> I still can't make heads nor tails of EQ under those phones.
Scott,
When I was with the BBC Film Unit we didn't have a choice. We had to
match the big boys just using cans. Balancing instuments, voices,
orchestras, the lot.
I was the first to take Film multitrack (15 plus sync) abroad for the
Havana Jazz Festival which made it a different ball game. However,
they transmitted some of my stereo parallel mixes done on cans. It was
co-produced with Island Records who needed good recordings. No
pressure then. :-)
The real fun was when we were in front to of the PA or actually on the
stage. It can be done but you need to train your ears to a single
headphone type.
One TV Sound Supervisor told me his method when faced with
unreasonable demands. "Take your arm and slide all the faders up (BBC
faders went the other way) till they sort themselves out." We cound't
do that in the Film Unit and often didn't even have a rehearsal. Fun
days.
David
David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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