Mixing in quiet places? Aka at home, late at night?

**nerve** · 05-26-2011, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Buffalo Ill

Depending on your mixer, you can pan your cueing to one side. Keep the main out in both sides of your headphones, and cue at a lower volume level in one side...

Right now I have the S4 which basically just allows me to have full cue and rotate all the way to full master on the same headphones.

**padi_04** · 05-26-2011, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by nerve

Are you basically just flicking the headphones from cue to 50/50 cue/monitor then to full monitor/out?

Kinda, not as drastic.

I had crappy or dying monitors during my early years and I feel comfortable this way, they always sound the same, no matter where I go.

**fullenglishpint** · 05-26-2011, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by BradCee

if no one complains, fuck it

This. I play here with mates until at least 2am most weekends before we go out. Gets pretty fucking loud but no one complains, so we keep going.

If someone did complain, we'd probably keep going too to be fair.....

**BradCee** · 05-26-2011, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

If someone did complain, we'd probably keep going too to be fair.....

if you can hear them knock on door/ring bell, it's not too loud

**guiltyblade** · 05-26-2011, 03:45 PM

Yeah I just mix in my headphones if I have to. But honestly you should practice mixing in your headphones anyways. its better that way. Some places have terrible monitors, or non at all. So mixing in headphones is a crucial skill to have imo.

**MrPopinjay** · 05-26-2011, 03:51 PM

Sometimes I mix with just my headphones on, generally when the girlfriend is being whiny. :P

I cue both channels and beatmatch like that and then switch to the master as I bring in the track.

No music for anyone else, just clack clack click clack click clack clack clack click click and dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

**nerve** · 05-26-2011, 04:23 PM

Thanks for the feedback. Didn't want to believe I was the only one who was doing this.

**Publicservice** · 05-26-2011, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by nerve

Thanks for the feedback. Didn't want to believe I was the only one who was doing this.

haha your not man. Im moving into a dorm finally in a few months and im hoping my room mate will be okay with the mixing thing or at least be on the same page musically.