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A Major Source Of Recording Frustration Cured!, The headset saga!

NoSkill View Member Profile	Nov 8 2009, 05:39 PM
Nov 8 2009, 05:39 PM	Experienced Tone Seeker Posts: 1.040 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Canada	Most that know me, know that if the little red light is on, I lose my mind. I could forget how to play Mary Had a Little Lamb, and at very least, have serious timing issues if I recorded it. I've been looking for the perfect setup. I want someplace that I can sit, where I can just grab my guitar, arms length away. So I took the arms off my chair. I don't want anything touching me and I need to sit at the keyboard as I'm a 400 take wonder, not a 1 take wonder. I finally got my chair setup nice! I moved my keyboard so I can type a bit, or change things without either putting my guitar down, or dropping it. Problem solved. I made an island off my desk for my mouse. This way, I don't have to lean forward to control my DAW. I can keep my guitar on my lap and be comfy. I got expensive monitors and sound setup so I don't have to wear a headset because headsets DRIVE ME NUTS! Anyway, I have a volume issue. I want it a little louder than my family can stand to hear me play. Can't fault them for that. You guys have heard me when I submit. It's ear numbing while I go through the process....anyway, self deprecation aside... So, back to the headset. The chord gets caught on everything man! Everything. It gets wound up in my guitar cable. It gets caught on my guitar stand. Annoying yes, but not a real big problem. The problem comes in it getting stuck under my guitar, hooked on my strap lock, looped and touching my left hand, looped and in my view if I look at my guitar. I move my head and it gets pulled sideways because it's caught on something. At this point, as we approach take 400, I'm ready to jump out the window. But I get so enraged by this annoyance I want to SMASH something. Everything in front of me is expensive and treasured. So I grind my teeth, shake like Beavis and sometimes let out a blood curdling scream! So, this morning, I put my headset on while I was standing up. I turned and sat and played. My chord was behind my back. I was relaxed. Nothing bothered me. Nothing got caught. I could throw my head back in full Ace Frehley wail and my headset didn't get yanked off my head. I was in Heaven! Now, big discovery, right? I'm a drummer. I use a headset a lot! I put the chord behind my back so it doesn't get in the way. I have, apparently, known this little trick for about FOREVER! Oh the humility. Oh the frustration. Oh the humanity. Oh the number of uncontrolled RAGES I could have saved had I behaved like someone older than 5. Just love to share these discoveries of my weakness in character, intellect and inability to solve simple problems. Cheers! Tom in Canada You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by NoSkill: Nov 8 2009, 05:41 PM -------------------- Still looking for my soul mate, guitar.

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MickeM View Member Profile	Nov 8 2009, 05:47 PM
Nov 8 2009, 05:47 PM	Born of NWOBHM, Moderation Team Leader Posts: 8.562 Joined: 9-January 07 From: Stockholm, Sweden	Me too get annoyed by cords, especially the headset cord. Have tried wireless headset but it loses a lot of sound on the way (for the price I paied which = descent cord headset, appearantly weay too little payed) Glad to hear of your simple solution It's a good feeling when things just fall into place You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My bands homepage All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello

UncleSkillet View Member Profile	Nov 8 2009, 05:47 PM
Nov 8 2009, 05:47 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 1.525 Joined: 21-January 08 From: Cincinnati, Ohio	I have been there also Glad you got it worked out and didn't smash any of your gear You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Think of a guitar solo as a paragraph. You need a clear beginning, a middle, and an end. Look at musical phrases like sentences, and make sure you break them up using punctuation—or space. You pause naturally when conversing, right? If you don't, you'll bore the listener. The same thing will happen with your audience if your solo is one dimensional. You'll wear them out and lose their attention." —Tom Principato

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Nov 8 2009, 06:40 PM
Nov 8 2009, 06:40 PM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	The cords are alive, and really like to tie together! They like each other You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

Santiago Diaz Ga... Santiago Diaz Garces View Member Profile	Nov 9 2009, 01:09 AM
Nov 9 2009, 01:09 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.769 Joined: 28-April 09 From: Buenos Aires, Argentina	Hahahah!. That's what I got a Wireless headset! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my lessons! My Band: Thabu Myspace New Thabu Official Site!! My Websites: http://www.santiagodiazgarces.com.ar Myspace

kahall View Member Profile	Nov 9 2009, 04:41 AM
Nov 9 2009, 04:41 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 989 Joined: 21-March 07 From: Springfield Missouri USA	My problem with headsets besides the cord getting tangled and ran over my my also armless chair is they start hurting my ears after an hour or so. I have even went as far as putting pillows around my monitors to direct the sound away from up the stairs so I can take them off. They get a little warm but that is the price I am going to pay for not wanting to wear headphones I guess. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Had a guitar hanging, just about waist high, and we are going to play these things until the day we die.

Keilnoth View Member Profile	Nov 9 2009, 11:27 AM
Nov 9 2009, 11:27 AM	Learning Apprentice Player Posts: 686 Joined: 10-April 09 From: Switzerland	Hey NoSkill, you are not alone with those problems. Sometimes I just feel like I will smash my guitar on my computer screen. It's nice you share those feelings. I am sure we are not alone with all those issues ! About my headset, I put the cord behind my guitar but sometimes, when I move my head, I loose them and then, it's the end of the world, hell and Mordor in my room, the air becomes dry and the sky covers by clouds and thunder. I always remove the cord from the guitar and the recording device so I am sure it doesn't get stuck in the guitar stander. I removed the arms of my chair as well because they drove me nuts. I still have a problem of space around the place where I sit. My desk make a corner so sometimes I hit the desk on my left. Very very bad for the mood ! But I have a small drawers on wheels so I think I am going to put my keyboard and my mouse on it so I can play further from my computer and still command it. Still miss the good monitors (I don't have any family and neighbors around) but they are on the shopping list. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Guitars: Fender Stratocaster Billy Corgan Signature, Ibanez RG270 My Amp: Peavey Bandit 112 My Pedals: Blackstar HT-Dual, Boss DD-7, Boss CS-3, Boss RC-20 My Wishlist: New bridge + Pickups for my Ibanez, EHX POG2, EHX Cathedral / Holy Grail

jdriver View Member Profile	Nov 10 2009, 05:57 AM
Nov 10 2009, 05:57 AM	GMC:er Posts: 484 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Southwest USA	I like to use Westone in-ear monitors. They sound great and it's easy to pin the cord out of the way. Expensive though, $300. They're great for gigging also, because they also protect your ears from excessive loudness. (ask Pete Townsend about that. ) http://www.westone.com/content/22.html You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "I dreamed a lot when I was younger.. I'm older now but still I hunger For some understanding. There's no understanding, now. Was there ever? ...Joe Puerta (Ambrosia)... Finally got a YouTube page going.

Bogdan Radovic View Member Profile	Nov 10 2009, 01:15 PM
Nov 10 2009, 01:15 PM	Bass & Beginner Instructor Posts: 15.614 Joined: 30-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	Glad you solved it in the end Tom! I hate cables and especially headphones cable (which is often too short for what I need it for). I'm thinking of switching slowly to wireless solutions (guitar jacks and headphones/monitors). You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net Check out my lessons and my instructor board. Check out my beginner guitar lessons course! ; Take a bass course now!

Daniel Realpe View Member Profile	Nov 17 2009, 01:50 PM
Nov 17 2009, 01:50 PM	Instructor Posts: 5.655 Joined: 11-October 09 From: Bogota	I sometimes rehearse in a place where all have to wear headphones with an electronic drumkit, It was a nightmare sometimes to have the freaking chord there when trying to move a little, For recording I prefer the sound in the air. Fortunately there's no one to complain about it most of the times, You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Visit my: INSTRUCTOR PROFILE "If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music." Gustav Mahler Subscribe to my Youtube Channel here

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