On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 04:40:09PM -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > > On 12 April 2010 at 16:25, Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Is anyone using the Ultrasone Pro 750 headphones for mixing or > > mastering? > > Headphones, yes. Really, really good headphones, yes. Ultrasone > headphones, no. But, ... Which models do you use and like? > > > Supposedly, they have made use of a simple psychoacoustic trick > > (off-center drivers) to make the listening experience more like > > sitting in front of near-field monitors. Some folks I know > > have them and have told me that they are more than good enough > > for mixing and mastering-- even better in fact than monitors > > if your room isn't perfectly dead, since you won't have room > > modes on headphones. However, I want to ask on this list, since > > there are so many here who are not only knowledgeable, but are > > engineers and open-source enthusiasts, and thus tend to be very > > good at debunking hype. > > I've tried mixing on headphones, especially while the family > is asleep. I've found that to be useful to get my mix pretty > close to good for imaging, effects, and blend. The caution is > that "pretty close" means that a lot can change regarding how > the low frequency content fits into the mix. You'll notice that > I left out compressors in my list of things that work well in > headphones. For me, that's because my compression primarily goes > on my drums, which have a lot of low end content. If you're > mixing violin, vocals, and piccolos, then you might find a > headphone mix satisfactory. I've tried for years (like 15 years) > to approximate getting my low end mixes right. The only time > I've had success is when my listening environment was set up for > something reasonably accurate at the low end. Headphones never > came close. > > My bottom line is: watch out for being fooled by headphones if > there are low frequencies in your mix. Other than that, they're > OK. > > Yeah, that's a problem. I need to *feel* the bass, and *feel* the kick. For funk music especially, it's a full-body experience, and doesn't work in headphones. That said, 3 years ago when I was posting all those hours and hours of made-with-Linux music, I did all my mixes on headphones-- in-ear monitors to be exact. But I'd also check them again on my stereo during the day to make sure the bass balance was good. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
