Originally Posted by Heartbreaker
Originally Posted by Brian Hughes
Andrew Scheps & Fab Dupont discuss mixing with headphones.
Andrew Sheps gives you the answer here

Look him up if you want his list of credentials.

I finally got around to watching the video, and it was pretty fascinating. Nice to see a different perspective, from someone with a lot of experience and success mixing on headphones. I understand the general wisdom of mixing on monitors. But for me, it's just physically not an option at the moment.

For those of us in this situation, does anyone have any tips on how to make this work the best it can? The other night, I was mixing on my best pair of open-backed headphones, and it sounded good. I switched over to Airpods, and it sounded perhaps a little different, but overall still good. Then I listened in the car, and it was way off. And not just in the expected ways, such as more low end. The vocals were suddenly too prominent and the EQ on the guitar solo sounded totally different. I find the wild differences in different environments very frustration. Any tips for how to get a good, consistent mix that works everywhere, without monitors?

A lot of those issues can be resolved with an effective mastering chain. We start with a reference song that is analyzed by Ozone, not AI 😀, and then tweaking the suggested module chain to our satisfaction
on our kali monitors. Typically, we like the results on AirPods, HomePods, both vehicle systems and our living room system that includes a subwoofer. A big ole FWIW. Pardon the redundancy as I’ve previously mentioned some of this.

Bud

PS We very carefully pick the reference song, i.e., top production of the same genre, tempo, female vocals, desired vocal level and bass presence.

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