suppaboy228

suppaboy228 t1_is6evz9 wrote

As it was discussed, monitoring means being able to hear yourself when recording the performance.

Monitoring headphones should not be flat at all. Ones of the best monitoring headphones are 770's and m50x's.

Their spikes are intentional to make the singer record the vocals so that sibilants occur less and for better upper detail retrieval. Narrow soundstage also helps with that.

I don't know if it was designed with that in mind, but we use them for that specific reason as well as many other recording engineers.

And yes, no one is seriously mixing with those.

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suppaboy228 t1_irxwjhv wrote

There's more to that than just hearing your voice.

I'm talking about listening to stuff that's being recorded or performed.

For example, you are tracking vocals and you are too forward and the proximity effect is giving you too much lower frequencies. You won't hear that with transparency mode.

Or you are tracking the guitar and need it to have an instant response (up to 10 ms latency is fine). You won't be able to play to the click if the latency is too big.

Hope you get my point.

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suppaboy228 t1_irxsnfr wrote

Monitoring means being able to hear yourself through the recording/live performance equipment. That's not the case with wireless headphones of any sort as of now.

The first issue is latency, especially on instruments

Then there's quality.

And finally, you can't connect bluetooth headphones to the interface/radio system with no additional gear which can be an issue

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