Douglas Carmichael

I'm considering getting involved in the forthcoming Internet radio
station at my college as a DJ/producer, but I'm concerned about the
threat to my hearing from DJing... From most of the posts I have read
on the LAB, DJs need 2x-3x the monitor/headphone volume to beatmatch
as there is FOH volume. (I've read stories of 2 x DeltaMax/1 x MTL2 a
few feet from the DJ on either side used as DJ monitors.)

Do you really NEED that much monitor volume to DJ/perform live
electronic music well? (I shudder to think of having a DeltaMax, PS15,
or ANY PA cabinet that close to your ear.)

--Douglas

G M

I set my headphone volume very low for mixing. It all comes down to
personal preference, noise cancellation of the headphones themselves, and
cueing options on the mixer. Regardless of how loud or quiet you set your
headphones, you will experience some level of hearing loss if you DJ long
enough. Whatever you do protect your hearing with good quality, flat
response earplugs.

G M
"Douglas Carmichael" <dcarmich@ourservers.net> wrote in message
news:9c377da2.0404120719.510fe50a@posting.google.c om...
> I'm considering getting involved in the forthcoming Internet radio
> station at my college as a DJ/producer, but I'm concerned about the
> threat to my hearing from DJing... From most of the posts I have read
> on the LAB, DJs need 2x-3x the monitor/headphone volume to beatmatch
> as there is FOH volume. (I've read stories of 2 x DeltaMax/1 x MTL2 a
> few feet from the DJ on either side used as DJ monitors.)
>
> Do you really NEED that much monitor volume to DJ/perform live
> electronic music well? (I shudder to think of having a DeltaMax, PS15,
> or ANY PA cabinet that close to your ear.)
>
> --Douglas

Aeris

On 12 Apr 2004 08:19:17, Douglas Carmichael wrote:
> Do you really NEED that much monitor volume to DJ/perform live
> electronic music well? (I shudder to think of having a DeltaMax, PS15,
> or ANY PA cabinet that close to your ear.)

I don't use a real lot - normally just enough to beatmatch. Also, if you
have a cue mix on the mixer you can use it to bleed in a little bit of
the program signal which can help.

Since you're talking about djing in a radio studio, you'll need next to
nothing, probably only the studio's monitors will be enough. Mind you,
you don't have a PA then to drown out any mistakes. ;-)

Aeris.

Lee Smyth

Pardon?

"G M" <greggm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:cGCec.4188$vF3.585112@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> I set my headphone volume very low for mixing. It all comes down to
> personal preference, noise cancellation of the headphones themselves, and
> cueing options on the mixer. Regardless of how loud or quiet you set your
> headphones, you will experience some level of hearing loss if you DJ long
> enough. Whatever you do protect your hearing with good quality, flat
> response earplugs.
>
> G M
> "Douglas Carmichael" <dcarmich@ourservers.net> wrote in message
> news:9c377da2.0404120719.510fe50a@posting.google.c om...
> > I'm considering getting involved in the forthcoming Internet radio
> > station at my college as a DJ/producer, but I'm concerned about the
> > threat to my hearing from DJing... From most of the posts I have read
> > on the LAB, DJs need 2x-3x the monitor/headphone volume to beatmatch
> > as there is FOH volume. (I've read stories of 2 x DeltaMax/1 x MTL2 a
> > few feet from the DJ on either side used as DJ monitors.)
> >
> > Do you really NEED that much monitor volume to DJ/perform live
> > electronic music well? (I shudder to think of having a DeltaMax, PS15,
> > or ANY PA cabinet that close to your ear.)
> >
> > --Douglas
>
>