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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hi had to work on some recordings while a building was build from ground up next to my office. This included driving huge metal planks into the ground. If I hadn‘t had my headphones (Bose QuietComfort 35 II) I wouldn‘t have been able to do my job.

So I would say, if it adds value/comfort to your routine, yes! If it‘s more a question of I‘d like to try because I can, do some testing first. I can only support what already was mentioned about latency and a neutral frequency band, which is hard to find with wireless. Read some reviews and (if possible) do some test listening in a store with your best known/favorite songs, to get a feeling for it.

In the end, you will adapt and know the strengths and weaknesses of your gear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also using the qc35II and had the same thing, building going up across the street and needed to get work done, i'd wear them through the day then in the evenings do some mixing on the monitors to balance stuff out.

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