I have Steinberg UR12 and Anker Soundcore Life Q10 headphone. I am using them with Neural Dsp plugins. I am relatively beginner, I havent experienced any other alternatives. I use these equipments for practice and learning bass. Not for professional recording/mixing or somethings. In my country, because of the economical conditions, reaching to studio/reference headphones and monitors is a bit challenging for a student who dont have any income. So my question is that the headphone Im using right now is ok for a player who is learning bass. Or should I have to buy studio headphones somehow? As I stated, I havent experienced any other things, and the sound that I get is fine to me but I dont know what kind of sound difference between them
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A question about using headphone through audio interface.
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That could be a country. "Azenware".
Use what you have and enjoy!
In the U.S. a completely decent headphones can be had for $100, such as sennheiser hd280 pro, which I have used as a professional love sound mixer for many years.
In the U.S. a completely decent headphones can be had for $100, such as sennheiser hd280 pro, which I have used as a professional love sound mixer for many years.
If you’re just playing for yourself and it doesn’t bother you, you’re fine. If you start making tracks to be released you’ll probably want to spend around $100 US on something more neutral like the Sony MDR7506, but what you have is fine for now
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i'm with the crowd = you're fine for now, but if you want to do 'serious' audio work in the future you'll need reference headphones --- which you can get affordably, later, when things are better for you.
i have found that for practicing: almost anything works --- good luck with your practicing!
The term 'studio' really means nothing when its simply a broadly used marketing ploy. Anything can be termed 'studio quality'.
Its necessary to check out reviews and frequency response graphs to help with a selection. And well regarded brand name headphones that are advertised at a steep discount are typically counterfeit. The only way around that is to purchase from an authorized dealer.
Its necessary to check out reviews and frequency response graphs to help with a selection. And well regarded brand name headphones that are advertised at a steep discount are typically counterfeit. The only way around that is to purchase from an authorized dealer.
You are fine for what you have now. Concentrate on learning the instrument you will have plenty of time to worry about tone and Eq in the future.
Maybe?
Anker Soundcore Life Q10 headphone are wireless blue tooth - and bluetooth =latency
If you are hoping listen to your playing in realtime, they won't work.
I f they come with a regular audio cable that you can connect to the Steinberg UR12, then that will work. But bluetooth has too much latency for playing along with anything.
I connect it via cable, not bluetooth. So, there is no latency. There is nothing to worry about that I know what to watch out for. Just wondering at this point, is it necessary to push myself to be able to buy studio headphones? Can I realize big difference?
Your headphones are good for what you are doing. You said it yourself: the sound is fine to you.
I went through a number of phones, hi fi quality, some $300, others under $100, and my experience is the Sennheisers wear out quickly, i can’t remember the others, but once I plugged in the 770 Pros, that was it for me. Sweetwater has them for $180, they last forever.
My dog chewed up my $$$ headphones and I wanted to do some research before dropping more cash on high-end headphones. In the meantime I needed headphones, so I went to Best Buy and bought the cheapest over-the-ear headphones they had... they cost about $9.00. I was blown away, they really didn't sound too much different than the pricey ones that got chewed up. I usually buy into the "get what you pay for" philosophy, but this experience opened my eyes.
You still see plenty of Sony MDR7506's in pro studios big and small. They cost $100. But what you have s/b fine simply for practicing. Besides, if you do get to where you're producing/mixing music, you're gonna mostly be mixing on monitors. You'll use the headphones largely for tracking. Doing final mixes on headphones is almost never ideal (though many of us have had to do it in a pinch when traveling, etc).
I have a pair of Q10's, they're just fine (plugged in as others say, which will also turn off noise canceling which is good). Sure, other $$$ headphones sound better but that doesn't affect learning (and the Q10 is pretty good already).
