if anything, I object to the whole thing being presented like some "fact or proof" when it's really just a 30 minute sales promo
Firstly, the vid is about how much a basic studio may cost to set up. He's responding to a question he's been asked. You cannot keep price out of it. That's like keeping pregnancy out of a conversation on maternity wards.
Secondly I deliberately clipped the thing just to the item on headphones. Ironically, he mentions Audio technica ~ I already have a set of ATs. The blurb on the box says they're good for mixing. I've had them since 2015 and I've already stated that I prefer monitors though I do use them sometimes. Even more ironic, one of the brands he says he likes is one you say you'd like to get.
Thirdly, I was not presenting it as proof of anything. I would say the variety of replies in the thread demonstrates that the older idea of "you can't mix on headphones" no longer applies. And that industry pros are actually slightly slower on the uptake than home recorders have been for a long while.....but are equalizing a bit.
To say "it's just a 30 minute sales promo" misses a few points, actually and that is what causes one to wonder if there's more behind this. You say I'm debating on five sides, but you've raised, science, economics and commerce, cynicism, convenience, newbie ignorance, preference, superiority and inferiority. All are worthy of reply.
Your OP was that a pro was saying headphones were the new wave...and therefore it most be so
The OP does not make
any definite assertions. It's put in deliberately flowery terms with a question designed to elicit responses and feelings.
I'm saying...he's just selling gear for Sweetwater
So, that would invalidate everything he happens to say on the subject ? One can confidently dismiss and ignore because he obviously doesn't mean it, he's just being a good shill and picking up his $$$s ?
I happen to think what he says represents a seismic shift in standard thought and that standard thought leads to a specific strain of advice. It may eventually go nowhere. Who can tell ?
TBH...I find that you're heavily wanting to believe in all the possibilities...based on one video promo...
Wanting to believe sells me short, mate ! I
do believe in all the possibilities. Long before I ever recorded anything, I was regaled by stories of the composers, artists, instrumentalists, managers, producers and engineers etc, that bucked whatever systems or theories were rigidly held at various points in history.
Furthermore, I'm of the opinion that speech is self revealing.....if a person says something, there's a whole world in there to think about and disseminate. And it's not a video promo. Come on, the guy has been asked how much it would cost to put a decent studio together. He mentions a few items and does so generically. In some instances, he gets a little more specific. But his opinion is important to me. As is yours. And everyone that has replied. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.
I'm surprised Ashcat hasn't chimed in !