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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 97050" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Re: Mixing live tracks: headphones or monitors</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is a different world. At least doing post on live recordings you won't have to be listening to a really bad singer or musician working on the same song for three straight 10 hour days and it still sounding bad. I got out of recording because I had gotten to where I almost hated music from sitting behind the speakers every day for hours at a time listening to the same song. I didn't want to listen to the radio and almost got to where I did not even want to hear anyone talk and I decided I loved music way too much to hate it. After a few years I went back into live sound and have been happy ever since. I really enjoy recording now but I only do it for bands I really like and let the rest of the engineers I work with handle the lions share of it.</p><p></p><p>Also a really accurate pair of headphones is always a good thing to have as well and they cost much less than even an average set of studio monitors. I have done hundreds of mixes with only a pair of NS10's and a pair of headphones to check it with. </p><p></p><p>I also agree with you on how good the Genelac speakers sound but I have never been happy with any mix I have done on them. I love to track with them and listen to them but it is kind of like driving a brand new Porsche and then getting into and old beater car. Your mix will never sound as good on anything else, at least on the systems most everyone else is listening to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 97050, member: 277"] Re: Mixing live tracks: headphones or monitors It is a different world. At least doing post on live recordings you won't have to be listening to a really bad singer or musician working on the same song for three straight 10 hour days and it still sounding bad. I got out of recording because I had gotten to where I almost hated music from sitting behind the speakers every day for hours at a time listening to the same song. I didn't want to listen to the radio and almost got to where I did not even want to hear anyone talk and I decided I loved music way too much to hate it. After a few years I went back into live sound and have been happy ever since. I really enjoy recording now but I only do it for bands I really like and let the rest of the engineers I work with handle the lions share of it. Also a really accurate pair of headphones is always a good thing to have as well and they cost much less than even an average set of studio monitors. I have done hundreds of mixes with only a pair of NS10's and a pair of headphones to check it with. I also agree with you on how good the Genelac speakers sound but I have never been happy with any mix I have done on them. I love to track with them and listen to them but it is kind of like driving a brand new Porsche and then getting into and old beater car. Your mix will never sound as good on anything else, at least on the systems most everyone else is listening to. [/QUOTE]
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