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Is anyone (happy with) using wireless noise-canceling headphones/earplugs for audio production? (lemmy.ml)

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Heya! I’m thinking about purchasing wireless noise-canceling earplugs (e.g. the Sony WF-1000XM4 or Apple AirPods Pro), mostly for listening to music on the go. But I was also wondering whether there are any issues (aside from the latency one) when it comes to making music on the go with these headphones? I assume it’s generally possible to configure Ableton Live to use those Bluetooth headphones instead of the internal audio card? And there’s most probably a quite high latency, but I would probably be fine with that (at least in most mobile music production situations where I would just use the internal audio card of the MacBook Pro). Anyway, would love to hear experiences from people who did this!

Edit: I’m currently using Audio-Technica ATH-M50 X (mostly at home) and Shure SE-215 (mostly on the go). So especially with regards to the Shure earplugs I’m probably quite used to not having a super neutral listening experience already.

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[–] bellesondes 1 points 1 year ago

NC Headphones are good to have in your arsenal for testing purpose, in fact just like any monitoring setup, if you know your gear's response well and if you're skilled enough to anticipate how it will translate to other systems, it's a great tool to mix on.

I use a JBL 660 "entry level" NC headphone for A/B testing on a daily basis, it's a great tool to change monitoring context.