My right ear

[JamieBall]

Keeps making this odd popping/scrunching noise at random times.

My left one is pretty much doomed I think through years of splinteringly loud headphone monitoring :-S

Got to have at least ONE ear ! Was just wondering if anyone else had the same thing. It's like bubble wrap bursting or something, kinda unnerving LOL

I should probably go to the doctors but meh, should I just fire a cocktail stick in there as hard as it'll go ?

[module]

it might be your gains.. maybe lol

seriously though, go see about it man.. if you lose that ear.. f**k.. i mean, no more stereo ??? get it sorted sir :)

[module]

ive been a bit anal about my ears over the years & staying away from really bad pa's that get pushed too much.. i reckon my lugs are well bent, but not as bad as some i know..yet.

[JamieBall]

ive been a bit anal about my ears over the years & staying away from really bad pa's that get pushed too much..

I, on the other hand, have not :-(

Need to get some pro earplugs, but I've already spent about £300 on them in the past and I lost them both times within about an hour.

I got my shit ON LOCK, ya hear ?

Aye, I'm gonna go register with a doctor tomorrow. Can't wait to get a cold/flu off all the snivelling bams in the waiting room LOL

[Mucky Beats]

wow ive got exactly the same thing in my left ear !!... it just kinda pops and is kinda like when you go thro a tunnel and sends one side of my head bit num ... it sends me nuts... about 3 months ago i got tinitus which dont help me either ive finally started using my ear plugs which give me a 15 db drop...but there useless to mix with for me as i need stuff to be 100% clear and loud... and so finally i have found a company that do all the major music people and racing car inear plug headphones... gunna set me back £500 but the moulded to my ears and cut out all outside sound and just send me the signal from the mixer...this means im gunna have to learn to mix just thro the mixer with the cue crossed over with the master but at least it means i control all sound going in my ears... does anyone else mix like this as its been driving me mad the damage ive done to my ears and i see this as on option ..unless anyone else has any advise ?

[JamieBall]

wow ive got exactly the same thing in my left ear !!... it just kinda pops and is kinda like when you go thro a tunnel and sends one side of my head bit num ...

Exactly it !

I've had RIPPING tinnitus for years, totally used to that now to the point of not really noticing it. It's real ****ing annoying when u first get it, used to piss me right off lying in bed listening to the varying, wavering hissing/grind LOL.

But aye, this poppin' pressure thing is a lot more gay.

[DannyBlack]

does anyone else mix like this as its been driving me mad the damage ive done to my ears and i see this as on option ..unless anyone else has any advise ?

I do.



I had a lot of operations when I was a nipper on me ears. Occasionally I get the bubble wrap sensation too, but it usually just turns out to be a build up of wax. Best thing to do is get the ears cleaned out by the docs, it is a bit uncomfortable but it works.

[Numeric]

could just be bad earwax, then again...

i'm totally on top about my ears nowadays, don't have the iPod headphones on loud any more and stay as clear of the speakers as possible when i'm at a club, can't be doing with tinnitus

[JamieBall]

It was wierd when it came on though, there was a ripping pulse/buzz through my brain and I went TOTALLY DEAF for about 1 or 2 seconds, then loadsa bubblin and both ears came back on - the right one totally dead to high freqs :-S

Thought about the wax thing (i've had 'em done b4) but this ain't the same feeling, and I don't think u can get a wax landslide all of a sudden - though I remain open to convincing.

**** it, off down the docs to see what's what.

[Numeric]

hope it's not too serious man, although from what you're sayin it's not lookin good

[Mucky Beats]

deffo go docs man.. everytime i go there like stop djing nowt we can do hahaha ! im like nice one !

yeh im not sure its wax will go get um cleared again...but ive had that done at doctors b4 a few times years ago and im not sure its that as it always comes on back end of too much loud music and like 2 nights ago it had gone and i went on decks and now its back...can wax really move from the sound of the music??

danny are you saying that you do mix just in headphones or that you had advise hehe??

its just im unsure if gettin these inear things im gunna waste £500 wich is loads of money to me... but at same time need to find some way of saving my hearing... its like i worrie that do all mixers have the function to play whats coming out of master and what your cueing up ?? like does the allen and heath have it??

HEAD BLAGGED hahaha

[Barely Human]

You could just demand a sound proofed DJ booth will a small monitor....

[DannyBlack]

danny are you saying that you do mix just in headphones or that you had advise hehe??

Yeah, I learned to do it that way cos I had a naff soundsystem when I started and at a couple of gigs so I had no choice but to mix in the head phones. I only use 1 to do it though.

If I have good monitors though that don't kill my head then I do it that way for the most part.

[JamieBall]

its like i worrie that do all mixers have the function to play whats coming out of master and what your cueing up ?? like does the allen and heath have it??

Allen & Heath = FAIL

For me anyways, what's the point of making a mixer that actively despises turtablism ? PFFFFT.

Not sure about the script wi pre/post fade tho. Probably does do it, surely they could at least get that right ?

[Mucky Beats]

yeh to be fair i lernt with ondeck crossed over into master in one headphone ...but i as time went on moved to just deck coming in in headphones.... but im bit concerned that when i go to all sound in headphnones and not having monitors its gunna be harder... but im confident i can master it and could be really in the zone way of mixing... but one issue i have is im bound to just crank volume and end up with same problems hahaha

[Mucky Beats]

Allen & Heath = FAIL

For me anyways, what's the point of making a mixer that actively despises turtablism ? PFFFFT.

Not sure about the script wi pre/post fade tho. Probably does do it, surely they could at least get that right ?

hahaha mate your so right.... allen and heath mixers are super rubbish for djing... im sorry but they aint made for turntables ... the cutting sucks...and the eqs sound good but totally kill some mixes ... i mean like you kill bass on one side and bring in other and totaly lose the tune going out sound wise.... also wtf is the point in the ones with gains in the back hahaha... was in rave for 3 hrs on decks b4 someone showed me them was like ahhhhhhhhhh!

i dont know anyone that walks in club and goes wooohooo a allen and heath 90% of djs go noooooooo

its like rig owners and clubs love them for sound .... but djs hate um !!!! dont get me wrong ive played some sick sets on them but still think wish it was diff mixer hahaha

[DannyBlack]

yeh to be fair i lernt with ondeck crossed over into master in one headphone ...but i as time went on moved to just deck coming in in headphones.... but im bit concerned that when i go to all sound in headphnones and not having monitors its gunna be harder... but im confident i can master it and could be really in the zone way of mixing... but one issue i have is im bound to just crank volume and end up with same problems hahaha

It is one of those things, just do some practice and you'll pick it right up again. 1 thing though, turn the highs down. Tis the higher freqs that kill my lugholes.

[RDR]

hahaha mate your so right.... allen and heath mixers are super rubbish for djing... im sorry but they aint made for turntables ... the cutting sucks...and the eqs sound good but totally kill some mixes ... i mean like you kill bass on one side and bring in other and totaly lose the tune going out sound wise.... also wtf is the point in the ones with gains in the back hahaha... was in rave for 3 hrs on decks b4 someone showed me them was like ahhhhhhhhhh!

i dont know anyone that walks in club and goes wooohooo a allen and heath 90% of djs go noooooooo

its like rig owners and clubs love them for sound .... but djs hate um !!!! dont get me wrong ive played some sick sets on them but still think wish it was diff mixer hahaha

Totally agree about A+H mixers, they're no cop whatsoever for turntablism. 100mm faders on a DJ equipment ? errr. why? Apart from keeping costs down whilst selling expensive anyway. no question they're great faders, but not really creative when it comes to flying around the DJ mixer...

Give me a pioneer 400 or 800 anyday.

[JamieBall]

Totally agree about A+H mixers, they're no cop whatsoever for turntablism. 100mm faders on a DJ equipment ? errr. why? Apart from keeping costs down whilst selling expensive anyway. no question they're great faders, but not really creative when it comes to flying around the DJ mixer...

Give me a pioneer 400 or 800 anyday.

Aye it's usually mostly trance folk seem to love the A&H stuff. Great for playing/mixing those 12 minute records.

Has anyone seen the one that's rack mount and each channel is just a **** off big dial (and also has it's own valve and VU meter if I remember correctly) ? They used to have that in the main room at Cream, I remember looking at it thinking how the **** can you rip shit up on that. LOL.

It's for people who think it's big and clever to completely trust the dynamics of your mix to someone elses interpretation of what sounds good. NO CONTROL.

[dan the acid man]

I had that popping sensation thing when my sinusitus was at it's worst a few years ago, drove me mad, although my inner ear balance being off was the worst side effect.