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Mixing on Headphones

jimmarchi1|41029 MODERATOR

GEAR:

I'm always telling people not to mix on headphones (or at elast to make sure to check the mix on decent speakers, set up properly for your mix position in a treated or at least familiar sounding room) and I'm not great at explaining why. I do know why mixing solely on headphones is a questionable practice but if I were good at explaining things I would be a schoolteacher! I frequently ramble on without really making the science clear to anyone (this goes for electronics too, sorry, read a book).

I got this great article in my email today from one of the many websites that spams me.. usually I don't even look at this stuff, but this is pure gold. Amateur producers read this and understand...

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/2019/3/5/not-many-audio-professionals-know-this-fact-about-mixing-on-headphones

over 7 years ago

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ron_tyili|275

In reply to jimmarchi1:

can i say something mate.. long time no chat.. ah the headphone junkie....lol ..may i say i used to mix using headphones too back in may younger days obviously i was young and broke.. but i realised i developed a method to my madness. However i agree with you on the fact that mixing on headphones should never be a primary method to mix but rather use it as a secondary source to judge after a mix.. i still do that from time to time.

about 7 years ago

jimmarchi1|41029 MODERATOR

GEAR:

In reply to ron_tyili:

Kira, what's up man? I think like if you're going to mix in mono that aleviates SOME of the problems of mixing on headphones, but still...

about 7 years ago

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Mixing on Headphones

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