There have been a couple of posts about the use of headphones as monitors when recording direct. There are different opinions regarding this, but what really started to convince me was what Cliff said in one of the posts:
Because there's no string and body reinforcement. When you play through speakers the sound couples into the guitar body and strings. With headphones you don't get this so the sound is very sterile and lifeless.
The sterile and lifeless sound is just what I experience when using headphones. I've never understood why there would be such a huge difference between headphones and real monitors, because I thought the only purpose was to represent what is being recorded. But if I understand correctly, the monitors actually play a big part in the recording by affecting the guitar body and strings?
This could actually start to make sense, but I also have some other side effects when using headphones. I can get pretty decent rhythm tones through headphones, but lead tones are just 100% impossible for me. Even if I use a lot of gain, the higher strings are just not there. It's really hard to play, and they also sound very harsh and thin. I've experimented a lot with the PEQ, but it doesn't help. Is this also something that would be better if using real monitors? Also, I've tried to record using the Atomic cab as monitor, but the result is not any better. I didn't play very loud so I guess I need to have the volume quite high and have the cab face the guitar etc?
I've tried to find more info about this, but I guess I suck at googeling.
Thanks.
Because there's no string and body reinforcement. When you play through speakers the sound couples into the guitar body and strings. With headphones you don't get this so the sound is very sterile and lifeless.
The sterile and lifeless sound is just what I experience when using headphones. I've never understood why there would be such a huge difference between headphones and real monitors, because I thought the only purpose was to represent what is being recorded. But if I understand correctly, the monitors actually play a big part in the recording by affecting the guitar body and strings?
This could actually start to make sense, but I also have some other side effects when using headphones. I can get pretty decent rhythm tones through headphones, but lead tones are just 100% impossible for me. Even if I use a lot of gain, the higher strings are just not there. It's really hard to play, and they also sound very harsh and thin. I've experimented a lot with the PEQ, but it doesn't help. Is this also something that would be better if using real monitors? Also, I've tried to record using the Atomic cab as monitor, but the result is not any better. I didn't play very loud so I guess I need to have the volume quite high and have the cab face the guitar etc?
I've tried to find more info about this, but I guess I suck at googeling.
Thanks.