Brennon Causey Mixing - Strobe 'GoneNew Take"

[SonicTramp]

* I mix with cans too. And yeah, in the beginning when I listened to my mixes in my Iphone cans they sounded horrible, everything was out of balance and weird. The trick is to know the short-coming of the headphone and compensate. It takes some time and some effort to do that. For example, when I brought the snare to where I could hear it clearly and sat nice in the mix using my AKG, it turned out super loud and cracky in my car and other monitors. I went back and worked only on the snare until it sounded good in my car. I listened back to the mix and try to remember where the snare sat in my cans. The next song I mixed I tried to bring the snare up just like in the other mix and it made some improvement. It took me roughly about 2 years for that. I am not smart, so I try to make up by working harder. And yeah, try to work on your listening skills. My dream is to be able to hear like the pros, to be able to pick out at what frequency and how much. That would be awesome! right? Well, "Dream on" (Aerosmith)

I used to use monitors at my old place before I lost it. This apartment is way to small and compact for them so I invested in these VSX headphones. I did have a pair of AKG q701 for a very long time that I used only for mixing. My friend also has ATH M50x that he lets me borrow(He is a DJ and doesn't require them much)I could get pretty good results listening back in my friends truck and making the right adjustments. With these headphones its kinda the same but there is ALOT more detail in everything and making slight EQ and compression adjustments is so obvious, I love it. Getting a snare to crack through and EQ'ing it to sit nice is very fun, and very easy. the only draw back to me, is the rooms don't quiet hold up in terms of compression or accuracy in what your feeling and what hearing vs what's actually playing, if that makes since. It's something to get used too. Its still very nice listening in the all the room models but my favorite room for mixing is on the Archon far feilds. Very big but accurate sound. The HQ Linear or Flat setting is the best. It is what I really start mixing everything with. I would love to be able to hear like the pros too, maybe one day we both get there? Ramble on! 

*Amen, to the last sentence! There is no maybe. if they can hear it, we can hear it. They put in many years to get there. So can we. Trust me on that. None of them were born with an EQ on one hand and a compressor on the other. But ALL of us were born with a pair of awesome ears. Practice makes perfect. I am a true believer in that. No one is special bc everyone is special . Cheers!