Testimonials
"We
purchased a Hear Back system in August for our VO/OD booth,
and we absolutely love it! It
is the most flexible and expandable headphone monitoring system
I have ever encountered. It also sounds fantastic
and will drive any pair of headphones you can find. Job well
done!"
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Patrick
Smith, Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Burbank , CA |
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have worked in studios for 20 years now and one of the biggest
"pains in the ass", can I say that, I did, trying
to make musicians happy with their headphone mix. If you are
unfortunate to work in a studio that has one or two mixes for
six people, man that can really slow a session down. In fact
I have picked or not picked studios simply because of their
headphone system. I could get the best tones in the world, but
if the musician is not hearing it back right, it's all lost.
The Hearback system is the first
affordable headphone system that simply works and works simply.
Now, instead of spending hours trying to get each player's headphones
just right, I give them a stereo mix and a bunch of individual
controls and let them have as much or as little as they want
of anything. Best of all is the brick-wall limiter individually
controlled on each mixer. No more "frying" your ears
in headphones by the end of the mix.
The Hearback system
is very easy to hook up. And much less expensive then other
multichannel headphone systems with proprietary cabling.
After installing the Hearback System, my first
client was Laurie Lewis, Bluegrass singer and fiddler extraordinaire,
and her band, all acoustic music. Everyone is in different
isolation booths, so headphones were a must. I explained where
all the different inputs were, and what they did, and I never
heard another complaint out of them. When I ask Laurie how
she like the new system, she said 'How easy it was to use,
and how nice it was to have control over everything.'
I spent my day getting great sounds, and they spent their
day playing great music. Thank You Hear Technologies."
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Tom Size, Tomland Audio Engineering, Studio, & Consulting
http://www.tomland.com
Tom's credits include: Huey Lewis &
the News, Mr. Big, Gregg Rolie, Starship, Joe Satriani, David
Lee Roth, The Spinners, Racer X, Joe Pass, Glenn Walters,
and more...credits |
"Hear
Back is a producer's dream.
Now the only ones the musicians can blame for their headphone
mixes are themselves. Seriously, this product is a godsend.
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Ben
Vaughn, TV & Film Composer/Producer/Recording Artist
TV COMPOSER: That 70s Show (Fox); 3rd
Rock From The Sun (NBC); Grounded For Life (Fox); Men Behaving
Badly (NBC); and more...
FILM COMPOSER / MUSIC PRODUCER: Swingers; Psycho Beach Party;
Heavy; The Independent; and more...
RECORD PRODUCER: Ween / 12 Golden Country Greats (Elektra);
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy / “Swingers” (Hollywood);
Cheap Trick / That 70s Show Theme (Jive); Los Straitjackets
/ The Velvet Touch (Cavalcade); Arthur Alexander / Lonely
Just Like Me (Elektra); and more...
RECORDING ARTIST: Rambler ’65 (Rhino); Cubist Blues
w/ Alex Chilton (2/11/CD); Instrumental Stylings (Bar None);
and more... www.benvaughn.net |
Jim
Gaines is one of the most prolific producer/engineers to hit
the music scene. Jim has been the recipient of multiple Grammy's
for his recording and producing talents. His credits read like
a "Who's Who" in the music industry…Carlos Santana,
Stevie Ray Vaughn, Journey, Huey Lewis, John Lee Hooker, Blues
Traveler, Albert Collins, Steve Miller Band, Coco Montoya…and
the list goes on and on. Please take a few minutes and visit
Jim's web site http://www.bessieblues.com/gcredits.html.
Not only is the site informative, it is also entertaining! We
are pleased to have
Jim as a member of the Hear Technologies' family...
"I am very pleased with
my Hear Tech headphone system. It was recommended
to me by Mike Icapelli whose judgment I trust. He uses this
system in live church recordings. After checking the system
out on the internet, I decided it was what I needed for our
small studio and that I could take it with me for any remote
recording projects. It arrived the day before a 10 piece horn
band came to record at a lodge nearby. It
worked great!! I had 6-8 mixes going at all times.
I agree with some of the other engineers on your site that
I have not picked certain studios because of their headphone
system. There are still a lot of small and medium studios
with a stereo mix only. It is hard to record a full rhythm
section without some flexibility. Thanks, Hear Tech."
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installed our Hear Back system in early 2004.All of our clients
love it, and every single one has made a comment about how pleased
they are with the clarity of the headphones.
I never thought as
an engineer that my mixes would sound better because of a
cue system, until we installed the hear back system.
While mixing the first project we used it on I realized it.
All of the performances were more consistent than before.
All of the drum hits were really steady, and everyone was
right with the click track. We got the basics done in fewer
takes, and the vocal overdubs went incredibly smooth.
Being a medium sized, one room facility, we
have been able to set ourselves apart from the others, by
supplying all of the services and comfort of a large multi-room
facility. This system has been a major
part of that.
Thanks for making a
great product, a product that combines ease of use, and at
the same time helps us do our job: Getting the best possible
performance on tape."
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love the simplicity and elegance of the HearBack system. The
sound is impeccable and the installation couldn't be easier.
The system is foolproof and its handsome design excites creativity."
"I have used other more complicated studio
cue systems in the past but none are as reliable and user
friendly as the HearBack."
"What a great solution. A system that
works every time and makes you wanna grab it. Simply perfect."
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Gustavo Celis, Mixer/Producer/Songwriter
Three-Time Grammy® Award Winner
Gustavo Celis has two American Grammy® Awards, a Latin
Grammy®, and has received critical acclaim for his work
on the film "Chicago" which was awarded a Best Sound
Oscar® last year. He has also worked with a distinguished
list of artists including Ricky Martin, Mandy Moore, Jewel,
Shakira,
Marc Anthony, Cher, and Santana, just to name a few...
www.gustavocelis.com
| www.supersonicstudios.com |
| “OK,
all I needed was 10 minutes with the system to know that I'll
buy it. Aside from the fact that the system arrived at 10:15am
and I had it up and running by 10:45am, it sounds fantastic.
The
two percussionists I had in the studio the day I tested the
system - Mike Fisher and Brian Kilgore - both thought the system
was off because it was so much quieter than the previous headphone
system we had been using. But when they finally heard audio,
they were also really impressed by how good it sounds and the
amount of volume they were able to get out of it. We were recording
Japanese Taiko drums and they had no problem getting good enough
levels in their cans. Nice job.“ |
Chris Fogel, Music Scoring Mixer / Album Mixer / Recording
Engineer
Chris is a music scoring mixer and recording
engineer currently living in Los Angeles. Chris has recorded
and mixed the scores for many successful films including Dodgeball,
Starsky and Hutch, both Charlie's Angels, KPAX, Miss Congeniality,
Blue Streak, Made, Reign of Fire and Cruel Intentions. Chris
has also worked with a very diverse group of recording artists
such as Alanis Morissette, Seal, Robbie Robertson, U2, Hanson,
Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Sneakerpimps, Sheryl Crow, Live, 98 Degrees,
Quincy Jones, The Corrs, Bliss and Nine Inch Nails. In 1998,
Chris received a "Best Engineering, Non-Classical"
Grammy nomination.
www.chrisfogel.com
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May 2004 ]
"All I can say is the headphone system is incredible! My
session Friday was so much more productive and enjoyable because
of it. There were no problems encountered and best of all not
a single complaint from the band. All they had to concern themselves
with was their performance.
Personally I believe
the Hear Tech system is the most cost effective way any one
could make a major upgrade to their studio, both in efficiency
and satisfaction for the artists and musicians. Please let
everyone there know my feelings. Thanks
to all of you who put this together."
[ December 2004 ]
“Dear Scott, I wanted to tell
you how happy I am with my Hear Tech headphone system. Now
that I've had it for almost a year, I have had a chance to
use it in a variety of sessions and sometimes I will use it
to monitor with headphones. I do not have to involve myself
with headphone mixes and I have more time to concentrate on
the music I'm recording. Best
of all, the artists I'm working with are happy. There is never
a problem. I can't imagine a better way to make studio life
simpler and maintain happy musicians and artists.
You make a great product.
Thank You"
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Johnny
Sandlin, Producer/Engineer, Duck Tape Music
The son of a Decatur, Al., hardware
store owner, Johnny Sandlin found fame in
the hard edge of Southern Rock. Joining with Gregg and Duane
Allman in 1966 as the drummer for the Hourglass, Sandlin played
a major role in the formulation of that style of music. As
part of the powder keg of talent that blasted Capricorn Records
to stardom, Sandlin produced the Allman's "Brothers And
Sisters", "Win, Lose Or Draw", and contributed
mixing and mastering to "Filmore East" and "Eat
A Peach". He also produced albums on Greg Allman, Gregg
and Cher, Eddie Kendricks, The Outlaws, Richard Betts, Elvin
Bishop, Wet Willie, Bonnie Bramlett, Alex Taylor, Cowboy,
Delbert McClinton, Carla Russell and Kozmic Mama, Widespread
Panic and many others. He has three platinum albums and seven
gold albums to his credit. Before his departure from Capricorn
Records in 1976 he was named vice president of A & R.
Since then he has worked as an independent producer and
engineer. He currently owns and operates Duck Tape Music,
a recording studio in Decatur, AL
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"Truly great high-end stuff. They sound
incredible…Clean, transparent and quiet. The
ability to interface 8 stations from one amp with 8 channels
to control you own mix at each station is awesome.
I thought I’d never be able to afford a system like
this; when I discovered HEAR Technologies, I found that price
was just another one of the system’s greatest features!”
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Tony Monaco,
Jazz Organist, Educator/Clinician, Producer/Studio
Engineer/Owner, Columbus Sound Recording and Monaco Prodcutions
- Westerville, Ohio
www.b3monaco.com
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"After having used Hear Technologies'
Hear Back for numerous sessions, I
must say it is the best headphone monitoring solution I have
ever used. The setup is very simple, the sound
is excellent, the price is extremely reasonable, and the usability
is so straight-forward that I never had to explain it any
client. I really couldn't be any happier with a headphone
distribution system.
The
best part, though, is that the folks at Hear are outstanding
to work with. If I ever do need support for
the system, I know that the excellent team at Hear Technologies
will do everything they can to take care of me. And in a production
environment, that is the best feature of all!"
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Loving the hearback
system! It does what it says and says what
it does. Sound quality is excellent and operation has been
flawless. Thanks for a great product!"
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