Watch the video, start about 2 minutes in. He's spent decades with the phones, buys a new pair every couple of years. Does not EQ or use speaker simulation. He says, compared to his flat speakers that sound relatively bright, "These headphones are very bright, but they're not flat, but that's OK. My ears have acclimatized to them...".He is probably very familiar with its sound and knows what he must hear to churn out a product that does sound good.
Experience helps.
Could also be he EQ's his headphone.
Well, that explains a lot about those mixes then. Both compressed to death, some Adele songs even have baked in distortion. He just an old loudness war foolAndrew Scheps (most notably Chill Peppers, some Adele) mixes on MDR-7506, doesn't always even check the mix on speakers
when did it happen, right?Adele is indeed compressed to hell.
Her live recordings sound better to me than the studio recordings but this is true for more artists.
I've said before I think it's pretty funny when people are terribly concerned with whether a 24-bit mix is dithered or 96k or 192k, when most music is mixed to sound good on cheap earbuds or a little mono bluetooth speaker. That's why NS10s and Auratones.
Well, that explains a lot about those mixes then. Both compressed to death, some Adele songs even have baked in distortion. He just an old loudness war fool
No offense, but I guess you don't know about SchepsI don't think at all, as he's not the mastering engineer
Compressors are used during the mix, but it's generally not hard. The choice of the final level of compression is done after that, and the mastering engineer can have a different preference than what is asked.
F* that! If they want to have it sound good on tiny shit, they can build in compressors into said device, not unreverably mangle perfectly find audio tracks!Unfortunately, almost everything that is supposed to be played on radio, heard in car in the middle of noise, or on portable speaker that more and more people are using, will be compressed too much. If everybody was listening only on good systems, it would give a good argument to ask for less compression
No problem, and good informationNo offense, but I guess you don't know about Scheps
Anyway, I agree with what you said almost entirely, but had to rib you about that (Scheps likes to compress, he doesn't leave it up to mastering engineers)
I totally agree with you, unfortunately, that's not what is done at this momentF* that! If they want to have it sound good on tiny shit, they can build in compressors into said device, not unreverably mangle perfectly find audio tracks!
He's wearing them backwardsAndrew Scheps (most notably Chill Peppers, some Adele) mixes on MDR-7506, doesn't always even check the mix on speakers
You can adapt to a system/headphones that are not perfect if you know what is not perfect, but I have a doubt on mixing with headphones without using an EQ on the monitoring output, and if I'm not wrong, they don't talk about it in this video, which would have been an important information.He's wearing them backwards
Nothing can correct mirror reversal. Except the possibility that multiverse theory is true.You can adapt to a system/headphones that are not perfect if you know what is not perfect, but I have a doubt on mixing with headphones without using an EQ on the monitoring output, and if I'm not wrong, they don't talk about it in this video, which would have been an important information.
Dam, and his Mac keyboard has the num pad on the left side, and he's left-handed with the mouse! He must be left-eared too!He's wearing them backwards