Members Rizza Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Relatively cheap, around $100. Any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members less_cunning Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Sony MDR-7506 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Operator Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Never mix on headphones. That said, Sennheiser HD 280. They are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kirs Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Never mix on headphones. ALWAYS mix with headphones. AND monitors, and earbuds, and in mono, etc. Not everyone is going to be listening on top-of-the-line studio monitors. Disclaimer: I'm not a pro by any stretch, but I have mixed on one setup in the past and was shocked that the mix sounded like garbage on another. I use Sony V6 headphones for mixing, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chakosh Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 That said, Sennheiser HD 280. They are awesome. I love the pair my wife got me for my birthday. That being said, I "mastered" my brother's band's new album on the headphones, play back on the 3 speaker system on my computer at home, play through my 5.1 system at home off the PS3, in the car, then at work on my sh!tty little 2-speaker system, then through my earbuds that I have plugged in to my mp3 player. Then I sent it over to him and his band to let me know if it's close to what they were thinking. I'm still learning all this stuff, so I'm making little tweaks here and there when I think it needs more bass, more compression, a touch of reverb, etc. It takes time and practice to get good with these things, and the Sennheiser headphones are a great starting point, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Operator Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Different reference speakers are vital for checking your mix, but actually doing your mix using headphones instead of speakers yields some pretty bad results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Different reference speakers are vital for checking your mix, but actually doing your mix using headphones instead of speakers yields some pretty bad results. This is truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ColorsInStereo Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 My recommendation is not to do your mix on headphones (unless you want to fork out $1000 for the Audeze LCD-2). Even then your main reference should be a proper set of monitors. There's too many things that will sound wrong if you mix on a cheap pair of headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Big Pimpin' T Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 I use a pair of Audio Technica ATH-M40fs cans for tracking. I like them so much that I have 2 pairs. The Sennheiser 280's are really nice too. But I agree with everyone who says not to mix with headphones. I'll mix a bit with my cans if it's late and I don't want to bother my neighbours, but I'll always go back to my monitors the next day and fix up my mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members less_cunning Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 Grado SR60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members c+t in b Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 headphones for checking panning and effects only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefort_1 Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 Just like wimmens, try as many cans/speakers as you are able. Listen. Sober, stoned, bored and hyper-alert.Take notes.Listen to the results.You will then know who to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 I use Sennheiser HD 280 - I love the balanced sound, though the curly cable is a pain in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 Just a heads up, headphones are not true stereo. It is unwise to use them as a final mixing reference. One of the most noticeable weird things that I found many years ago was that the pan was fairly true when you got a headphone mix to some good monitors to check it, but the "depth" of the panning (placement "up" and "down") on individual channels can get way off, especially when you are using time effects on certain channels. An example would be a nice thick but separated mix but that VOX over at 12% right would be sticking "up" out of the mix, kinda by itself. Don't know the term for it, but you can't hear that on headphones. Also don't remember the term for what headphones are regarding stereo but if you look it up it is fact that they are not true stereo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oinkbanana Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 HD280 are great headphones, but by no means are they balanced. one big problem with headphones is the common ground blurs the image. balanced headphones do resolve this problem but the stereo image you get from headphones can never be the same as what you get from speakers (binaural mixing aside) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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