
The people you see in music videos are professionals. You can bet they're no strangers to a recording studio where everyone (including the drummer) wears headphones to A) to isolate what they hear from 'bleeding' into microphones and B) to hear what the other musicians/vocalists are doing.
Let's go live....I'm sure you're familliar with the 'wedge' type monitors on the stage front line. Well, that works well for guitar, bass and keyboard positions but presents a problem at the drum station. First of all not only are drums loud by nature, but the drummer is sitting right on top of the source. A better monitor solution there is headphones.
The drummer, as with everyone in the group, has the flexibility to custom taylor his mix to suit his needs. It's a personal prefference and I've never seen two people like the same monitor mix. But that's cool.
As far as a 'click track' is concerened, it's a very useful tool both in the studio as well as live.
In the studio, if you ever have to do any 'repairs' to the original rhythm tracks, you'd best have a click track available for sync purposes or have a lot of time on your hands to make sure the repair is in tempo with the original track.
Live? Well, on the concert stage I've been as far away as 30' or more from the drummer and double that from the keyboards or guitars. There's a lot going on in the middle of a show and having a click to sync up with the rest of the group is a huge help. One more thing not to worry about.
For the dude that mentioned the drummer used a click cause he couldn't keep tempo, would you please explain that to Yes, Pink Floyd and the Eagles? Clair Brothers (noted sound company for the afore mentioned groups, among others) has a system of LED's for a visual 'click' built into their wedge monitors. Go figure. I always thought that those groups could count. Wonder what the problem could be?
db
Nathan,
At the risk of sounding too mature or intelligent, here's the real deal.
The people you see in music videos are professionals. You can bet they're no strangers to a recording studio where everyone (including the drummer) wears headphones to A) to isolate what they hear from 'bleeding' into microphones and B) to hear what the other musicians/vocalists are doing.
Let's go live....I'm sure you're familliar with the 'wedge' type monitors on the stage front line. Well, that works well for guitar, bass and keyboard positions but presents a problem at the drum station. First of all not only are drums loud by nature, but the drummer is sitting right on top of the source. A better monitor solution there is headphones.
The drummer, as with everyone in the group, has the flexibility to custom taylor his mix to suit his needs. It's a personal prefference and I've never seen two people like the same monitor mix. But that's cool.
As far as a 'click track' is concerened, it's a very useful tool both in the studio as well as live.
In the studio, if you ever have to do any 'repairs' to the original rhythm tracks, you'd best have a click track available for sync purposes or have a lot of time on your hands to make sure the repair is in tempo with the original track.
Live? Well, on the concert stage I've been as far away as 30' or more from the drummer and double that from the keyboards or guitars. There's a lot going on in the middle of a show and having a click to sync up with the rest of the group is a huge help. One more thing not to worry about.
For the dude that mentioned the drummer used a click cause he couldn't keep tempo, would you please explain that to Yes, Pink Floyd and the Eagles? Clair Brothers (noted sound company for the afore mentioned groups, among others) has a system of LED's for a visual 'click' built into their wedge monitors. Go figure. I always thought that those groups could count. Wonder what the problem could be?
db
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