alexis
March 4, 2011, 5:35pm
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I have come to notice that I’m hearing, or just THINK I’m hearing a difference in pitch (sounds slightly sharp or flat) between my nearfield monitors and my headphones. Is this a common phenomenon like some kind of doppler affect being the headphone sound source is closer to my ears than the speakers, or could it be my imagination, or because of the differences in the frequency/tone, my headphones have less bass or lows than my nearfields, or should I say my nearfields are less clear sounding, possibly the untreated room sound affecting them, though I sit with my nearfields less than 3 feet away from my head and have them at a fairly low volume to reduce the rooms affect.
This, and also I think I may also be perceiving things differently at different times, or days.
I think it wouldn’t be a Doppler effect - as far as I know, the Doppler effect is the shift in frequency when the source is moving towards or away from you. So unless you’re mixing from a rocking chair or ceiling-mounted trapeze contraption, must be some other effect!