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Our ability to hear higher frequencies (above about 1kHz) tails off increasingly (typically) as we pass the age of about 20. One graph I've seen suggests that the average 70-yr-old man's abilty to hear 8kHz frequencies is reduced by about 60dB! So music mixed and mastered by an 'old' person...

Hi folks. I've googled but haven't found a conclusive answer... What is the highest headphone impedence suitable for the headphone output on the Behringer U-PHORIA UMC202HD audio interface (when mixing and mastering)? Will it power 250-ohm 'phones? Many thanks!

Hi folks. For my home mixing and mastering, I'm still using a pair of passive Tannoy Reveals that I bought 20 years ago. Do you think these are still likely to be good, or should I replace them due to their age? Are there better budget monitors of a similar (or smaller) size nowadays? I'm...

My logic suggests that if I use a noise gate, I should put it at the end of the effects chain, so that it eliminates noise from all the preceding effects. However, I often see people putting the noise gate near (or even at) the beginning of the effects chain. Is there a valid reason for doing that?

Happy New Year, folks. Does someone have the electronics savvy to answer this? How I can split an electric guitar cable signal into two, so that I can have one branch going into an effects pedal and the other branch going into an audio interface? I have a hunch that a simple Y splitter cable...

Which way do you prefer, and why? Thanks, all!