Thank you man! That was a super helpful video for this new VSX customer. Rock on!

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

Glad I could help. Now hit the studio and make some awesome music 🎶

I just got them … this was super helpful..thanks a lot

Thank you for your help. You cleared a few things up for me.

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad I could help

Great Tutorial, I have been using VSX now since version 2 and wouldnt be without them, this is a great tutorial for new VSX users!!

@HomeStudioGuru

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man...Glad you liked the tutorial

Excellent tutorial on how to use these headphones the right way - thank you very much - I learned a lot - been doing a few things wrong but did not realise until I watched this.

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

So glad I could help

some very helpful tips thanks

Thank you very much for this video, it was very helpful., and you got a new sub! Just bought my vsx today on sale, and I am excited to try them out.

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad I could help. Thanks 😊

Thank you. I saw your first video and I a bought vsx platinum. I have an album to rework now after hearing it on vsx.

@HomeStudioGuru

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad I could help with your decision. Hope you will have a blast mixing your first on these awesome headphones

one of perfect lecture about mixing, and a good explanation about VSX Like and follow 👏

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad that was helpful... thanks for watching

You brought so much understanding, and changed my mind about returning them!!! Slate should pay you!!!

@HomeStudioGuru

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Man... glad I could help. ✌️

Waiting on my vsx headphones delivery today.My mixes are good now but I’m hoping they can take my mixes to a new level.Thank you for the information.Its going to help me get started quicker and informed!

@jcpuga

Ай бұрын

Following for the update

Thanks for the Video! It was a lot of help!

@HomeStudioGuru

Ай бұрын

Glad I could help. 🍻

Bought the first version a few years ago, really didn't get it so they went into the closet. Pulled them out about a month ago to give it another try. This video has been just what I needed. Thank you!!!

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I could help.

Great info glad I listened

@HomeStudioGuru

3 күн бұрын

Glad I could help 🙏

Thanks so much buddy,very helpful indeed

@HomeStudioGuru

4 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Great explanation 👌 I will buy them soon

@HomeStudioGuru

6 ай бұрын

Great 👍

Thanks really well explain!

@HomeStudioGuru

Ай бұрын

Glad I could help! 🍻

Thanks a lot, this was a very helpful video! Slate should link to this video - all I found in his playlist were a bunch of “ads”. I really like the way you explained how you used different speakers from different rooms to check bass, nasality/harshness in vocals etc. Tip: You should make a 3-5 min video of just those tips, because that’s not necessarily something an inexperienced mixer finds out right away I reckon? And it will boost your channel, I think. Thanks again, I’ll share this video with my friends, very relaxed and to the point presentation too, you know what you’re talking about! Subscribed and liked 👍😀

@HomeStudioGuru

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, man...I appreciate your lovely comment...I will take your advice and do a short video with the main tips of this video. Cheers

@dagovevareberg

3 ай бұрын

@@HomeStudioGuru Very cool, looking forward to it!

I am learning to mix and still not decided if I like VSX yet, but I learned a few things here that seem to be help using them , thanks! I did a mix last night and set the drums level and didn't change it the whole mix and sort of mix into it , I found that really helpful , I don't know if that is a common thing people do.

@HomeStudioGuru

Ай бұрын

Till a certain time in the mix. This is 100% right. Except if your client ask for a very hot mix, about 8 or 6 LUFS. this is the only time I would touch the kick and Bass levels. But other than that I would never touch them

@doum

Ай бұрын

Do it its a game changer

Amazing video...! Thanks...!

@HomeStudioGuru

10 күн бұрын

You're welcome

Excellent tutorial. I've been using VSX since 2020 and they are phenomenal! I have to admit that I still struggle with getting my low end correct after being used to my previous studio. For some reason, my low end level is always too high until a check it on my car and then adjust accordingly.

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, man. Are you using ear Canal 1 or 2 or average? I used to use 1 and suffered the same problem till I realised 2 fit me more and have a bigger bass..so it was calibrated more to my ears.

@jeffsstuff6575

5 ай бұрын

@@HomeStudioGuru I'm using Canal 1. I've tried Average. I definitely fit the description for Canal 1 but I'll give Canal 2 a try. Thanks for responding!

@junovue

3 ай бұрын

did you ever figure it out?@@jeffsstuff6575

That was helpful

@HomeStudioGuru

17 күн бұрын

Glad I could help 😊

Thanks!

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Great video man. I was on the fence but I think you just sold me. One question - does your preference for rooms change depending on the needs of the genre?

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, man. Regarding my preference, I just change rooms based on my knowledge of what I'm looking for. Like a room with specific speakers for sharp tones in the vocals..others for sub and low end, etc. When you learn all the rooms well, you will find a power in each that will help you to solve a different problem. Take your time with it and understand each room. Just like you start with a real studio. Sometimes it takes me up to 3 months in a new room to calibrate my hearing and my brain. Same with VSX but now you have loads of studios to work with.

Thanks for the great video. Just want to know, should VSX be the last plugin on the Pre fader like in your video or the Post Fader position?

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊. Unless you move the Main Fader up or down, it doesn't matter. I just use the Post cause it is easier to locate a place for my signal analysis and vsx right at the end of everything. Pre and post-fader means the signal reaches VSX before that channel fader or after it. Vsx don't get affected by the input signal volume unless you're passing the 0db which will sound like distortion in this case. So as long it is the end of your chain, you can put it anywhere pre or post on both main and listening bus.

Awesome vid! Curious, what`s your opinion on the new Yellow Matter Studios room?

@HomeStudioGuru

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, man...I kinda like them, but I still didn't gotten used to them..they're so analytical ... in my studio, I use the same Neumann KH120 in the nearfield and I have it nearfield too...so it was amazing to see how close to mine it is...I'm using also Soundid in my room with my 3 monitors. I think Yellow Matter Studio is different than all the others in terms of tone...they're toned very very mid and high..less muddy...but I use it only to find a mistake...I can't stay there..it gives me a headache. Especially the sharpness in the highs and ssss in the vocals are very very clear in this studio. There's nothing like it in all the other studios...so it fills the missing parts.

HSG: Thanks for putting together this great tutorial. Love the way you really took the time to go into details and sharing your own workflow. I got the VSX Platinum a couple of days ago and since then, I have learned a lot on the proper use of my VSX based on your video! Thanks again! Quick question: After you get your mix where you would like it to be (after testing it in different emulations), do you render your mix with the VSX plugin enabled in the master channel or do you disable it? I know it may be an obvious question but thought I ask since it wasn't covered at the end. One last question: I use Ozone Advanced in my master channel as a mastering plugin. Do you recommend I use it before or after the VSX plugin in the chain? Thanks again HSG. New fan of channel!

@HomeStudioGuru

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad I could be of help. Now regarding your question, I did cover it at the beginning of the video. So the emulation shouldn't be part of your export. So it has to be shut off...VSX has an automatic option to shut off when you export and it is set ON by default. You can see it in the setting next time to "Auto Bypass On Export". Make sure it's enabled and enjoy mixing without thinking about it every time you export.

mucho gracias!!!!!!

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

Most welcome 🙏 🤗

Your other VSX video helped to convince me to grab and then got the expansions in the deal they ran. Thanks for the great tips in here, I've just been throwing mine on so will be sure to set on my ears properly now. This might be a silly question but not seen it covered anywhere - but you do turn VSX off when you export right? I'm questioning myself after noticing such a level mismatch like the threads below have. It is changing the signal so must be off, but then what with the mixdown that's quiet - normalise it?

@HomeStudioGuru

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, man...glad I could help. VSX has an option to turn off automatically when you export. You will find it up in the setting. Mine is on the listening bus. So it doesn't get exported even if it's turned on or off...so the vsx level doesn't get exported. Your limiter level. On my limiter, I have a LUFS meter that shows me where is the level. I usually export at a specific LUFS level with a peak of -0.2 dB. Also right before I export...I shut off vsx totally and I listen without the emulation on other systems to compare the levels with other reference tracks and see if my master translates well and that there are no distortion peaks ..but I do this one time at the end.

@rjb6919

3 ай бұрын

Can't believe I came back for another watch, and you explained the above 3 mins in! Thank you for pointing out, logically it's the only option of course.

Hello, excellent video, just one question, how can I know if I am mixing at an adequate volume? Since the headphones are closed, I can't test turning up the music until I can't hear a conversation, or how do you do it?

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

If you ever mixed on real monitors. Usually, the best volume level is around 75 to 80spl which is equal to a conversation level. Never mix in high volume. Stop exactly when you feel the music is relaxed and getting to your ears. Anything above that, is noise and will exaggerate a lot of frequencies that are not actually in there l.

@axelstay

Ай бұрын

@@HomeStudioGuru yes but how i know that I am in 80 dbSPL in headphones??

@HomeStudioGuru

Ай бұрын

As I said in my previous message. Conversation volume. If you get someone in your studio and talk to them in a normal conversation volume, no shouting, no screaming, that would be the right music volume. It has to be as relaxing to the ears as possible so you can sit for hours without feeling stressed or annoyed by the volume.

I have a quick question what is the best export settings is it? The emulation reference are from your favorite room, but we had three different systems of speakers.

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

Hey man. When exporting, as I mentioned in the video, the emulation will shut off. The emulation is just to help you get a proper mix. Just like a real studio, but it's not made to be exported. Cause it will sound so weird in anything other than the vsx headphones.

Of course, I'm not listening to this review through the VSX but Isn't there too much low-end on the "cell phone" profile? I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max with clear bass reproducing but not the real low-end like in this review. What is your opinion about it? What a deep review of the VSX by the way, I appreciate it 🔥

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

If you're not listening through the VSX you won't get the right representation of the sound. I have an iPhone 13 Pro and it's so close to vsx under iPhone preset. Also don't forget where you listen to changes the frequency too. But it will get you in the ballpark of an iPhone frequency response. Especially when you master in high volume. The iPhone helps me to work on the distortion on small systems. It's phenomenal man.

I want to use these with my meta quest 3. I'm tempted to turn these rooms into 3d

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

That's an awesome idea. Let me know how that worked for you. I might follow too. I wish they give us a 360 degrees view of the studio with head monitor, you can turn your head and hear the sound differently. I believe waves did that with their NX plugins. But waves ain't accurate in terms of mixing like VSX is unfortunately!

Maybe you should do a video to compare full mix and mastering between VSX and your studio monitors... I am search for headphones and now i'm between VSX and Neumann NDH 30.

@HomeStudioGuru

6 ай бұрын

Good idea. I have a new song that I'm preparing to mix and master for the channel. So I will do two mixes with the vsx and with my studio monitors and compare them with the listeners on the channel. Neumann is good but it can't compare to VSX in terms of translation. Only AUDEZE MM500 Or any headphone above the 1500 dollars in the Planars field can compete with VSX. It's really hard to beat cause its not supposed to be a headphone.

@radovanstepanov9355

6 ай бұрын

For me ndh30 and mm500 sound pretty similar. Both have great midrange that is great for translation.

@johnvcougar

6 ай бұрын

@@radovanstepanov9355”At the end of the day,” if you have a pair of cans that you are happy with, and whose mixes translate well, then you don’t need much else! Personally, I find the VSX cans plasticky and kind of cheap-feeling, compared to my Beyers or my LCDs. But the sound modelling is very interesting.

@johnvcougar

6 ай бұрын

I think you’ll get a better listening experience if you lose the cap and let the headphones seal against your head.

@Joeknowsit-ALL

6 ай бұрын

@johnvcougar definitely. Its just that im bald head and the light shines badly on my head 😆 so I keep the hat to reduce the reflection 😔

Well, like others said, very good explanation, but I'm still a little lost of how to use it.. so let me see, I record then when i proceed to m mixing, I will mix with the VSX using a room, not mixing as I mix before with the other headphones... and at the end of exploring and tweak my mix around the rooms It should be a better mix?, I was listening to project's that I finished before VSX and to my understanding they sound very good, but when I add the VSX at the end and start listening on different rooms is very awful, I might doing something wrong here..

@HomeStudioGuru

14 күн бұрын

Did your mixes, that sounded good before, translated well outside your studio or headphones? Or it sounded good only on your old headphones or speaker system in the studio. The idea of VSX is not how it sounds. Sounding good doesn't help much here, otherwise, no one would have used the Yamaha NS10 ever. It's all about accuracy and translation. Like if you mix a song in a studio, does it sound the same in the car, in the club, on headphones, or small speakerphones? That's what the VSX or a calibrated studio was made for. To be accurate enough to get your mix out to the world. Now if your mix already translated well and sounded good everywhere after mixing in your studio or headphones, and you find it sounding weird in VSX, it's one of these problems. Either you were mixing on headphones before, and never mixed on studio monitors that are far from you or something is wrong in your setup or you might have a faulty VSX, or your wire is not plugged properly. If you never mixed in a studio before, VSX will sound ad weird to you as you enter a real studio now and hear your mix for the first time. No matter how good it was mixed on headphones, it's a big mess, cause there are only a few headphones out there that are accurate enough for mixing, and none of them is less than 1500 dollars. So all I mentioned above are questions I usually ask to solve a problem. Any of these questions could be what is happening depending on your answer. So I will wait to see which scenarios are you in and then give you the right answer

Very helpful. Where can I find the song?

@HomeStudioGuru

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, man. You can find it on my Soundcloud on this link on.soundcloud.com/EWkTs

Should I mix with these headphones as I produce my song? or wait until my song is finished and then begin mixing from scratch with these headphones on? Thanks.

@HomeStudioGuru

4 ай бұрын

You can do both...starting production through them help you specially with chosing the right and wrong samples or sounds...helps you with reverb ...even when you record vocals through them...you can tell how good is the recording or the sound of your room...they're so revealing...so having them in all steps if making music..mixing and mastering is a 😊

for best results should i mix start to finish wth vsx, or could i mix with my monitors and check with diff vsx rooms?

@HomeStudioGuru

3 ай бұрын

I like mixing on my monitors and I just make sure that all my mix is right with VSX. But you still can mix the whole thing on VSX...I did two songs in a hotel in the UK from scratch to finish...they sounded like they were in my studio...but it cause headache having a headphone for hours and hours..I prefer my ears to be relaxes

@lilocapitalT-ix4nz

3 ай бұрын

@@HomeStudioGuru ok, thanks for the response

Is there any problem if you put the vsx plugin in the post fader part?

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

As long you don't move the Master fader there's no problem. As you want the level to be consistent coming out of the last plugin which is the limiter. Cause the nice thing about the VSX is that when it peaks it distorts. So even the True Peaks in there they distort too. So it's a good sign to know how much you should limit too

I have mixed feelings about Slate VSX. The bass in the emulations seems to be totally overpowering (in the reference tracks, not mine). It may sounds cool and exciting, but I can't believe that studio monitors have such an overly bassy sound in recording studios. In addition, the speaker balance within a given simulation seems strange, because when switching from small near-field speakers that can sound as if they somehow had sub-bass, we suddenly get even more bass. Totally weird thing. In the meantime, out of curiosity, I checked Realphones 2.0, which I was skeptical about, especially after spending a lot of money on VSX, but I must say that after listening to their emulations, it sounds much more realistic. I recommend checking it out. After a long time of comparing Slate VSX vs Realphones vs my KRK 5, I'm considering returning the VSX.

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

Did you try to do a mix and see if it translates to other systems regardless of how it sounds in the headphones?! Cause the whole idea of VSX is not how it sounds, but how good it translates?!

Hi home studio Guru, is it possible to send you a track for you to mix and master it? I will appreciate your response

@HomeStudioGuru

2 ай бұрын

Hey man. Email me at joemitri75@gmail.com and we can discuss it.

@Emmiekay

2 ай бұрын

@@HomeStudioGuru Sure!

Is it necessary to use the VSX headphones exclusively? Does the software work with ANY headphone?

@HomeStudioGuru

14 күн бұрын

No. The software was designed to work perfectly, translation-wise, to the VSX. Now you can try it with any other headphone I doubt you will get the right translation.

Well you are really a guru of home studio 😁 Thank you for explaining everything you know. I will buy this headphone soon when I got the money👋 High Five big brother 😁

@HomeStudioGuru

Ай бұрын

Glad I could be of help. ✌️

After placing the VSX as the last plugin on my master fader why does it decrease my master volume so much? Why is there such a discrepancy between the Slate VSX Out Level VSX and my Pro Tools master bus? What meters do you use for mix reference? Clearly you would have to use the Slate VSX Out Level meter as the master bus meter is suddenly about 10db quieter. The meter on the Out Level, however, is not the best for detailed mixing. Also, if you're relying on the Slate Out Level meter for your volume information, you have to keep opening the plugin. Clearly I am doing something wrong. Please help!

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

Hey man. I believe I explained that in the video. Having a headphone on your head is different from hearing speakerd from far away. Vsx ain't a headphone. It is an emulation of speakers in a studio that is far from you. Some of them are as far as 2 meters away. So that's why the volume sounds lower. That's why also I mentioned that you shouldn't use the bypass button from your DAW. Instead, use the bypass button on the vsx which is calibrated to keep the same volume. Now watch out, the same volume doesn't mean the same energy. The further the speaker is away from you the less the energy and the more room coming into your ears. So you can't compare headphones to a studio. That's why mixing engineers mix in very low volume in studios. But you will feel something is wrong if you never mixed in a real studio with speakers very far away from you, the whole VSX concept will be weird for you. But you need to get acquainted with it. It might take you 2 to 3 weeks to get used to that. Usually, it takes me from a month to 2 months to get used to a new studio. Cause my brain is calibrated to my old studio. Same with you. If you mixed on headphones for a long time, you will feel everything is wrong. Cause you're used to music coming out of the headphones directly to your ears. There is no distance. That's what they call the perfect frequency. But VSX is not a headphone unless you're using it as a headphone emulation. Even the emulation of open headphones will sound weirder for you. Now what you have to do. Is keep vsx on all the time and press bypass on the vsx itself. Keep the levels always low when you're mixing. You should never mix in high volume. The perception will be totally wrong. Steven Slate knows what he's doing cause he's an engineer himself and knows volume should be low while mixing and that's why he calibrated it this way.

@kiddakotamusic

5 ай бұрын

I understand that it's a speaker emulation. But when I'm mxing I try to maximize volume in my DAW so I'm constantly consulting the master bus level to make sure I'm getting the loudest mix possible without peaking. When you use VSX, the master bus meter becomes useless because the volume is decreased so dramatically. So how do you tell if your overall mix volume is peaking? Only by the Out Level VSX meter? If so, that's incredibly inefficient as you will have to keep opening the plug in whenever you want to verify you mix volume. Perhaps I'm not making myself clear.@@HomeStudioGuru

@nicolasfernandez4747

5 ай бұрын

get the youlean loudness meter for free and put it before vsx @@kiddakotamusic

@dilloinitaliano

4 ай бұрын

@@kiddakotamusicI’m having the same problem. Did you find a solution?

@kiddakotamusic

4 ай бұрын

​@@dilloinitaliano The only solution is to create an aux that functions as a second master. It's kind of a pain but it works.

Are the VSX worth it for a small studio ?

@HomeStudioGuru

6 ай бұрын

I think it was made mainly for small studios. Cause those with big studios can get a better acoustic any day than a small studio. Especially the sweet spot. It's impossible to have a good bass in a small studio cause your sweet spot is very close to the middle of the room where the bass disappears totally. I have a small studio and VSX was honestly the best investment I ever spent in my studio. The translation you get with this headphone is like nothing I've seen in my last 25 years working in this business. Seriously, if you're having problems with mix translating outside your studio, buy VSX and get over with it. For this price there is nothing can do what this piece of hardware can do. nothing!!!

@mph20007

6 ай бұрын

@HomeStudioGuru Cool man. Thanks for the video. If I can get a Black Friday deal, I'll pick up a set

@Joeknowsit-ALL

6 ай бұрын

​@@mph20007glad I could help 😊

Do the headphones also have correction?

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

Yes. If you go on Headphone HD linear which is the last one. This is the VSX headphone frequency response flattened 100%. Also, you have in the VSX software an extra eq with 5 bands to customize the whole experience based on your taste.

@thegroove2000

5 ай бұрын

Nice thanks. Would you recommend this headphone system?@@HomeStudioGuru

@Joeknowsit-ALL

5 ай бұрын

@thegroove2000 I honestly can't recommend it enough!!! If you train your ears on these headphones properly. You will do wonders in mixing and mastering. There's nothing out there in this price range that can remotely do anything close to the VSX. I count on it now as my business partner lol

@Marsouin-tz8vx

5 ай бұрын

​@@HomeStudioGuru I have VSX and I wonder if the HD linear correction is always activated even with the studios emulations. Do you know something about that?

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

​@Marsouin-tz8vx the flat correction emulation is always on as long you're using Bypass from the vsx itself and not the DAW bypass. So HD linear 1 and 2 which one you chose turn on when you use the bypass. Otherwise the VSX was corrected first then emulated. So the correction is always on as long as the plugin is on at all time.

Oh pleaaase don't ever play that Dear Mama remix ever again.

@HomeStudioGuru

6 ай бұрын

Sure

oh well, 99% of users listen to music from Spotify and Apple Music with the earbuds that come with their phones and in general the music they listen to is pure garbage. It won't matter to them what monitors you used or if you recorded it in the best studio in the world, as long as the song is played on the radio and they tell them it's the best in the world they will consume it. The point is that if you listen to for example the song 'Despacito' which has billions of views on youtube, it is literally garbage sound if you listen to it in a good studio. The point is not so much how good you make your songs sound but how much people like them. Make a song that is pure garbage with a poopy sound but people like it and you've succeeded! just sayin'...

@HomeStudioGuru

5 ай бұрын

100%. But if you're a sound engineer who loves your craft, you try to do it the best possible way, and I mean by that not to have any shortcuts. For instance, when I mix a song for a client, I never think who's gonna play it. All I think about if this song was played on any system in the world it will always sound the same. No one knows where these songs go at the end of the day. I would hate though that my client would come to me after a month and go, I played my song in a club or a car and it sounded wrong. It means I failed. And I love my craft not to allow this to happen. So it's not about the listener as much as loving the craft to make it as good as physically possible. What else do I have except music? It's the only thing I do in life and I don't mind wasting extra time to perfect what I do!

@DanHealymusic

5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Decpacito was mixed by Jaycen Joshua who is one of the greatest engineers of all time. 🤔

@feiloubeats

26 күн бұрын

@@HomeStudioGuruhey man, this is a good reply. I’m like this as well. Even on my worst days, I love my craft. You’ve made me a fan with this reply. Subbed!