Focal vs HEDD?? | Vodkast 26

In this episode of the Vodkast, we tackle a range of topics from Ozone confusion, Adam vs Focal, Lewitt vs Shure and so much more!!
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TOC:
00:00 Intro
1:52 What Song?
3:13 Best Classical Guitar Mic
8:07 Soothe2 for De-essing
10:45 Focal vs HEDD
15:39 Ozone Overload
18:41 Ozone Confusion
21:21 Lewitt vs SM7B
24:49 New Adam Review?
29:00 - Outro
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[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Hooray! 🍸

[@GamingPoliz1]

13:59, I had no idea you could "close" the ports on the HEDD monitors! There is this mixing/mastering engineer argument about sealed vs ported monitors, (idea for a future video if you like). The argument is that fundamentally sealed monitors are more accurate, compared to ported monitors. But the counter argument is 1) that they are usually comparing HS8s/Rokit 8s (all studio monitors of that price bracket) to the likes of a Neumann KH 310 A , which cost 2500USD just for one, 2) that you can't get good sealed monitors for the same price as the HS8s/Rokit 8s (and all other brands that do studio monitor at this price bracket) and 3) at the price point of the Numman KH 310 A, ported monitors are just as accurate.
With the HEDD monitors, you essentially have both!

[@danieloherrick6332]

The Focal Shape series doesn't have ports.

[@lawinter1949]

I have had a similar latency issue with ozone. I have started using a free limiter called limiter no.6 and Kclip because they are low latency so I can still make changes to my productions at any point in the process. On final mixes I will usually slap on smart limit for that last polish but I am even having issues with that because I often don’t like how it changes the tone of the master.

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

It sucks that they don't let us have the "Set a vibe" option for people who PURCHASE it. It's like our money's no good... not to mention the aforementioned confusion. 🤷‍♂

[@donuts_are_good]

Hey