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Hi! My name is Jesus Cardoso, and I’m going to explain the differences on how we should
monitor the music in different sources. For example, here in this room my monitors are
these. They’re able to produce old frequencies and spectrum, so now and then I like to check
my mix through the headphones. The headphones allow you to a much better image of the stereo
panorama and it’s also in different reference. You never know what you’re listeners are
going to be listening into, so it’s always best to mix in different and varied speakers.
In the tracking room, the headphones are a must. When all your microphones are set, they
will actually pick up every single thing that is happening and sounding in the room. So
you cannot have the microphone pick up the voice of your singer, as well as picking up
the whole music again. That’s why everyone uses headphones; that way, the music stays
in your ears and not in the microphone. When you’re mixing all your work, which is basically
putting all the tracks together, leveling them, putting EQ and compression, you want
to have a good solid reference. This is a main studio monitor. The purpose is to give
you a clear and accurate image of how the music is sounding without embellishing or
putting any color or effects. This will basically give me exactly what’s recorded into the
song.