4 Tips for Dealing With Ear Fatigue

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[@sixthfloormemories1566]

This applies 100% to my situation. Should have taken better breaks during production of my latest two songs. Months later I realise I worked inefficiently and could have saved time with proper breaks. The takeaway for me is to plan breaks and have clear goals with each session. Do that and don't mess about aside from that. This is helping me a lot currently and will ensure Fabio doesn't have to 'fix it in the mix' when I'll send it to him when it's done haha.

[@wassuppeeps]

I am so gobsmacked by this. For years I would finish a mixing/recording session always dissatisfied with my tracks not sounding bright or clear enough. When I would revisit these at another time I would always notice they sound so much better. Knowing that this is a thing is definitely going to boost my morale when I come to the end of a session and make me more efficient

[@BainesLiu]

This is just what I'm dealing with lately, thank you so much for the tips man!

[@OvedAYDIN]

Great advices. Thank you bro. Peace ♥️

[@aliranesh9036]

I think listening to a loop over and over again is what makes me tired i think we should listen to our loop when its needed

[@NoizeLondon]

I don’t disagree with that!

[@ThemisGeorgoudis]

Great video very useful!

[@peterjonassen5107]

you the best youtuber!!

[@THEdavidschockett]

Thanks for this! I would also differentiation between breaks from sound altogether and breaks from the one mix you're working on - like I find it really important to take a quick break from my mix and listen, even just for a few seconds, to a released track I know and love to reset my ears, and ALSO take the full breaks you refer to here.

[@tonycarpenter-Makzimia]

One of the hardest things to do, just walk away for a bit, when you're ploughing through :). Good advice, as usual.

[@djjayem100]

Whats your say on swapping from monitors to headphones and vice versa in order to get a balanced mix in both? Some sounds are more noticeable at times/too much in headphones but through the monitors sounds fine. I use KRK RP5'S AND HD25's so the bass is usually much louder in headphones as the rp5's lack sub range. Is it recommended to do this?

[@anantwashere]

THANK YOU.

[@yungbliseuz7462]

brh love ya videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@HadesZerox]

thanks so much

[@NoizeLondon]

:)

[@daren.t.housse2121]

Good one Fabio 👍👍👍 and I did say switch to T 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shdwskrm5820]

Thanks ❤️

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks for watching !

[@matthodges]

I like using open backed headphones, and find my monitors not great TBH - at least in combination with no accoustic treatment, not having that much flexibility over how to position them. I'll take on board your point about volume though. Depends what I'm doing to some extent as to which I use. And everything about breaks is a good reminder. I don't know why it's so hard to get the basics right sometimes. Thanks, Fabio!

[@renaud2221]

For long session with headphones, I use waves Nx plug in. That’s create binaural speaker and hide the big pressure of the sound on each hear. When you turn head, with help of your webcam, it turn the perception. And I use open headphones too, let the sound of the room enter and that a lot for long sessions.

[@prod.by.sixteen6825]

thanks for idea

[@marcalxirau7366]

You're the best! Thank you for everthing!

[@LevphonicMusic]

Love thy ears...

[@pratikdudhbade2345]

Yes i have over ear headphones and they really cause pain most of the time

[@albertohilsaca9757]

Any advice for producer/dj's to protect ears while djing or in a club? Are there any next gen earplugs im not aware of?

[@DJ.Shrimp]

www.etymotic.com/consumer/hearing-protection/erme.html - you need to go to a audiologist to get them fitted. Custom molds for $210 where I am at - so cheap to save your hearing. Last for years and years.

[@MrMusik111]

Hi there! Noobie quesrion: Wheb record my guitar on reaper and make loops, every time y add either another guitar track or any other instrument, it starts to sound worse. Kind of like distorted, or clipping, I don’t know the right term. What do i have to do? Compression? Eq? Both? Lower volume?

[@HenrySkye1]

It sounds like your input gain is a bit too high on your audio interface so it’s clipping as it’s being recorded. Try turning that down so it doesn’t go into the red, so the DAW channel gain -6db as a good place to start, cause you can always decrease the audio file in the DAW later

[@LightWthoutTheStatic]

I will also recommend that you also be very very careful with your monitor mixes. I made a dumb mistake of removing a pad on a channel while wearing some headphones and let's just say I will forever be excessively careful to fader up new mix elements. Feedback can be dangerous.

[@ShankhJaiswal]

Can you make a video on how to take care of ears

[@danji9485]

yes this needs to happen

[@victorszamardage8941]

man when i do a track i work everyday ( give 16 hours break after every sesh) . after i finish it i rest 1-2 days and start another. But i think before i had monitors i damaged my ears with headphones. now my ears getting tired and sometimes even getting disturbed from little sound from tv etc. i also have a high pitched buzzing sound always in my ears. What should i do do you think ?

[@NoizeLondon]

keep those volumes down my friend :) and take more breaks - every 30 mins!! force yourself to do it

[@danielmendez3098]

cheer mate

[@mattbmichaelis]

I appreciate your awareness and efforts here, and it's a great video, but none of these tips are helping in my situation and I just need to see a doctor. I don't have tinnitus but my ears are extra sensitive; only when I mix. It's at the point where I need to wear earplugs in normal life so that I can mix in my spare time. And I'm not overdoing it - maybe an hour or two a day? My speakers are six feet away and I keep them less than 50 dB at all times (I used to be about 60-70 dB). I have no idea what the issue is and really hope that a doctor can help me out.

[@tawseef8755]

Hey, i am kinda facing same situation right now, i have been actively watching classes, now although i always keep the speaker at 50% volume, i do have tinnitus and feeling a listening fatigue....what to do bro?

[@mattbmichaelis]

@@tawseef8755 this was a long time ago. Unfortunately the answer for me was I took about a year off from mixing. Now I do less projects; before i was doing it every day. Doing it less helped a lot. My ears have healed a lot. But I would never be able to do it that much as I was before.

[@hugojj101]

I don't even know whast sound is anymore and yet, every part of me still wants to blast my session into my head like I'm actually gonna know what to do with the bastard. haha awh man, it's actually the worst kind of pain. XD aaaa

[@JamesRamboPearce]

Some people suggest mixing really quiet, and if he sounds good quiet it'll sound better loud? Not that I ever so this 😅😅

[@danji9485]

just gotta *crank* down the knob to -64 db and then spend hours trying to mix while barely hearing shit and then CRANK the volume back up

[@kingj_137mc3]

God have mercy on u through Christ

[@slickonthebeat22]

As soon as he said “take care of these bad boys” I put the volume down lol

[@NoizeLondon]

Good choice haha

[@iluniev]

right.. Imma go grab some snacks and take a break

[@needleinmyback]

same bro