I'm not sure what to make of this. I had a pair of Sennheiser HD 380 Pro's that I really loved, but they eventually started to fall apart (the foam started to break down) and instead of replacing the foam, I went ahead and bought a pair of 280's. I immediately noticed a lot of muddiness and 'thickness' with the new Headphones. I figured it was just a matter of my getting used to a new set of cans and my brain adjusting to the new sonic reality. I'm pretty happy with the way instruments now sound on the DAW through these cans, but when I am singing, my vocals are almost unintelligible. I usually keep one can off to hear myself and I don't apply effects while singing; I like it dry. I never had all of that boominess with the 380's. I bought a new mic, the Beyerdynamic M-88, because I was never really that happy with my vocals through my Shure SM58's and my other mic, the AKG C 214. Everything is sounding boomy regardless of the mic being used.
Here's the thing, though. I was recording with the new mic last night in a new house in a new room where I have things set up. I put up some moving blankets around me. The sound was still thick and rumbly in the cans. I used the settings on the EQ within my Babyface Pro to take out those low frequencies, all to no avail. I shut off the Babyface Pro EQ and put an EQ on the track within the DAW to manipulate those lower frequencies, also to no avail. When I finished the recording and listened back to the track, it was the best my vocals have ever sounded on a DAW!!! Wow! I played the track to my wife through the cans and she commented on how professional sounding the vocals were. I am so excited! BUT, I am still concerned about how rumbly and thick things sound during the recording process. EQ's, mic angles, blankets...it seems like it is the cans. What do you guys and gals think?
Here's the thing, though. I was recording with the new mic last night in a new house in a new room where I have things set up. I put up some moving blankets around me. The sound was still thick and rumbly in the cans. I used the settings on the EQ within my Babyface Pro to take out those low frequencies, all to no avail. I shut off the Babyface Pro EQ and put an EQ on the track within the DAW to manipulate those lower frequencies, also to no avail. When I finished the recording and listened back to the track, it was the best my vocals have ever sounded on a DAW!!! Wow! I played the track to my wife through the cans and she commented on how professional sounding the vocals were. I am so excited! BUT, I am still concerned about how rumbly and thick things sound during the recording process. EQ's, mic angles, blankets...it seems like it is the cans. What do you guys and gals think?