Thread: Headphone noise bleed into recording...

A trick of mine is to go buy some $4.00 earbuds and put another pair of dummy headphones on over them. Absolutely no bleed. Sometimes earbuds alone will be quiet enough.

Originally Posted by Groff

Use some closed back headphones and change the sample or freq of the click.

i agree with this approach (the high end of some cowbell type clicks will usually bleed through more than a low mid type sound such as a lower temple block or something. also here's a big tip i picked up somewhere:

i have many pairs of sony 7506 headphones (picked them up years ago but don't really like them as much anymore- actually they kind of annoy me big time with their smiley face eq) and they needed replacement ear foam. i researched replacement parts from sony and they are $10 a pair for new ear pads. 's not bad, but in my search i found someone who had replaced theirs with Koss ear pads ($5 per pair directly from koss- took like 2 days shipping). now, i don't care about spending an extra $5 for the better ear pads but this person mentioned that the koss ones had much better isolation so i bought some. you know what? they were absolutely right and these ear pads are thicker, look all meaty and stuff, easily stick on with peel off adhesive, and have MUCH better isolation. highly recommended and they have different sizes so will probably fit other phones. maybe this tip will save some folks from buying new headphones just because of the pads or leakage. i do really like those senn 280's though, if i remember. i also have akg 240's, sony V6's (not 600) which are the same drivers as the 7506's, and some fostex T20's. for my mp3's and laptop remote work (composing, etc.) i use the little sony fontopia in ear jobs and REALLY like those little mamas ($40- great for airplanes as well cuz they block out a lot of outside noise- just make sure you try the different size ear pods to find the ones that fit you snugly for the best bass response)!

mckay