a little problem

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Hello,

As I've endeavoured to increase the levels of my mixes/masters a little problem has come up. I A/B as I'm mixing between my monitors and headphones. It seems to help me zero in on the proper placement of tracks in the mix. I've noticed during this process that my headphones seem to reveal audio distortions before my studio monitors and I'm wondering if this is a true audio picture or if my headphones are just breaking up. It sounds more like a clip but I have no other indication of clipping and I'm not hearing it with my desktop monitors (Tannoy). I've never pushed the headphones over 60% although I've had these Sony's for a few years.

I'm almost certain the distortions I hear are real but I was hoping that someone might enlighten me before I go through the process of remixing.

Thanks,
Rusty K
 
Rusty K said:
Hello,

As I've endeavoured to increase the levels of my mixes/masters a little problem has come up. I A/B as I'm mixing between my monitors and headphones. It seems to help me zero in on the proper placement of tracks in the mix. I've noticed during this process that my headphones seem to reveal audio distortions before my studio monitors and I'm wondering if this is a true audio picture or if my headphones are just breaking up. It sounds more like a clip but I have no other indication of clipping and I'm not hearing it with my desktop monitors (Tannoy). I've never pushed the headphones over 60% although I've had these Sony's for a few years.

I'm almost certain the distortions I hear are real but I was hoping that someone might enlighten me before I go through the process of remixing.

Thanks,
Rusty K
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I often notice the same thing using my cheapo ATH-M20 earphones. When I switch to my monitors the distortion is not there. I am getting a pair of Extreme Isolation EX29 earphones and I am hoping these will not distort so easily; and I hope the earphone bleed stops too!

Sometimes it distracts me when I am tracking so I need to lower the headphone levels a little. When I first started recording I would encounter this clipping because of having the input levels too high. This distortion would be replicated in my monitors. Now I have it zoned in and I keep my levels just so.
 
kahuna,

I'm using Sony MDR 7506 headphones, not the best I'm sure but still not cheapo's I think. It would be nice not to have the "bleed" but it doesn't really bother me that much (except for finding quiet spots for noise reduction samples clips when necessary) although the next time I get phones I'll upgrade.

Thanks,
Rusty K
 
For anyone interested in this post. I've posted the same thread in "Mixing and Mastering" and I've gotten some good replies there.

Thanks,
Rusty K
 
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