When I can't hear myself through the headphones, I just push one earcup off my ear a little.
But buying lots of gear is cool too I guess.
They don't have a mic/line option under the input settings tab at the top within the software?AHH!! i didn't see my computer now has a usb audio to focusrite option Perfect have stereo now... if only i would read the manual
And my mic inputs are analog 3-6 and don't have a line/inst option
You can. You would have to enable live input monitoring in your DAW first. Then you would hear both the DAW playback and the direct monitoring through FC. You can mute the direct signal (or single out the Software Playback (DAW) slider) and just listen to what the DAW is "spitting back out". In that scenario, you would want super low latency so there isn't a big delay from when you hit something and when the DAW processes the EQ/Compression/Reverb and sends it back out through your outputs. Hope that makes sense.I'm gonna play with mic placement and settings, will figure it out.. one quick question. If i start playing with a daw and eq/compression on the computer will it play what the daw is doing through the monitor ports on the 18i20?
I started out always using in-ears from the absolute get-go, so I don't know what it's like to go from playing with nothing in your ears to monitoring drums with headphones. I know that for other things like mixing or bass playing, unless the cans are super tight, you lose a quite a bit of detail and volume with over the head headphones. In-ears are like a direct signal so you can preserve all the details, but I understand you mentioned some ear issues that prevent you from using them. I'm sure you'll be able to keep fooling with things to get it to a comfortable place for you. It takes time. Especially with a new endeavor like this, frustration is a part of the gig hahaThanks.. so far i abosulutely hate playing like this.. but i'm working on it.. it's like having half your hearing cut off.. can't hear little stuff or cymbals decaying at all.. Amost wondering if it's these ultraphones they seem to be missing all highs on everything..
If everything is set up properly, you should hear everything very clearly. Even your shoe rubber squeaking on the pedal.can't hear little stuff or cymbals decaying at all.
If everything is set up properly, you should here everything very clearly. Even your shoe rubber squeaking on the pedal.
I meant you should be hearing every sound from the mics very clearly, and you should be able to easily deafen yourself using your setup. It seems to me your signal is attenuated. If it’s the GK headphones, then that’s a different problem.I just emailed GK and will see what they say... My old junk headphones i can hear everything much clearer they just don't isolate near enough..
I meant you should be hearing every sound from the mics very clearly, and you should be able to easily deafen yourself using your setup. It seems to me your signal is attenuated. If it’s the GK headphones, then that’s a different problem.
Have you used the GK ‘phones on your phone, computer or stereo to verify they are working properly?Yeah, i'm going to try my old headphones with this setup when i get home.. i didn't consider it til i was done playing around last night..
And yeah.. to get decent volume i'm having to turn the volume all the way up on the monitor port on the 18i20.. so something isn't right (i don't mean like motorhead volume...just a good decent level)
Have you used the GK ‘phones on your phone, computer or stereo to verify they are working properly?
how's your input gain looking? Like the knobs on the front of the interface for each mic channel? It all depends on the mic and sometimes having them at about 1-4 o' clock might be necessary to feed a decent signal. cause every interface as a different 'curve'Yeah, i'm going to try my old headphones with this setup when i get home.. i didn't consider it til i was done playing around last night..
And yeah.. to get decent volume i'm having to turn the volume all the way up on the monitor port on the 18i20.. so something isn't right (i don't mean like motorhead volume...just a good decent level)
how's your input gain looking? Like the knobs on the front of the interface for each mic channel? It all depends on the mic and sometimes having them at about 1-4 o' clock might be necessary to feed a decent signal. cause every interface as a different 'curve'
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Seeing that your headphones are based off of the Sony MDR7506's, I can empathize with the low volume issue. Looking up reviews, everyone says that they are "easy to drive" but I've always had to nearly max out my volumes with them on any interface/device. Only difference is mine have eardrum slicing highs which makes sense why GK shaved some off cause jeez
I am still new to recording but I'm pretty 80% of your drum sound comes from the overheads. I would say that's normal for any mic as close mics don't contribute very much on their own, but when mixed in with the overheads, they give you a fuller sound.So it's getting better.... getting used to this setup, right now i have the 18i20 running into FL studio which has helped a ton.. i wish i could find a template for drums with the most common plugins and such already in there.. i don't know from compression and all that yet
So.. my far away sound issue is i think the overheads fighting right my close mics.. working on that..
My question today is about the SM57, i think i may have a bad one? to get decent output from this mic i'm havint to turn it to just barely under where it start clipping it's like it has a very low output. Is this normal for a 57? my overheads are giving me at least 3x the snare sound than the 57 that is 1 inch from the drum..