Simple gain box

[Macc]

i am down that way soonish actually...

pt. iv - the return of

may-ad-stowne *shudders*
nice part of the world, got a few mates that live there. other than them its full of pikey chavs from what ive seen

I monitor at sensible levels (often I'll make a tune with my EMu output down at -12dB), and use earplugs when I am drumming - standard.

Just wondering, as i produce with headphones and i was worried about long-term damage.

[Macc]

Work at low levels most of the time, then crank it up to check things hold together at higher volumes. It's some complex interaction between Fletcher-Munson/cans' freq response at different levels etc etc. So things sound different when loud.

In addition, there's an old saying I read somewhere, once; 'EQ at high levels, levels at low levels' - something like that. So I'll usually end up setting up an eq then cranking the volume up and seeing if it needs tweaking.

Then turning it back down of course


I - get this - use the master fader in Cubase to turn it down. Yes I move the master fader. But I am still mixing to 'zero' - I am just using it as a volume control. I know that if the master fader is at -12 and the peak meter reads -11, I've got clipping, even though it isn't actually clipping

When I mix down for real the fader is at 0dB.

[Macc]

Oh and that gelnsound thing isn't suitable - my cans are 64Ohms impedance, and that's for 200-2000

Plus all told it was a whopping £220!!

kekz, :P
all i did was google battery powered headphone amps