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Protect Your Hearing While You Still Can
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:05 am
by mrhope
Seriously, you'll want to read this whole article whether your serious about music production or not:
http://mixonline.com/basics/education/a ... own_noise/
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:35 am
by DFRNT
You'll want to make it work properly, before we can mate - something has truncated the link.
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:54 am
by Steve AC23
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:49 pm
by konkanok
dark styles.
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:37 pm
by evol g
Big up! Thanks for the link!
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:20 pm
by roqqert
too much text for me whats it about ?
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:45 pm
by djshiva
bumping this because it oughta be a sticky. protecting your hearing is just too important when music is your love.
i have a friend who had to stop djing because of drastic hearing loss. i don't want that to be me...or anyone else.
All gone Pete Tong
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:27 am
by amillionstylez
On the protect your hearing note anyone seen It's All Gone Pete Tong? Hilarious.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:30 am
by tempest
haha yer i got that movie the other day...
But yer serious shit hearing, recommend anyone who loves music to read it and co-sign on this being sticky, very important info that is obvious but often overlooked
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:50 am
by thesis
Yeah, sticky is a good idea... hearing loss is my worst fear, and is a real threat to musicians/music lovers!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:13 am
by whineo
Right thats it - definately getting some custom earplugs
Which noise reduction filter would people suggest - 9, 15 or 25dB?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:56 pm
by mrhope
Whineo wrote:Right thats it - definately getting some custom earplugs
Which noise reduction filter would people suggest - 9, 15 or 25dB?
I'd suggest at least 25 dB of attenuation. Anything else probably isn't enough to bring your ears out of the danger zone (around 90 dB and above). Really 90 dB is already pretty high.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:12 am
by konfusion
good read thanks for the link!
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:47 pm
by misk
i was worried, but then i found out i could hear up to atleast 17kHz. seeing as how usually people over 18-20 cant hear above 15k or so, im pretty happy.
im super paranoid about hearing loss tho... go figure.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:59 pm
by FSTZ
WHAT???
I cant hear you!!
whaddya say sonny????
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:30 pm
by Onespark
Thanks good one. I always sit around and work on music at a fairly low volume level then bump it loud to check it...then turn it back down an keep going. My neighbor is a battle DJ and I swear he is gonna be deaf... he has no clue and has damaged my hearing bumpin the volume up full blast on all ten of his speakers, droppin records without turnin it down first, bumpin the needle, just bad DJ manners in general.... I wont even go scratch over at his place anymore because his hearing is fu*!ed to the point he does not even know what he is doing to others in the room... I don't think he can tell when his mixes and cuts are waaaay off unless its +50,000DB ...don't be that guy. We made a scratch CD and he mixed it down...sounds like POOOP! I am probably F'd after 17 years of DJing in clubs and raves and theaters but I used to carry little ear plugs with me if Im gonna go listen to DRC for four hours at a wharehouse with giant stacks or whatever. Thank goodness they make some pretty sweet hearing aids these days. hearing rant complete...
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:27 pm
by juffajo
anyone know where you can get some cheap-ish ear-plugs that you can wear at uber-loud raves that don't make you look like an utter chief?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:56 pm
by jah pat
^this. Anyone??????
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:12 am
by relik
You can get some good ear plugs here:
http://www.etymotic.com
I have a set of the cheap ones and they work great.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 11:55 pm
by edwin katzer
*bump*
this should be stickied!
