Are skull candy headphones good for mixing?

[dastrick]

You can mix on headphones. It can be done. As a matter of fact, mixing on good headphones is probably better than mixing on monitors in a crappy, untreated room.

I've read many articles in TapeOp and other mags about people who have mixed entire albums using cans. One guy used cans and a single SM57. Anything can be done if you work at it. You may just have to work a little harder. Keep testing your mixes on other systems to see how they sound.

With that being said, I wouldn't spend money on SkullCandy headphones to use for mixing. Spend your money on some nice Senn. HD280's or similar.

 

[Doctor Varney]

Um, has the rule about being nice to noobs been rescinded, maybe because everyone was so entertained when I ripped into a noob about a week ago?



Perhaps, like digital watches, pocket calculators and computers, the price will come down?

The n00b forum is the only place where n00bs are guaranteed not to be fun of. That, and the other forum down at the bottom where no trolling is allowed.

Dunno know why anyone would feel the need, to be honest. Figured most people on here would recognise that everyone makes mistakes when they are learning. I started here a couple of years ago and everyone was totally cool. Assume nothing's changed, always felt this was a noob-friendly sort of place.

 

[Kierkes]

Dunno know why anyone would feel the need, to be honest. Figured most people on here would recognise that everyone makes mistakes when they are learning. I started here a couple of years ago and everyone was totally cool. Assume nothing's changed, always felt this was a noob-friendly sort of place.

Uh. Yuh. It should be. I started on gearslutz, asked them what microphone I should get for my classically inspi--SM7BBBBBBB!!!! BRAHAHA. I mean, now that I've felt my way around this stuff a bit, gearslutz has become a lot less intimidating. It was thanks to three or four non-jerks that I figured out what I needed, not the storm of slutz stepping on my post.

Not bashing gearslutz, of course, it's just that most of the members of gearslutz think like engineers, and most of the members of HR think more like musicians. And not knowing that can be dangerous.

So the truth is, if you have to mix with headphones, you'll be fine as long as you're not using awful ones. And again, having different sources is nice, so that you can tune a mix to work on a bunch of different things; it makes it more likely to work on anything. That being said, you should give us a bit of a budget, so we can steer you in the right direction.

 

[Doctor Varney]

Not bashing gearslutz, of course, it's just that most of the members of gearslutz think like engineers...

Hmmm... there might be a difference between those who think like engineers and engineers. I find that many exhibit the tendencies of a testosterone-based lifeform... Not all, obviously.

 

[Kierkes]

Hmmm... there might be a difference between those who think like engineers and engineers. I find that many exhibit the tendencies of a testosterone-based lifeform... Not all, obviously.

You lost me. Truth. Some of them ARE engineers. But don't engineers think like engineers?

 

[DrewPeterson7]

To be fair, I've had great success tracking using Skullycandy earbuds, with an acoustic guitar. Bleed is a huge problem with a fairly quiet instrument and condensor mics, and the skullcandy's I have for my iPod offered both fairly good exterior sound rejection and less bleed than my proper AT's.

I've also used them to check mixes, since they're typical of what a lot of consumers will listen on. I wouldn't really recommend using them as a primary way of monitoring while mixing, but any port in a storm, I guess...

 

[Lazyfishstix]

Rule of thumb is: the more stylish your equipment, the better your mixes.

If you hang a gold chain with your name on it, your mixes are going to be through the roof.

 

[Bobbsy]

I hear "grills" on the teeth make excellent bass traps...

 

[cavedog101]

Grados. The AKG 270's. Shure 840's. And platinum chains.