I have a hybrid drum setup: real drums with the Silent Stroke heads and triggers mounted to them, along with real cymbals. I run the triggers to a Roland brain, and have mics on the cymbals. I run everything thru a mixer and then to headphones.
The problem is that even though the headphone I have are pretty good about rejecting outside sound, I still hear a muffled tone from the cymbals. Thus I find myself needing to turn up the overall volume loud enough in my headphones (which has a nice clear mix of drums and cymbals) loud enough to overcome the muffled ambient cymbal tone bleeding in the headphones. Over time, that is taking a toll on my ears.
I figured that getting some "high fidelity" ear plugs, the ones which reduce overall volume while keeping the frequency fairly flat might help. I though if I wear those while also having the headphones on, it would reduce the ambient sound of the cymbals even further, allow me to turn up the overall headphone volume enough to compensate, and have a nice clear mix ultimately.
I tried the Hearos high fidelity model, and they actually worked as I stated above. My only problem is that I would like even more db reduction than those provided. It looks like the Eargasm brand provide a little more reduction than the Hearos does. But they are 3 times the price too. Anyone have any experience with Eargasm?
The problem is that even though the headphone I have are pretty good about rejecting outside sound, I still hear a muffled tone from the cymbals. Thus I find myself needing to turn up the overall volume loud enough in my headphones (which has a nice clear mix of drums and cymbals) loud enough to overcome the muffled ambient cymbal tone bleeding in the headphones. Over time, that is taking a toll on my ears.
I figured that getting some "high fidelity" ear plugs, the ones which reduce overall volume while keeping the frequency fairly flat might help. I though if I wear those while also having the headphones on, it would reduce the ambient sound of the cymbals even further, allow me to turn up the overall headphone volume enough to compensate, and have a nice clear mix ultimately.
I tried the Hearos high fidelity model, and they actually worked as I stated above. My only problem is that I would like even more db reduction than those provided. It looks like the Eargasm brand provide a little more reduction than the Hearos does. But they are 3 times the price too. Anyone have any experience with Eargasm?