I have been recording the viola da gamba for quite a while now. I'm both a sound engineer and performer.
I noticed as this instrument especially is very rich in harmonics it sort of saturates in excellent headphones (Sennheiser for example).
Nothing to do with gain or mixing.
I checked my own recordings against three others one as old as 20 years ago.
Always the same phenomona.
Is the instrument at a certain level causing actual buzzing (not really) in the headphones themselves?
I tried two different pairs always the same.
Not at all the case on a Bose speaker.
Maybe I'm just imagining things.
Very specialized question sorry.
But if anyone has any ideas...
I noticed as this instrument especially is very rich in harmonics it sort of saturates in excellent headphones (Sennheiser for example).
Nothing to do with gain or mixing.
I checked my own recordings against three others one as old as 20 years ago.
Always the same phenomona.
Is the instrument at a certain level causing actual buzzing (not really) in the headphones themselves?
I tried two different pairs always the same.
Not at all the case on a Bose speaker.
Maybe I'm just imagining things.
Very specialized question sorry.
But if anyone has any ideas...