Bluetooth Headphone monitoring??

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2013/12/29 22:13:48 (permalink)

Bluetooth Headphone monitoring??

Hey guys,
 
I just got a pretty awesome pair of bluetooth headphones as a Christmas gift. I had intended to use them to listen to my ipod, but It occurred to me today that if I could get the latency down nice & low, I might be able to use them while I'm tracking acoustic guitar or vocals..... cord free.... Tell me that's not an exciting idea!
 
My current setup has a Mackie Big Knob sitting between my audio interface and my monitors. I usually use the Mackie headphone jack to monitor while I'm tracking. So far its worked perfectly. I'm thinking plug one of those bluetooth transmitters into the Mackie headphone jack, pair it with my sexy new headphones, and bam! instant cord free tracking. Problem is, looking online it seems like there is a pretty significant amount of latency with most of the Bluetooth transmitters I've found. Sometimes up to three seconds.
 
So my fellow Cakewalk forum-ers, has anyone tried this before? Does anyone know of a near zero latency bluetooth transmitter? Or is this all just too good to be true?
 
Anyway, hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
 
Ryan
 
P.S. I wanted to add that the latency between my ipod and the headphones is pretty small from what I can tell. The audio stream seems to be perfectly in sync with video on the ipod. That's not to say it's usable for audio tracking, but it's that much closer than a lot of the products a simple "Bluetooth latency" Google search will find you....
post edited by ryannadon - 2013/12/29 22:28:16
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    Re: Bluetooth Headphone monitoring?? 2013/12/29 22:22:49 (permalink)
    Never done it before (I prefer wires as I avoid charging batteries as much as possible)...
     
    Suggest you record a tone on one track, play back the tone on your headphones and record that sound via a mic onto another track (turn your speakers off). That should then be able to work out the actual latency (compare the difference between the tracks).
     
    You can then adjust the offset after you play along and record tracks with your headphones (although it will be extra work everytime you record).
     
    Also I'm not sure if you will pick up signal interference with bluetooth. Probably not but something to watch out for...
     
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
     
    I don't think it will work, but somebody will probably prove me wrong as I've never done it...
     
    post edited by CakeAlexS - 2013/12/29 22:31:16

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    Re: Bluetooth Headphone monitoring?? 2013/12/29 22:40:42 (permalink)
    Thanks CakeAlexS, I hadn't thought of trying it that way. I was thinking along the lines of either find a low latency option or don't bother. I'll give it a shot.
     
    Thanks for the idea,
     
    Ryan
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