Posted by Mojo [ 162.84.231.88 ] on May 31, 2007 at 13:29:43:
I saw Ultrasone headphones is posting tips on maximizing your headphones in the studio. Some good advice here!
We at UltrasoneUSA are proud to bring you a brand new feature called the Tip of the Month. Once a month we will bring you tips from the professionals about how to better use headphones in recording, DJ and live music enviornments. For out inagural Tip we bring you a word from grammy nominated producer/engineer Ted Perlman, owner of Buffalo Sound in LA. Enjoy!
"To enhance their listening experience and confidence during tracking, I think its key to mix in reverb and EQ that's specifically dedicated to the monitor mix in the headphones but not printing to the track. It's easy! To accomplish this subtle but effective performance-enhancing technique, I recommend the following:
1) Make sure you're using a DAW I/O with zero latency monitoring. I use the RME HDSP 9652.
2) In the case of a vocal recording, route the incoming audio from the microphone back out of the soundcard and into an analog board – even an inexpensive one from Behringer or Mackie will do this for application. I personally use a Mackie 3208 in this case.
3) Route in reverb from a hardware unit to the mixer's aux send. At Buffalo Sound we use a Lexicon PCM80.
4) Assign the reverb's aux send to the headphones, and adjust EQ to their taste. Using the best headphones possible is also essential, which is why we choose to use Ultrasone HFI-700 and PROline 750 headphones at Buffalo Sound. The result is that the singer hears a full, rich sound right off the bat that doesn't affect what you're recording.
5) Pat yourself on the back for making your vocalist more comfortable, confident and charged up about their headphone mix then they've ever been (unless they've already worked with me!). Listen to the difference it makes when you're mixing your hit single.
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