I have the closed headphones he talked about, but recently bought the ones from Cloud Vocal he talks about as well, and they're my absolute favorite headphones to use. I couldn't be happier, and highly recommend the Cloud Vocal headphones.
I have a set of Bose Noise Cancelling headphones that are wireless (Bluetooth). I haven't had any noticeable latency. I use Audacity, and set the mic latency using the headphones for the sound source. Latency is within a few msecs of the calibration with wired studio monitors (221 ms). I can use the Bose headphones wire-connected as well, which allows the noise-canceling to be turned off if you want to hear a bit more of the live sax sound.
One thing Nigel didn't mention is the importance of hearing yourself when recording. Yes, you can turn on the monitor function and hear your sax as the microphone hears you but I also like to hear myself. For that reason, I think closed-back headphones are hard to use. Maybe it's just that I have to get used to relying on hearing myself through the monitor? I use Bose wired ear buds without noise cancellation. I find they let in just enough ambient sound so I can hear me.
Good point Ken. However if you are recording with a DAW like GarageBand or Logic Pro, you can control how much of your sax you can hear through the headphones.
Thanks, I should probably get some wired headphones whenever I start more high quality records. Speaking of, besides the wireless microphone do you know any good microphones I can use for my own recordings? Nothing specific for Sax just for that and record other instruments and vocals.
There are loads of options and it really depends on your budget and which instruments you want to record. Here are a couple of my favourites: saxschoolonline.com/articles/saxophone-microphone-rode-vs-akg/
Hello, I noticed with in ear headphones a very inconvenient "boost" with some frequencies in my ears. The effect was stronger when the earbuds stuck tightly in my ears and less when they were sitting loose. Do you have some advice for that? Thanks for your videos!! Andreas
Interesting question Andreas - I think it depends on the brand / model of the in ear headphones. I find the CloudVocal ones to sound pretty good overall - more bass than other brands I’ve used but no surprises in there.
