my headphones for the last twenty years have been mdr v6s. when the pads go=
, i buy a cheap computer headphone and use their pads.
=A0
umashankar
i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/=
umashankar
>________________________________
> From: umashankar <>
>To: "" <>=
>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Headphones
>
>i know what you mean, five years or so ago, i did a live mix for a chutney=
group from trinidad. they would not do a sound check, kept moving micropho=
nes around, having a ball. by the time it started, i did not even know whic=
h fader went to which performer's mic ! set them all about even and hope. a=
fter their national anthem, i sort of got to know what was happening.
>=A0
>umashankar
>
>i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com=
/umashankar
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Avocet <>
>>To:
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:21 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Headphones
>>=A0
>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>------------------------------------
>>
>>"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
>>
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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