Member Dana Nielsen
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Ooh, great question, @Jon_Plett ! I have not personally tried those, but I hear about them all the time. Do you use them and love them?
I went ahead and made a new discussion thread here from your original reply… Hoping others will chime in with any cool ideas or reviews related to favorite headphones for mixing! 🎧
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Wound up making a quick lil vid today on the topic… chime in with any thoughts!
https://mixprotege.com/2023/09/14/brainworx-bx_clipper/
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Yo! I mostly use harmonic distortion tools (console plugins, tape plugins, some distortion plugins, etc) and haven’t really messed w the clipping plugins on the market but have been curious. Are those what you’re talking about? Any you’ve found usefull?
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@Garry , @dolph , @Chappy , and @EvB … I’m curious: any of u using “clipping” plugins in your mixing? Anything worth checking out? I had my eye on this Boz Little Clipper for a minute, but never pulled the trigger. Also just noticing Brainworks makes one that I bet is included in my Mega Bundle thingy with them. Maybe I’ll give that one a try first.
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@Jon_Plett 😂 😂 I forgot about that!!
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Heck yeah @JLEW – laptop speakers would be perfect to use as your “smalls”!
Regarding the distance from mix position factor … there does seem to be some extra insight gained from listening from across the room, even if just a few feet, and preferably not right in front of you. I don’t want to be seduced by top-end or bottom-end or stereo image while working on my smalls; I only want to be concerned with levels and balance, the general “power” and shape of the record. Placing those speakers away from me (off to the side or behind me perhaps) keeps me better focused on my small-speakers mission: Can I hear every fundamental note the bass is playing? Are my favorite melodic moments within the rhythm section still audible and conveying the same emotion as they do on the big speakers? Stuff like that.
If I had to break it down tho, I’d say simply having a set of small speakers to work with is 80-90% of the “smalls” equation for me. Getting them situated in mono and away from the listening position adds another 10-20% helpful information mojo magic. 🪄💫
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Right? Yeah, I’m stoked to try it out! I’ll prob hold off upgrading my PT software till I’m finished mixing a few current projects, but after that it is ON! I love the non-linear creative/writing/experimenting/arranging flow that Ableton does so well, and I do already have a solid Ableton->Pro Tools workflow (using Dante and Ableton Link), but I’ll be very curious to see if Sketch cracks open a new simpler path for me, bridging the gap between early “sketches” and finished productions.
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Hahahahahahahaha – bane of my (room) existence! I even have a custom “De-147Hz” clip fx button for it programmed on my soundflow streamdeck! 😂
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Wudup, @smoothygroove ! Yeah love Sound ID and the Sonarworks peeps! They actually came to my studio and did an interview a year or so ago. I’ve been a fan of theirs for years. Sorry to hear of your hearing woes. So glad you’ve found a good workaround! 💜. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Here’s that interview if anyone’s interested 🤘. Maybe I’ll add it to the blog page soon…
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Hahaha – same here! ✂
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Right? So handy and fun controlling transients, preserving mix headroom, and adding “loudness” and vibe all with one tool and a few knobs!
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Right on, Jon, thanks for ur insight on the Boz! Gonna check that out!
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ok gonna check those out thanks @Michael !
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Hahah – u know it! 🧹 And yeah, these things have Dolby ATMOS encoding and decoding built in, baby! 🔊
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😂😂😂😂😂😂 @CMN I literally took those pics thinking, “Charissa’s not going to like how dusty these are 😬”
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