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[cheddatom]

does the metronome have a high output or would I need something to re-amp it before headphones to use as a click for drums?

[Bs]

It depends how loud you're playing I guess. I've not tried it through earphones, but you can kind of hear what it's like here...



That's just through the speaker. I don't know how loud it is through the earphones, and might depend how loud you're playing. It's pretty simple but I think it's mainly meant as a practice thing.

[cheddatom]

i'll check it out later, ta

[milkybar=]]

Originally Posted by james90

What are some good headphones I can use for recording?

I have these sony headphones at the moment. They've worked well, but I've dropped them so many times that they're not working properly anymore the wire going up the side is also a bit mangled.

I've also got some sennheiser headphones somewhere... I think these

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HD280Pro/

Not sure what would be best. Any suggestions?

I think if you want something thats good for tracking and for mixing (as taboo'd as it may be), the audio-technica ath-m50 has a pretty flat frequency response, so thats seen as as good...for headphones

[haze015]

Originally Posted by milkybar=]

I think if you want something thats good for tracking and for mixing (as taboo'd as it may be), the audio-technica ath-m50 has a pretty flat frequency response, so thats seen as as good...for headphones

A truly flat frequency response with headphones would actually sound awful and would be impossible to mix with as lower frequencies require distance to be heard properly.

Beyer DT100/150's are pretty much industry standard for tracking. For mixing, Beyer Something 990's (I think) are popular, AKG K701/702 are others.

[Don'tPostThePear]

It's impossible to mix with headphones (it have all sorts of psycho and physical reasons but i dont wanna get into them), so choose something comfy for tracking. (then get some stereo monitors for mixing if you are serious, some yamaha ns10 (probs the most important speakers in the world) style speakers can go for cheap)
I recommended the Superlux (668b) for Chedda because he specified a low budget but with James's budget i would get something more expensive.

(btw you cant get a headphone with flat response, those guys are using speakers, so there is no market/demand for them)

[haze015]

NS10s are quite expensive for what they are these days. I think they are passive as well, so got to take into account an amplifier for them. You could be looking at ADAM A7X, Genelec 8030B, KRK VXT6/8 and so on for the same kind of money. Could even get a nice set of B&W CM1's for that kind of money if you're after a hi-fi setup.

[milkybar=]]

ok maybe i didnt word myself very well, i meant that they give the appearance of sounding flat... i've yet to try them myself, they're next on my headphone to-buy list, but their reputation is impressive. I think you can do a bare mix on headphones, nothing great, but never would i ever produce a final mix on headphones. the new adam F series of monitors looks pretty fun for the pennies!

[cheddatom]

this plug in would do the same job as the presonus unit I was on about on the previous page - making it possible to mix on headphones.

[haze015]

I demo'ed that before and can't say I was that sold on it.

[cheddatom]

interesting. I came accross it looking for the hardware unit I read about in tape-op. I still can't find that!

[Don'tPostThePear]

Originally Posted by Humphrey Goldenbollocks

I demo'ed that before and can't say I was that sold on it.

same

[Ben93]

What would anyone recommend as a decent delay pedal that has the best value for money? Basically really dont have the money to go looking around at the most expensive guitar pedals available so just one for a reasonable price that has a fairly good sound to it If there's any with tap tempo that would be a bonus but not really essential or anything

Also if anyone has experience using delay pedals with guitar and bass, would be helpful to know if they all sound equally good on either instrument or if there's any specific ones that work for both

[Cyfo_Diaz]

Can't not recommend the Marshall Echohead, mostly because its the only delay pedal I have but its got enough settings/features and they cost between £50-£60. Destroys batteries though (I think they all do tbh?) so using it with a psu is def recommended.

[haze015]

There's no such thing as a bad delay pedal.