balancing live sound in room vs. headphone mix

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I'm trying to record electric guitar through a Fender Twin at a fairly loud volume. The problem is, when overdubbing, the overdub guitar in the room overwhelms what I'm hearing in the headphones.

I'm using a Profire 610 box and the headphone volume knob is all the way up, but still too quiet.

For headphones, I have a pair of AKG headphones from 2001, which were nice at the time, but I'm wondering if they're affecting my current issue. A friend commented that the Ohms rating was probably not optimal.

Would it help to get better headphones + headphone amplifier?

And finally - the overlapping guitar cords and headphone cords are making things a chore. Are there good wireless headphones you could recommend? Especially ones that are exceptionally good at canceling noise from the room while overdubbing? Thanks!

 

[mjbphotos]

Wireless headphones typically have a latency involved with them that makes using them for tracking less than ideal.
Are the headphones full cup design with solid backs?
If the guitar amp volume is so loud that you can hear it over the volume of the tracks you are listening to with headphones, then you are playing too loud - do you really need the amp volume that loud to get the tone you want?
If the answers to questions above are 'yes', then get a headphone extension cable (and probably a longer guitar cable) and go in the next room - or if you can move the computer into the next room, you can then just run a longer mic cable to your interface (and will still need a longer guitar cable).

 

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Thanks Mike!

Wireless headphones typically have a latency involved with them that makes using them for tracking less than ideal.
Are the headphones full cup design with solid backs?

I've got the AKG K240

If the guitar amp volume is so loud that you can hear it over the volume of the tracks you are listening to with headphones, then you are playing too loud - do you really need the amp volume that loud to get the tone you want?

Well, I do like the tone a lot at that level. It's only 6-7 on the volume knob. And even at that level, it only registers 5-6 bars on the input fader on the Profire, which seems weird to me. And that's with the input faders turned all the way up.

If the answers to questions above are 'yes', then get a headphone extension cable (and probably a longer guitar cable) and go in the next room - or if you can move the computer into the next room, you can then just run a longer mic cable to your interface (and will still need a longer guitar cable).

It's more a matter of the headphone cable running under the neck of the guitar and the guitar cable running across it in the opposite direction... just kind of a pain. Wireless would be ideal, but not for the latency issues.

 

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Wireless anything is rarely ideal.

Headphone extension cable/s and next room are the answer.

 

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The AKG 240's are one of my favorites but they are semi-open and on the lower volume scale (or at least less sensitive) than a lot of phones.
+1 on the extension cable even if it just means enough extra to give more movement. Try loop down your back, tuck it it at your belt or what ever same side as the guitar cable.

 

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Thanks guys. I will definitely check into a longer cable and more closed/louder headphones. Any recent models you would suggest?