5 errors to avoid when mixing with headphones

We use headphones when we make music, although we usually recommend not mixing them. Here I introduce five errors you need to avoid when mixing with headphones.

Use wired headphones
If you're mixing with a wireless headset, or if one headset allows both wired wireless connections, you'd better choose a wired connection. This has nothing to do with latency, and more often than not, wireless headphones are compressed when recording and listening. Because the bandwidth requirements of the WAV and AIF formats are too high, even better Bluetooth headsets use encoders to compress audio. Of course encoders are useful and can't hear much for most listeners, but your mix will be compressed and will cause a variety of high-frequency, low-frequency traps that will make the whole mix sound a little less shiny. So be sure to use wired headphones.

Do not use in-ear headphones
In-ear headphones are better suited to testing the effect after the masterband, but you should also test the effect on other types of devices. But for mixing, the dynamic range it provides is completely unreliable unless you spend a particularly large amount of money on professional in-ear headphones. It is recommended to wear ear-mounted headphones or headsets for long-term mixing, with special ear cushions. Also, if you need to stand up or keep moving around, the phone line headphone cord is even better.

Pay attention to stereo issues
Judging the stereo's image and position on the headset and the sound is very different. The sound on the headset is emitted directly from each ear, and the sound is not so concentrated. Any sound and video operation on the headset sounds particularly obvious, and the problem is that your work will certainly be checked on the stereo, so the results may differ from those on the headset.

Understand the upper limit of the headset
Just like the stereo, the headphones have their own characteristics. Maybe one headset sounds like a heavy bass in a car, while the other one sounds more mid-frequency. These are all factors you need to take into account when using headphones, and you need to make up for them when mixing. Open headphones provide a finer mix because their low frequencies are no longer inside the earcuffs, although the resulting sound leakage problems may not be appropriate for recording.

You know what I'm going to say...
There is no doubt that the mix must be checked on the listening sound. If you know what you're doing, you might be able to achieve 90 with a good pair of headphones, but it's not a good choice to send him out when you're done. It may sound good on the stereo, but it must change something to make it sound better on other devices. Of course, these are the jobs done in the masterband, as well as during the mixing phase. Of course you can also make a master belt on the headset, but when you're done you have to check it on the stereo.