These Are Not Just Headphones | VSX Review
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- Steven Slate Audio VSX Headphones review and tutorial by Reid Stefan Realest Puppet In The Game. Reid Stefan mixes his beat using the VSX plugin to model Mike Dean's Studio Room in headphones.
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Thanks Reid! You are by far the most talented audio puppet in the game.
I read this in Steven's voice
@@grandpa_rufus LOL
I have ruined some mixes by trusting the speakers in some of LA's best Studios (I won't mention any names) ..
If I was able to double check on my VSX before printing the mix I could have avoided some recalls no doubt.
HeySteven! You have change music production industry forever! A new era has begun. Thanks for all the audio tools you have gave us all these years 🙏🏼
I'm a young French apprentice, from Grenoble, in mixing. I was handicapped for a long time by the configuration of my studio and the impossibility of treating it correctly because of its size. Thanks to the VSX, however rather fragile in its first versions but well reinforced in the last one, it allowed me to understand my acoustic environment and to make better choices for the mixing of my prods and songs.
The possibility to listen in several different studios allows to better feel the rendering of your music and to obtain more precise details.
To make it perfect, it would only be missing to be able to control the software in MIDI, allowing to save time and to organize its workflow differently.
But in any case, it is an essential tool for those who wish to have a quality studio at hand!
I have been working professionally for over 40 years all around Australia and in some of the industry level large room studios in the 70s and 80s. I now run my own room in Canberra. I got these headphones about 6 months ago and I can tell you they work as they claim to. This technology will make a huge difference to many home engineers who have less that ideal rooms. Yes, they take a little bit of time and effort to get clear on how they are working for you. However once you do you are IN those rooms. The new expansion room is really rather insane. I have been in rooms that sound EXACTLY like this one. Best choice for referencing? Nope...rather more than that, the BEST cans for mixing and getting the results you want first time.
Ok if this comment doesn't make you want to buy these I don't know what will. Thanks David, I'll pull the trigger on these and see how I go
@@deakinxd369 bought them yesterday, can say the moment i put them on i was blown away. for all i know this is almost indistinguishable from magic. good thing is (at least in my opinion) they are much cheaper now and come with less rooms (that you can buy seperately for the price of one meal per studio) but include the most important ones.
I know it’s hard to believe that these work so well. It seems like magic and it can’t be real. But trust me, it’s real, and it’s amazing. Since I’ve started using vsx I have very few of any revisions from clients.
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Like me you’ll probably never use monitors again.
Did Steven pay you to write this? Steven has been known to use hired hands in comment sections. It's part of his "advertising expenditure" budget. Steven is a brilliant man.
Literally one of the best audio-related purchases I've ever made. Car checks are a thing of the past for me
VSX has changed the way I mix. I test every mix on different emulations and often make changes. The result is great translation to different systems.
THANK YOU. This is exactly what I was looking for. Everything else was just a standard review or at best, a demo of the controls and settings without actually applying them.
Thanks Reid, this really helps me understand how one would use it. Kara and you are BEASTS....
Having used VSX headphones for nearly 2 years, I can honestly say I wouldn't want to mix without them now, and I have a fully treated studio, with calibrated speakers etc.
I also have some planar magnetic Hifiman Sundara headphones that I have used with Acustica Sienna, but the experience doesn't really compare to VSX. Mixes done with VSX are translating so well on everything I have played them on. Takes away the guesswork.
The before and after single handedly sold me on the VSX system. You took a good mix that extra percent thats always so hard to get!
A couple of years ago I moved to new house and wife evicted my studio to the basement. I was using the humble KRKs and in the basement all my mixes got messed up. First i got Sonarworks Reference 4 and that helped and then got Waves NX, and then waves Abbey Road studio 3 and started mixing with my beyerdynamic and was better but it still was not enough. Then I got VSX and... Wow.
Yes, you have to get used to them, learn about how and when to use each room and once you figure it out, they are amazing. I no longer have to run to the car, or test the mix on every speaker in the house. They are truly great. And yes, bypass them when you mix down!
within VSX click the gear icon and set it up to Auto Bypass on Export.
VSX is the real deal! I’ve owned these since Day 1 when they were first announced, and I never looked back. They might seem like a gimmick because it’s new technology, but it’s actually incredibly realistic and your mixes translate 100% on any listening medium after the fact. I sold my real studio monitors…these are that incredible and reliable. This is a real review, and I work with some high profile clients. If you want to level-up, these headphones are honestly the best investment you will ever make in your audio career. Don’t listen to the naysayers or Slate haters. You’re welcome 🔥💪🏻
For Real!
sure does look like good marketing and yes a... GIMICK
🔥🔥🔥
How high profile on a scale from 1 to high ?
@@ernieg mixing engineer jealous that people are gonna put him out of his job 😅😅😅😅 sad man is mad.
Gamechanger for me. Love the VSX
These headphones help me a lot on my mixes! The best!🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍🎼🎵
Best headphones ever created. They are dead on! If u cant get a great mix in these then you are the issue! Im in love!
VSX headphones are the truth!! Definitely a night and day difference in my mixes. really ready to lock in now.
I am looking forwards to upgrading my AKG headphones, this sounds the best option. thanks
It's been almost 8 months since I'm using the increíble VSX system. Since they announce the product, I completely knew Slate was gonna change the game (once more)... and what happened? YES. THEY DID IT, AGAIN. It's incredible how the software combines with the hardware and give you the chance to mix in different environments without leaving the chair 😂 Please, go buy these headphones, those ~$500 will change the way you produce/mix/master and feel music.
Ps. Hey Steven! I don't know if you're gonna read this... but... thanks man, you changed music production forever, a new era has begun 💪🏼💣
they arent even 500 anymore, but 300 :) (yes, less rooms but still the most important ones are there and you can buy the rest seperately, which i prefer tbh. ((nobody is gonna need all those rooms at once and its not productive anyways)))
Hey Reid I hope you are well sir! I like when products do a monthly pay option as it really helps poorer people like myself get the good stuff. That's how I paid for Serum
Love my slate VSX headphones,
Wooosah !!!!! That’s a catch ass song!!!!!!!! Love it
Hope it gets placed
Thank you Reid! Is the VSX 2 the same quality as the VSX?
I bought these a few months ago. Not enough resolution on the headset itself for the money. Maybe it's a problem with my phones but there's a terrible treble response on them. Everything sounds too bright when adjusted through this system. Always had to remix on speakers afterward so I stopped using VSX. YMMV.
Edit: Just received a new pair today, a week after Steven contacted me on here. Turns out my old pair were faulty. The new headphones have a flawless sound and I can definitely see myself getting good results with them. I'll leave my original comment up incase anyone is having the same issue as I was. I can confirm the new build of these headphone has a way better build and sound than the set I originally bought and it's worth the time to get in touch with Steven Slate's team if there's a problem. The best customer service I've ever dealt with. Cheers.
So your saying hearing your mix in Mike deans SUV didn’t help? Lol
@@username4755 Nope.
Thanks!!!
What about the build, man? People saying these just breaks
@@diegooliveirabenjamin Very delicate. I have the original founders edition and they feel like just cheap crap. The newer versions apparently are more solid though.
If you mix with VSX headphones long enough and get used to how they sound. You will forget that you are wearing headphones and try to turn your speakers off.
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Nice. I'm doing quite the same with ToneBoosters Morphit, Goodhertz CanOpener and/ or other studio simulations like Waves Abbey Roads etc.
But having all of that in one product with matching headphones might be the better option. The price tag is absolutely fine. Thanks for the info, as always :)
its like a mac, it just works and you dont have to deal with 3 points of failure.
Let me tell you I’ve only owned these for two months and VSX has changed the way I hear music. I’m now mixing even better and not over producing
Did Steven pay you to write this? He pays lots of people to type stuff for him.
@@oinkooink no lol i am not sponsored. just a regular ole music producer. dont hate em till you try em!
Why I feel like from not hearing direct headphones sounds like distortion or maybe the audio from the Video vocal mic that has the compressor I guess -
After you did the infinite eq it sounded smoother ahhhh
This beat is filthy. Was this something that you produced Reid? Definitely sold these headphones 😅
sounds like it does the same thing as the Mix Checker plugin
Question
When you master
Do you remove the FGX to master the actual wav file of the track in a separate session ?
The only time I bounce my pre-master WAV is when I’m hiring another mastering engineer
Even on my phone I am hearing a world of difference.
I will have my set of VSX in two days 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I've tested a bunch of these products and I've still yet to find one that has modelled a movie theatre. Shame nobody is tailoring these to composers and sound designers for film.
A movie theatre preset would be dope as well as a music festival
What’s the difference between waves nx and these?
Can the app be used on the entire system? Like listening to music on other platforms to get accustomed to the sound of the rooms? Or is just a vst plugin?
Just a VST plugin for within your DAW
So i recently got these and have a few questions, Should I produce/record/mix while having one of the rooms activated or should I finish my project first then turn on the room?
hope u found ur answer. can u share with us?
Use them however you want. you could produce using a room you like, then when it comes to mixing listen to a few different rooms and reference against each other until you're happy how it sounds in all rooms.
I know I might sound real dumb asking this question.. but everything I’ve seen on the headphones comes down to mixing etc .. but can they be used in the beginning process of making a beat or recommended?
I think that would add too much latency. If they are using convolution.
Are they actually good listening headphones though? Now that 4.0 is out, you should be able to use these for just about anything, be it movies, spotify, gaming or music production
The pain in the a$$ of bouncing a track so you can go listen in the car...and back and fourth 5 times making revisions. If you know...you know.
In the old days I would be burning cd's and then after 1.5 seconds in the car I'm like 'yep kick is too loud and cd wasted'
@@olibarahosasa1137 This is amazing 😂😂I can relate
i dont even own a car so i have to wait weeks until friends are available with their car lmfao.
I trust this puppet! If the VSX headphones are good enough for him, then they must be good enough for me :)
Damn you guys are loaded! What's that like a 800,000 crib?
Those Slate Ads must pay well
What is the impact on the cpu of this vst ? Acustica audio is also great but heavy impact on cpu
it's not heavy on your CPU
Actual headphones look everything like my UrbanFun Trandsound ONE’s…
What song is that?
KARRA - Woosah
@@ReidStefanMusic dope! Thanks! And great videos by the way 🙌🙏
I think the people that hates this technology is because they don't want that any person can deliver good mixes cause that means less jobs and more competition in the market...but this is great cause nos everything is about the talent you have for mixing and mastering and not about the gear, that is why there are a lot engineers that are haters...
tbh this is a good argument. i dont understand people who just say "this is bullshit and doesnt work". like yes, there are cons, like different people have differently shaped ears and differently shaped earcanals so they still gonna hear stuff different to how its supposed to be. but the details are so miniscule and the positives outweigh the bads so hard that is a nobrainer. like, dont like it? think it doesnt work? just send it back and get your money back too. idk whats not to like here
How is the VSX application on CPU usage? I'm also curious about how much latency it adds to the master chain in Ableton specifically. I primarily use headphones to track vocals and I'm trying to figure out if these would be suitable for production, or purely just mixing and mastering.
Wonderful content by the way, definitely the coolest puppet on TH-cam.
despite all my "shill like" euphoric comments about how much i love these. i have to admit... from my laymans observation of the dsp performance graph in my DAW, dude, it's quite a load. 10-20% cpu load increase just by dropping the VSX plugin on my master. im running an intel 8700k which is quite beefy still, but I'd definitely recommend upgrading to atleast the 10x series. Then again, maybe thats just me and my DAW, which isn't all that common (Bitwig) or maybe it's like that for everyone, in which case i hope there will be some adjustments since Steven Slate said it should be very lightweight. Not a dealbreaker though.
After hearing about these, I decided to wait a year to give them a bit of time to check reviews and see if they were snake oil or legit. After further research a year later I decided to purchase because I have really only seen positive reviews from names I trust. Can’t wait to try these puppies out.
Ya I might have to grab them as well
Any update?
Is it just me or do most of these comments feel fake?
The before/ after comparisons had very...very slight differences. But SURE! I'm gonna give Steven hundreds of dollars!
If the differences were only slight to you then that means you need to invest in better monitoring, lol. They were big differences on my end
@@Barncore HD600 buddy boy
@@oinkooink Aaaah! You’ve revealed yourself. HD600s are your reference?
@@russelldawkins9094 that's right
Bro the puppet feet LMAO
Lol bro coolin by the pool
oh nice. thought it was just a software solution
and there it is!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
After 3 headphones they finally put the metal leg! I hope my vsx doesn’t break again! Or I need to fix my big head (pause)
Love the quality of the audio but not as much as the legs - just need that to be quality like they do with high $$$ product
Thousands of metal versions out the door and only great reviews! Thanks for hanging in there and glad you dig the product!
richest puppet in the game
There is obviously proprietary headphone correction in the software. No magic !!! Just a very good well tuned system!!
Okay, I am really trippin right now. I am actually taking audio mixing advice from a puppet!!! hahahahahahahahha
I see a lot of hate in the comments but honestly $400 is not bad!
And you can get a payment plan for the average broke person.
Neumann NDH30s cost 650!!! Reid i would love your opinion on these headphones 🎧
Neumanns cost 650 but build quality is far far far far better, not even comparable or in the same league
@@LaidbackSounds the Neumann's don't come with software though.
@@LaidbackSounds neumanns don’t compete with vsx for mixing . Trust me, I know. I’ve tried everything
@@Jedzeebra i tried all in the last 25 years mixing and mastering and i disgress but hey to each their own
@@LaidbackSounds maybe instead of trying you should actually do :) maybe ud get better results with future tech, old man.
if they sound good on my airpods im finished
haha not entirely, i put the mix onto various types of crap speakers have and just say "its not mixed"
These sound exactly like the Sony Playstation Headphones when you click on 3-D Audio.
Definitely not a Slate advert, what with using only Slate VSTs with VSX.
Hilarious.
OR, they are just headphones.
😆😆😆😆😆
reid cmon man ....
All I need/want is flat and the measurements to prove it.... If software is required to use the headphones, they are nowhere near flat. I'd like to test them myself, I have the Mini-DSP EARS test jig. I can take a true measurement of what these things are doing and graph it numerically over the frequency range of 20hz to 20khz. That's really what I need to see here. Talking about sound is almost futile, no 2 ears will ever agree, but the number 1 remains constant, everybody knows 1 when they see it... Cheers man 🍻
You really need to try them out if you can. This is a very different approach to mixing and it actually works mate! :-) You will need to give them a trial over a bit of a 'getting used to the idea' before it will hit you. Then go order a drink in the Club emulation :-)
The magic is the binaurial recreations of high high end mixing rooms. I could care less about flatness or measurements. Waste of time imo.
@@Jedzeebra:
Flatness and the measurements are the only things that I care about. Anything else is just opinion and personal preference. Neither of which tell me anything about the actual device.
Soooo.. you mix with numbers? Stop it..
@@combyjames :
Uhhh, yeah, just like everyone else does. Ever use a limiter, compressor, EQ or a master slider before? They are all numerical tools.
Think your ears are made from cloth
Did SLATE Pay You Reid ? Be Honest LOL
thats my guess too
You guys also see the referral link, right?
The “includes paid promotion” badge has always been enabled, unfortunately TH-cam doesn’t always go a great job displaying it on certain devices
I’d definitely avoid this.
I have them and they are amazing. Sold my $2k Dynaudio and I work exclusively on these now. Night and day better mixes. You have to try it to understand.
Idk that seems wack
this is a gimmick.
Not at all!!
love mine, I also have the founders edition since they came out, been traveling all over the world with them and for me they been holding up great. But more so I can mix anywhere now, did a few mixes for the Tonight Show as well for Tiny Desk as well as mastered a couple of the Sault Albums while on the road. And even in my Studio with 10k + monitoring I still use VSX, just amazing to get all the different sonic perspectives.
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nope. you have no idea
Why? Please explain..