Owen Rennie
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This is all i use when o work on music videos... And when my neighbours are being noisy.....
How to save my hearing when shooting concerts and loud events
- Thread starter Victor Nhat Nguyen
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This is all i use when o work on music videos... And when my neighbours are being noisy.....
Noiz2
Sound Ninja
I'm assuming you are using these for work so you do actually need to be able to hear, and preferable with some accuracy.
That leaves you with really two choices. Custom molded earplugs with full frequency attenuation, or isolating headsets like the Vic Firth ones.
The foam ones and pretty much all of the not custom plugs roll off the high frequencies at a much steeper rate than the lows. This is good for protecting your hearing but also gives you a very distorted sense of what the sound is like. Much closer to being a "deaf sound mixer". The custom ones will attenuate evenly so you still know what the sound is like, it's just lower. With the isolation phones the sound is as accurate as the headphones but you can only hear a feed. ie you need to stay plugged in.
I got some custom ones at AES a few years back and keep them with me always.
That leaves you with really two choices. Custom molded earplugs with full frequency attenuation, or isolating headsets like the Vic Firth ones.
The foam ones and pretty much all of the not custom plugs roll off the high frequencies at a much steeper rate than the lows. This is good for protecting your hearing but also gives you a very distorted sense of what the sound is like. Much closer to being a "deaf sound mixer". The custom ones will attenuate evenly so you still know what the sound is like, it's just lower. With the isolation phones the sound is as accurate as the headphones but you can only hear a feed. ie you need to stay plugged in.
I got some custom ones at AES a few years back and keep them with me always.
Victor Nhat Nguyen
Well-known member
So a few people recommended Etymotic Research. I looked it up on Amazon and it's extremely cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044DEESS/
Good?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044DEESS/
Good?
Andrius Simutis
Veteran
EVERYONE should have a few sets of the disposables stashed in your camera bags. You never know when the best shot is going to be right in front of the speaker stack or some other loud spot.
paulears
Veteran
We actually have a law here in the UK that requires employers to provide hearing protection for their staff and to keep accurate noise level records. So in pubs, clubs, bars etc, everyone should be wearing hearing protection. A few place have big bins of disposable foam plugs for their staff to use, but I have yet to see many people using them, and some premises don't even seem to have heard of the legislation (and the local authorities don't seem to prosecute). I often help myself to these, as above, and keep them in my kit, just in case.
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
I've shot a few bands in the past. What I've used are earbuds with silicone tips. They're cheap, available everywhere and pretty much kill everything but what you're monitoring.
I use these when I shoot all day at house of blues and/or firearm events. You hear like normal but have full protection for over loud noise. They do have 1/8" input jack but doesn't seem to work too well for monitoring. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007BGSI5U/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1373238071&sr=8-4&pi=SL75
dmitrizigany
Veteran
I vouch for the custom molded ones!
They might be expensive, but worth every penny. You can get different filters for reducing 9dB, 15dB or 25dB.
Because they're molded for your ears, wearing them for hours isn't a problem, and actually makes hearing what people say in loud venues easier!
They might be expensive, but worth every penny. You can get different filters for reducing 9dB, 15dB or 25dB.
Because they're molded for your ears, wearing them for hours isn't a problem, and actually makes hearing what people say in loud venues easier!
eiker_ir
Well-known member
i used these during a recent shoot at an Electronic Music Festival, i would have ended deaf if it weren't for them, talk about being ridiculously loud.