This is no doubt a function of my age, but I've begun to notice that I've lost a little hearing in my right ear. So, I'm running into trouble monitoring with headphones. I usually plug my phones directly into the deck that's getting the director's mix. I like to hear what he or she's going to hear on the CD that I will give them immediately after the performance.

I'm using ACID pro 5 to record my music. But when I'm recording i cant hear myself in my headphones... I can hear the beat, but not my voice... how do i do this

Hey guys,

I work in a theatre (ok, ok, I'm a lighting boy :D ), and out of curiosity I was just wondering if it is possible to hook up standard stereo headphones with a boom mic (separate jacks for audio in and mic out) to the "cans" system.

I'm starting a little laptop studio for electronic music. I will be recording vocals and guitar for loops as well. My room is basically a perfect square... and I can't do any renovations... do I just try to find some nearfields and get a correct placing for them... or use my pair of studio headphone moniters... (yep, I know about the various nearfield monitor myths... )

Those are the amps I can choose from in my local store:

Hi all,
I'm confusing myself trying to work out how to set up a headphone cue system for location recording, any advice on balanced/unbalanced connections would be great:

I'm making submixes in an RME Fireface, using two balanced outputs. I want to eventually connect these to the stereo jack input of an ART Headamp.

Maybe u use them in the studio?
I woudl liek to use them for live events, and i need to knwo what zou think is the best thing out there!
Also not to pricey? (e.g. Shure E5 :D )

So, Shure, sennheiser, Sonz, Akg?
Because i would like to use them live onlz in-ear odels are worth considering!

And if i am asking this at the wrong place, please excuse me!

I know this has been done to death but can anyone recommend a good, loud headphone amp. Or an alternative which will provide loud headphone mixes.

We're currently using a Beh****** Powerplay HA4000, and while this is adequate and provides the amount of separate mixes we need, it never seems to be loud enough. Particularly for the doom metal clients we seem to attract.

What is the different between audiophile headphone and studio headphone?

I am looking for a set of headphones. I need to use them for tracking - recording singing while listening to the playback over the phones. They need to have no leakage (as far as that's possible), but not at the expense of squeezing my brains out in the middle. Preferably lightweight, from materials that do not induce sweating. I may be having longer sessions than I would like to think.