What ear do u use in your headphones to monitor?

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Posted by Dewi on Jul-23-2002 12:11:

What ear do u use in your headphones to monitor?

Im just curious as to what ear u guys use in your headphones when monitoring?

It seem's as if my right ear always works out better in the headphone for some reason, most peeps i see seem to use the left though?!

Lemme Know!

Posted by Dj Thy on Jul-23-2002 12:27:

My middle ear...

No seriously I try to switch now and then. You never know when the monitor in the venue happens to be at the wrong side. So I get used to both sides.

Posted by Devbert on Jul-23-2002 12:56:

My right and its gonna stay that way.

Posted by MekTek on Jul-23-2002 17:37:

i prefer the right ear but if i have to (due to monitoring setup's) i can use the left too..i always monitor one ear on n one listening to themonitors..u gotta get used to being versatile as places have different setups n you have to be able to perform regardless.

Posted by mikefasssy on Jul-23-2002 18:22:

right 4 life

Posted by JohnSmith on Jul-23-2002 18:50:

I always monitor cans on my left ear, monitor speaker on my right.

i can do it the other way if i have to, but i find it really uncomfortable to wear my cans that way..

not sure why.

Posted by Passiva on Jul-23-2002 19:19:

That depends on where the monitor(s) is/are located. If they're placed on both sides, I cue with my right ear..

-ReGrOoVeD

Posted by P`zazz on Jul-23-2002 20:27:

I listen from the headphones with my left ear, dunno why

Posted by GT_TraNcE on Jul-23-2002 20:56:

right ear!

Posted by FuzzyGreen on Jul-23-2002 21:35:

it really doesn't matter!

Posted by Niklas Harding on Jul-23-2002 22:21:

right

Posted by El~ZaPo on Jul-23-2002 22:26:

Both.

Posted by ampburner on Jul-23-2002 23:33:

quote:
Originally posted by El~ZaPo
Both.

Posted by Danstar on Jul-24-2002 05:18:

Well I usually monitor using a can on each ear but swapping from left to right. When cueing up the right deck I use my left ear and when cueing up on the left I use my right ear and then I'll swap it around. U never know the situation will be when u play out, the monitors could be on either side.

Also it is an idea to learn to mix in your headphones either using split or stereo settings. Remember kids, tranceaddict always have to be prepared

Posted by Bear4569 on Jul-24-2002 15:26:

I can switch back and forth, but I always use my left ear, and I think the reason being, I have really good hearin in both ears, but I can pick up more with my right ear and that is the ear that I use to hear the monitor, and my left ear I use for cueing

Posted by Kid Lax on Jul-24-2002 18:03:

i use my left ear in the headphones

i don't feel i need to learn the right ear, seeing as if you're spinning out, the side of the monitor doesn't really matter considering its going to be loud as hell regardless

worse comes to worse, ill just slightly take the cup of the headphone off of my ear so i can hear them both in my left ear

Posted by toxa on Jul-24-2002 20:06:

Well since i have a speaker above each turntable, say if im playing with the right turntable, then my right ear is free so that i could hear the speaker better.

Posted by Vizay on Jul-24-2002 21:48:

i use my left ear almost all the time

i have bad hearing on one of the ears but i havent decided on wich....i don't know if it's right so i have to hear the monitor better or if it's the left so i can hear the speakers better but it works best with left for me....it's like i can concentrate better on the sound then

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Jul-24-2002 22:57:

I use both...... I mean, I just but the phones on both ears and monitor the 2 tracks with the headphones.......
I mix better that way....

Posted by ampburner on Jul-24-2002 23:07:

^^^ me aswell ^^^^
I find it easier to hear whether the two tracks are perfectly in phase this way...

Posted by t0ast! on Jul-25-2002 02:05:

i have to use my left quite a bit....but i've got wonky ears....my right ear is 60% deaf, so all i hear is bass (which is both good and bad, depending on how you see it)....it makes for an interesting time mixing to any kind of crowd

Posted by hamburgerboefje on Jul-26-2002 22:42:

Always the right ear.....because the left side of my headphone is completely damaged

Posted by phasedout on Jul-27-2002 03:06:

i use my right ear, its like automatic....

Posted by quddha on Jul-27-2002 03:34:

quote:
Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
I use both...... I mean, I just but the phones on both ears and monitor the 2 tracks with the headphones.......
I mix better that way....

Hehe, thats really hard in a Large Venue with Big speakers, cuz the live sound just overpowers the headphones, and all you'll be hearing is the live song.

Posted by DJ Darchinova on Jul-28-2002 13:16:

I try to use just the headphones so my ears arent as wrecked at an end of a gig..
but it never happens and i always end up swapping from letf to right, etc. for each mix.

At the end of the night your ears are equally ringing..
i did use to monitor on my right but then it sounded weird going to sleep cos u could listen better int he left ear!

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