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8. Headphones and Monitors
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03:58 2Microphones for Video and Filmmakers
04:35 3Different Microphones and their uses
07:56 4Microphone Accessories
04:41 5Boom Operating Tips
03:21 6Microphone Accessories to Reduce Wind Noise
01:58 7Audio Interfaces and Examples
06:06 8Headphones and Monitors
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06:17 10Room Treatment Example
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06:15 12Introduction to Audacity
00:45 13Audio Recording Setup in Audacity
03:49 14How to Record Audio in Audacity
02:54 15Playback, Zoom, Undo + Saving in Audacity
04:15 16How to Export Audio out of Audacity
03:37 17Audacity's Essential Audio Editing Tools
08:07 18Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips
03:17 19Audacity's Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts
03:06 20Removing Background Noise Introduction
02:48 21Audacity's Noise Gate Effect
12:29 22Audacity's Noise Reduction Effect
11:15 23Introduction to Mixing and Processing Audio in Audacity
02:32 24A Brief Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect
10:35 25A Brief Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect
11:21 26Setting up an Effects Macro in Audacity
03:23 27Outboard Gear - The DBX 286s
05:26 28Thanks and Bye
00:12Lesson Info
Headphones and Monitors
Hi and welcome to this lecture. We'll be going to be looking at headphones and monitoring. So for headphones, you get two different types closed and open back headphones. So the majority of headphones will be closed back. So this is where there's no sound coming out of the back of the headphones, open headphones is where the sound also comes at the back of the headphones. These can be useful for some mixing situations. But if you want to record audio, then I definitely recommend getting closed back. Headphones, studio monitors and studio headphones are ideal as they don't have any built in EQ which adds color to the sound. However, if you have a pair of headphones or speakers that you're completely used to, then you can always mix on these as you know what they sound like. Let's now talk about reference tracks. I do recommend finding an audio example that you want your recording to sound like. So for example, if you're mixing a podcast, find another podcast that you want yours to sound...
like so regularly listen to it while you're mixing yours. So you know that your mix is always going to be in the right direction. It doesn't have to sound exactly the same. But using reference tracks is great for training your ears. I also recommend checking your audio on different systems. So whilst you're working on your audio and you've got it to a standard that you're happy with. It's worth checking this on different speakers. So make sure you check your audio on three different types, one mini set of speakers, for example, a bluetooth speaker for your phone, one standard set of hi fi speakers and also your built in computer or phone speakers, different speakers sound different. So if your mix sounds good on all of these different varying types, then it will probably sound great everywhere. OK? So that's just a quick overview of headphones and speakers. I hope you found this lecture useful and I'll see you in the next one.
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