You then create your mix through this monitor EQ (the monitor EQ is NOT part of the final mix). Because my ears have been trained to see my headphones as “neutral” it still reveals a useful perspective to me.Īs most people’s auditory memory is terrible, I am a big believer in the technique of listening to recordings of music you like through your system, and then adjusting a separate monitoring EQ so that these recordings sound the way you want them to (mostly adjustments of bass and treble). It’s like it offers another perspective in a different space, essentially like using a second set of reference speakers. Plugins like NX or ARS are like icing on the cake for me while using headphones. Of course rooms themselves can contribute significantly to huge peaks or dips, which is why a good set of headphones would always be the preferred method for me in that particular situation. It’s all about points of reference, and if your ears become accustomed to hearing all music on it, than that effectively trains the ear into how things “should” sound.
I’d also like to see a bigger selection of headphone calibrations as well.Īlthough, I also follow the school of thought that as long as you have decent set of speakers that are relatively flat and without any hype of huge dips in its frequency response, then as long as you’re familiar with how music sounds on it in general, then it’s enough to get the job done. I like your different monitor suggestions for NX.