This week Jon talks about different types of headphones and which are useful for the home studio environment, Ryan talks about various setups for live music recording…and then we ramble on and on about something…
This one is long and silly…it’s been a long and silly week.
Enjoy!
I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts on headphones for tracking. NOT high-quality mixing headphones, but headphones for the band members to wear while recording so they can hear each other in the studio or live room. There are dozens of choices between the $10 and $30 range, per set of headphones. Thoughts?
Nevermind – I listened again. I guess Audio Technicas and the Direct Sounds are your choices for musicians to wear while tracking, although it was more implied than stated outright. Still… $100/pair for something that will inevitably get sat on or beer spilled on them. Kinda pricey when fidelity isn’t paramount.
More recently we’ve recommended the Tascam TH02 and the Monoprice DJ headphones.
The best isolation will come from a combination of In Ear Canal style earbuds and construction muffs. You’re looking about $40 total or less.