Listening to mix through headphones?

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Posted by Michael19 on Mar-17-2005 23:36:

Listening to mix through headphones?

sorry if this seesm stupid, but anyway i am!

Is there a word for lsitening to your mix through your headphones, before being played out on the speakers? just curious about thato ne.

Also, is it important for a mixer to be able to do this? does it make it alot easier?

Posted by chiwi on Mar-18-2005 00:18:

offcoz you can, just turn up your headphone volume and have both channel fader down. And yeah it is pretty important that the mixer can do this.

And... this is a pretty dumb question actually...

Posted by Michael19 on Mar-18-2005 00:22:

i thought so.

time for a new mixer i guess.

Posted by Inertia on Mar-18-2005 01:04:

it's called cueing.

Posted by djsphere on Mar-18-2005 05:11:

No.1 question in TA history lol. No ofense man.

Posted by bokus on Mar-18-2005 05:22:

Mixing in head phones is an essential.

Posted by mzvirbulis on Mar-18-2005 11:29:

yeah it is called cueing and is frikin essential!!!!!!!!!

Posted by amartinathome on Mar-18-2005 12:44:

Your mixer doesn't have cueing? Find the person who sold you that thing and slap 'em.

What kind of mixer are you using?

Posted by Briden on Mar-18-2005 15:46:

i think maybe what he meant is listening to both tracks at once, ie "the mix" in the headphones, something some mixers cannot do.

Posted by Zild on Mar-18-2005 16:03:

Listening to both tracks at the same time in the headphones is definitely not essential. Some people like it but if your mixer doesn't have that feature its not a huge problem. I never listen to both tracks in the headphones at the same time that makes it a lot tougher for me to tell which way I need to pitch bend.

Posted by Michael19 on Mar-18-2005 21:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Briden
i think maybe what he meant is listening to both tracks at once, ie "the mix" in the headphones, something some mixers cannot do.

yea thats what i meant, should of explained itb etter on my part

Posted by Luke Terry on Mar-19-2005 00:19:

pre-fader listening/cueing

Posted by mzvirbulis on Mar-19-2005 13:39:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
Listening to both tracks at the same time in the headphones is definitely not essential. Some people like it but if your mixer doesn't have that feature its not a huge problem. I never listen to both tracks in the headphones at the same time that makes it a lot tougher for me to tell which way I need to pitch bend.

well it works for different people maybe they dont have "the ear" yet

Posted by Zild on Mar-19-2005 22:13:

Oh for sure. I used to mix like that when I first started. I was just saying its not necessary and you can get by without it and I think its easier to mix with one ear listening to the cue and one listening to the monitor. Try mixing like that for a few weeks and you'll see its easier to tell if the cue track needs to be speed up/slowed down.