Your client may want to monitor at ear-bleed levels, but do you?If you have a system that you currently like and know well, why would you want to compromise that to satisfy one client to the potential detriment of all of your other clients?I'd be more tempted to get a kick-ass headphone rig that can do the punishing levels just for him...HTHCheers,Tim
he's my most successful
and loyal client
B) going above and beyond for my clients has kept me in business for the last 12 years
I don't think a pair of ATC 150's can be described as a 'detriment' to anyone, though I do want to hear other people's experience with mid field monitors in a room of my size so I can prepare myself as much as possible.
If in fact I find the adjustment too difficult I always have the option of setting up the 25s when he leaves and going about my business in the manner I've been used to.
As to Jim's point...that is indeed valid, until the point where the client wants you in the room with them to make changes at the ear bleed level. If your client wants you in the room during earbleeding playback, I still think the brutal headphones option is a valid approach.Best of luck.Cheers,Tim
Yes, I've used the cans, usually on the head during loud playback as ear protection. Sometimes I didn't even plug them in.
No client could pay me enough to damage my ears.
We always did guitar overdubs in the control room at "blistering levels". The guitar players loved it because with the right lighting we could make it feel like a "stage" experience and got some amazing performances that way.However, while the guitar player often liked it 112-118 in the control room -- me? not so much. We had large boxes of the E-A-R [squishy little yellow] earplugs so everyone else in the control room wasn't going to get injured. I also had a set of 28db "gunshot protectors" [the ones they use at target ranges] for me and the assistant. The "gunshot protectors" are great in that application as they're easy to get on and off your head when you need to communicate with the guitar player [and can be conveniently stored on your thigh].I had a session with a drummer once and he wanted this as well. But hey, it gets the art done.Seriously though, ear-bleeding levels aren't justifiable. Ear protection will always be a must!Peace