Can I survive with just monitors?

[renegadex]

My question is:

Do I really need headphones if I am not limited by my noise output (live in a house, no neighbors) ...In other words: can I mixdown well enough with just my monitors, and would headphones improve mixing and/or mastering?

(I've got a pair of RP6 monitors)

[mks]

Indeed you can renegadex, I'm sure you will survive.

Seriously though, just get to know those monitors well. Listen to a lot of music that you know well on them to train your ears to their frequency response and to your room's.

EZ

[renegadex]

Thanks for the quick response!

I've been using them for about two years now, so I've got used to producing on them.

Would I gain any advantage with headphones though?

[grooki]

Headphones give you a constant environment no matter what. But I use monitors only... Once you get used to them you know more or less what''s going on. I think it's always good to test out a mix down on a few different mediums.

I love saying this, but Breakage used to use (and might still use) PC speakers to produce is tracks. So in the end it's the artist not the equipment.

[tavravlavish]

I think joy orbinson said in an interview that he produced or was producing on pc speakers

[Basic A]

Headphones give you a constant environment no matter what. But I use monitors only... Once you get used to them you know more or less what''s going on. I think it's always good to test out a mix down on a few different mediums.

I love saying this, but Breakage used to use (and might still use) PC speakers to produce is tracks. So in the end it's the artist not the equipment.

Nah see one I read said he uses old 80s hifi he bought when he was young...

[nowaysj]

I fucking hate headphones.

[wormcode]

Headphones give you a constant environment no matter what. But I use monitors only... Once you get used to them you know more or less what''s going on. I think it's always good to test out a mix down on a few different mediums.

I love saying this, but Breakage used to use (and might still use) PC speakers to produce is tracks. So in the end it's the artist not the equipment.

Nah see one I read said he uses old 80s hifi he bought when he was young...

Yeah it was a hifi setup, I believe his dad's old one. He had posted a couple of pics on DOA/thegrid a few years back, and it was a bare budget setup. I'm sure that's changed by now, especially signed with digital soundboy etc. There's some vids of him working in a pretty massive studio around.

But of course you can not only survive with just monitors, you can go all the way if you got it in you.