Pitching higher when using headphones for monito

Bruno Rasmussen · Post by **Bruno Rasmussen** » 19 Dec 2005 3:54 am

I tend to pitch higher when I use headphones for monitoring. Some notes are on the edge of being out of tune. I have no problems when I listen to the direct sound from the speaker. Does anybody else have to cope with such problems, or am I just wierd? I’m not pleased with this. Any advice?

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 19 Dec 2005 8:39 pm

Headphones emphasize overtones and deemphasize the fundamentals. That could effect your pitch sense. The problem is worse if you are going straight into the board for headphone play. It helps a great deal if you go through an amp and speaker simulator, such as a POD XT. This makes the headphones sound more like a real amp and speaker.

Dave Grafe · Post by **Dave Grafe** » 20 Dec 2005 9:16 am

Are you using chorus or a reverb with chorus in it? Chorus and flange effects bend tones and you would tend to hear it (the bending) more clearly using headphones than a speaker in open air.