FF14 Mr. Masquerkisei Masako, ATH-R70X Product Planner, Mr. Hiro Hiro Suzuki and active composer, think that it is important to the remote production equipment

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MMORPG developed and operated by Square Enix, Final Fantasy 14 (hereinafter referred to as FF14). It is an essential sound production in a remote environment in the corona of this work, and it is used as a reference between the staff, Audio Technica s open headphone ATH-R70X .

Why the product has become a reference model, and to solve the goodness that the creator is acclaimed, Mr. Keibe of the Sound Creator of the Sound Creator of FF14 , Mr. Hirosu Suzuki, an ATH-R70X, ATH-R70X of Audio Technica, And three members of the Tomoya Tomoya to provide music (Tomoya Tomoya) to the commercial scene as a composer, and the original editorial department was told about the product in free-talk format.

If you look at the FF14 sound production, you should see the attraction of ATH-R70X deeper and deeper. Please take a look at it.

First half: I heard about Mr. Masquiles, FF14 Game Experience of Sound Production Secret

ATH-R70X should be buying with creators

• Captimally asked, but what was the reason for choosing ATH-R70X in music production?

Mr. Oshiki (hereinafter referred to as the honorifics abbreviation): The reason is that the recommended program for Final Fantasy 14 is a recommended program of Final Fantasy 14 , and when the headset of ATH-G1 created by Mr. Audio Technica was conducted. There is something like this, one of them brought was ATH-R70X . Although I thought that the open type was unusual, I was busy and sleeping (laughs). One day when I was surprised, I m a story when I was involved in the development site of the Imercive Audio, but even if I do not have a headphone, it sounds with headphones when the surround environment is reproduced with Imercive There was a time when I did not know if I m ringing with a speaker. It was a room tuned to Gachigachi, but it was surprised at that time in the state of attaching a headphone. When I attached ATH-R70X, I was about to hear that I think that I was thinking first when I heard the sound of the speaker. It was not a headphone. It sounds absolutely different from the sound and headphones that sound from the speaker, but that s the same . What s this! ? It was a feeling that it was said. Production Environmentally occurring when you can not hear a speaker, can you monitor it with ATH-R70X ? If you think and use it, There is no choice but to do this. I can not take it since then. I m sure I m not transmitted at all, but I really can hear it as a speaker!

• How do you sound like this way?

Mr. Suzuki (hereinafter referred to as the title abbreviation): What is it?

• (all laughs)

Suzuki: It will be a technical term, but the sense of I can not go out with headphones and I can not go out with headphones is a focus on headphones It is a 2ch stereo headphone that sounds in the head, and it is always . Some of the people in Europe, who feel unexpected, and the people of Veteran s sound engineers are particularly involved in their headphones, and those who are called an open type are also called ear speakers. I have a good time. I think that it is connected to the fact that it was said.

Sakai: That s right. In the previous interview, music and sound effects were different, but it is exactly that it is. Even if it is located in my head, I feel uncomfortable because it is explained from the picture and the picture. But it does not sound here, it s not like playing here, or it s likely to hear that, so it may be very difficult because it comes to hear. When making music, it is easy to create a person who listens to the entire body rather than listening to music in his head, so in such a situation, the desire to sound with a speaker is strong in the final process of production.

But it is especially the situation in the current situation, but I can not ring anyway! When it comes to ATH-R70X, everything is solved. For example, I have to spend money to make an environment that can be sounded, and if it is a room, I can t stick a sound insulation because the four corners are kinkin in the reflection ... but I m troublesome, but ATH-R70X is only Popo . This is fine now! It is a strange headphone as it is (laughs)

Suzuki: I think that there is a big hint that does not communicate well without passing the air. Since the open type is not sealed, it is a mechanism that uses the outer air freely and transmits sound from the driver unit. It does not move the sealed small amount of air, but does not transmit using the outer natural air, so the emotional part may not be transmitted.

Sakai: That s right. Also, if it is an open headphone, it is useful because it can be heard from the outside because it is called from the outside (laughs). There is a certain thing, but if you are concentrated on a sealed headphone during production, you can t hear it even if the alarm of the meeting time is ringing at all. So there are many people who have been late for the meeting (laughs). Of course there are also times to be a loose, but there are many work with a sealed headphone, so if you concentrate it, it will be delayed when you notice that time will flow and be late. That s why

Anyway, I think that it is a great characteristic that you can hear it with a sense of listening to the speaker naturally, and I think it is excellent as an environment to listen to music.

• Situations that must be heard with headphones are those born by Corona?

Sakai: That s right. After that, I think there are many creators who have to make it in constraints. Fortunately we have a part of the sound club, so there is no one who complains even if you ring the sound. However, a company that does not have a sound club or a developer who has never done everything alone is also good. So, if you are working with programmers, designers, planners, and no soundproofing equipment, you are not a bother if one sounds sound (laughs). But there are many cases where I want to check with the speaker, and I think ATH-R70X will solve it.

After another person, I was working with illness and I was working while hospitalization, but of course I can not make a speaker in the room. If you do that, what do you do? (Laughs). Even in such an environment, I was helpful and saved. Of course, there are a lot of staff who can not make a sound at home in the current situation of Corona, and you can not use the speaker. All members have introduced ATH-R70X to the members even if you want to sound with a speaker. Honestly, there are many many members, but I think it was a necessary investment for this. Because of the speaker set and sound insulation material, it can be realized at much lower cost than preparing each individual production environment. I think everyone should buy as an honest sound creator. If you have such a good product, you should have a good product that you should have.

By the way, while there are many products without a sense of bass, the ATH-R70X is out of the down from the bottom, and how is it realized by the unit of that size ...?

• (all laughs)

Suzuki: That s right .... If you talk about that day, it is not enough, but the history of open headphones is the history of Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, and the original headphones were originally the main products As a subsequent audio technica, I was going to grab my hair of the people, and I did it for a few years, but I could not grasp it. I think that it is not very known, but in fact we count from the first headphone to 4 to 5 generations of trial and error of open headphones. It is actually I said that I took ATH-R70X, but at that time ATH-M50, there was a hermetic monitor headphone that was useful for professionals around the world.

Micro: It is a pre-generation product before I used now.

Powerful: .

Suzuki: Thank you. The product called ATH-M50 is a sound quality that is a sound quality that is a plus to the motivation of the people playing, and the sound quality of the monitor headphone is the basis of the monitor headphone, and it is easy to monitor the sound that you want to monitor A veteran engineer is a headphone that says, I will create a monitor headphone that can be embodied in all your carrier because this is the last person in charge! The heritage that the person left is taken over, and we evolved from ATH-M50 to ATH-M50X, and have been able to have a ground called Audio Technica Studio Monitor.

It is a story only because such a ground was made, but I was promoted with the company I want you to let the open monitor . Audio Technica is an unusual company as a leading headphone microphone manufacturer designed and producing driver units in-house, but when I was cooked with the chief engineer in charge when I was boiled at the final stage of its development Ath-R70X, who has picked up one of my kind words and two types of prototypes that could be two types from there. However, since it is not clear that what conversation at that time has become a hint, there was a question from Mr. Oshikari, Why does this sound will come out that no one can answer (laughs) .

By the way, the voice of the open headphone is often heard that it does not come out, but it will be that it is not a real-open headphone, if it comes from the engineer of headphones in the world.

Seiki-Miwa: .

Suzuki: The speaker is also true, but there are various methods and various sounds can be given. Headphones also have a sealed type, and open type can not cause this sound. If you move the vibrating board firmly and control the air movement, you should always make that sound. However, I feel like I was developed at the time of developing a story that losses somewhere or does not make controls inadequate or not.

Pastness: If it is ATH-R70X that I could not do anything seriously in the theory, it was ATH-R70X (laughs)

Suzuki: Ath-R70x Release several years later We have released the product called ATH-ADX5000 of our open flagship model, but the experience value of ATH-R70X was used So an open flagship is done. It is true that something was taken over, but when the low band of ATH-R70X is decided, what I said, what is the engineer receives, and sometimes While talking, What s wrong ... (laughs)

Miwa: Audio-Technica me, DJ series Yea, M series Yea, but I think that has been built around a closed type, it was a great challenge because after all make the ATH-R70x mosquito?

Suzuki: No, no, I m that so think is often, I wonder are making for years ...? 40 years or more open type of headphone Orimashi worked under its own brand, first became a major is I m an enclosed, but open also I was working from the beginning. However, before citizenship just to now like I headphones, I was treated like that come with an addition of an audio component set. When the sound in the speakers can not ring by Japan of the housing situation, it was came with so listen not divulge the music in the audio set Toka minicomponent bonus . Since the sealed type in Japan, I think that what has been recognized as a headphone.

Soken: split and gamers, is not it there is no border or. It s also sealed one-option gamers in that sense.

Suzuki: I think I m likely. But if there is an open type of headphone called ATH-AD700x , we but we have been making for nearly 10 years, has continued much now sold to the current also part for the region. Because, people of gamers phrase region, have me to demand and me not stop absolutely because I want to continue to use, but is that so are used in the local tournament of the phrase game titles, surely this that s right localization and headphone not it can not be taken. It does not have very sold, but did not let me be Disukon (laughs)

Soken: Is it not a good thing (laughs)

Miwa: but it is not a exaggeration to say that supporting the ears of the people of all over the world.

Suzuki: I like a have quite serve you in the world wide, but quite that not accustomed to major (laughs). I thought that we want to more marketing.

Soken: Is not there are many cultural Narae to the right as the site of the production or. There is anyway Pro Tools, it looks like there is a GENELEC. I wonder if not it about Japan I it. To those that have been going and optimized for the studio in each country is put, Japan I think there is a bad studio like an atmosphere If this is not put. A such a culture for the advantage of the fact to the contrary, is not it good Once you have the ATH-R70x the de facto standard.

Suzuki: It can be thought of as a Well so.

Soken: (laughs)

Suzuki: However, even if I have done it in Japan, a place called the entire assignment and so far or that the Japanese music scene industry if there is a place vulnerable to imported also for the equipment also for the technology, overseas studio and say equipment famous engineers are using, and ended up with Narae the street right, there was able to not get recognized very much. Audio-Technica has also manufactured and sold mic, AT40 series something is, just if I have the de facto standard, I think that make a situation such as the one for each studio there.

On the other hand, recently have occurred generational change of the sound engineer, it s the person who is beginning to make a new studio. The people are, people of the generation that deviates from Narae to right, what you like of their own, that they want to use what was confirmed in my ear, and wonder if you are the first time will choose the Audio-Technica products I am thinking.

Soken: Well then I guess I is widespread in the grassroots.

Suzuki: really looks grassroots (laughs)

Soken: in the sense that grassroots, from people who did not know also sound staff of Square Enix there were many, If you let me I Do not ask thought to have been fooled, staff say bad this product is 1 It was not even human. It is presumptuous When I say a chance, might have been able to cooperate in grassroots activities (laughs). Toka audio relationship is not good here, but is not a few critics that wants to put a stingy, this product is really m stingy does not stick. Wow, what this me.

Suzuki: really no well is how to recommend, someone noticed us and Na good to be silently headphones in day-to-day plant, it has been making a microphone (laughs).

Soken: However, I think I think as Tteyuu What about what some pros and cons I use it as a gaming headset. Continue to use the sealed type, to will gamers feeling of localization is accustomed to sealed and there is a sense of discomfort To hear an open type. However, from the production side, because the act of finally sound from the speaker is known it how much important or, I m there is to apply a large amount of cost to make this one step. Acts such as I ll go all the way to the outside of the studio, because it is essential in order to deliver a better sound, the Tteyuu product that it can be easily realized, I think that we should look at using after all once.

Suzuki: I do consumer products currently s the main charge, until 7-8 years ago he was responsible for professional, has worked on the ATH-M50x at that time. Since the opportunity were often to meet and sound engineer, you want what kind of headphones? It was around to various heard of that. Then, since in so much easier I want to go eat music not accustomed to major, basically should be the production of the music at home, the so-called bed-side studio, of the DTM at the side of the bed environment people have to work environment I was taught that quite often in. But last m not need to be boom box check, and Kumito the something needs it s such or not managed to get in the house the place you do not know and do not ring a large piece (large speakers that are installed in the studio), also arrived part in ATH-R70x I have.

To reach there, ATH-M50x, but we have created ATH-M70x, and, I think that there is quite I want to use this tool because you want to check here for each scene. Without also be asked to complete only in separately from those of Audio-Technica, I am using a variety of products, it has been made with the feeling that finally be nice and become the speaker of the alternative environment. I m glad it if you choose as one of its tools.

The ATH-R70x, is where is honest because did not make think that you can be glad to here (laughs). In fact, very little I the person who can be an open and understanding, because it is terribly often accustomed to be made the sound also sealed you were engineers, Then I want no longer know me open type of localization right. Because too much suddenly spread, I was worried in the like are also there for that deviate from the sound field to know of their own.

Of course people of Europe is to make and hear how the ear, You differences also language also music culture, sealed the feelings people not a few that bad, or a Sennheiser, specializes in open-type of long-established, such as or a beyerdynamic Studio to be will think I m the mainstream. DT990 of beyerdynamic, because DT880 has also been made in the remains of the same style HD560 / HD600 also probably more than 40 years of Sennheiser, a place called altered not open the de facto standard has been thought that I wonder if not it there is in Europe . I want to go grab the bottom of the bangs.

Soken: I think After that there is also a culture. In the case of Japan is not it often generations to enjoy the music from the earphone culture or rather Walkman culture. So there is the impression that Do is being faded is the act of listening from the speaker.

Miwa: because Japanese housing conditions specific to the sound is not put out is is not it in the base. Or rather culture that does not allow sound leakage.

Soken: I long ago had big speakers Toka also, yes.

Suzuki: When After is a game machine of the consumer, in recent years, is not it is connected to Hobohobo 4K TV. I think you sound from the 4K TV speakers is issued me the case.

Soken: This is I think different by the game play style. I have used for different genres of playing games, for example, a headphone of the closed type is when do the FPS game, we use the speakers when you play a RPG. It will vary depending also on because you want to hear the sound yourself in what environment m not kana. What FPS, but it information of the sound I know information to win only. But I sound of the RPG, or say immersive sense of the world, because there is important for being able to experience the dramatic story like a movie in interactive, nature is different kana me. Where is the enemy in the case of FPS, information, such as it s such a one I heard footsteps from behind is an important, I think that it is not the sense of realism.

Miwa: That s right.

Soken: visual information as I d be a search operation I or enemy where you are, or rather to detect whether you are the other side of the wall in the sound, the impression that I wonder if they handle information is different by still play game is. You How do I know? I now in the world of gamers of you, or headphones subject of the, whether the speaker is mainly from.

Miwa: I How do a .... Maybe consumer, but I think that I think we are who are doing Toka PS4 / PS5 have sounded unexpectedly from TV, pros coming out in the competition scene even Toka FPS is often in the earphones Hey.

Soken: I m is a canal type.

Yes : Miwa. In, the so-called common people, Toka one headset, I guess I feel like a headphone and a condenser 1 mic there are many who are delivered. Of which has been used even now in the form of combination of the AT4040 to ATH-M50x.

Soken: but it is not seen so much I people who are using the open.

Miwa: I is not seen so much, the Toka towards the overseas distributor Toka also part ... beyerdynamic If you are using an open type, but I do not want to put the company name in front of Mr. much Audio-Technica (smile)

Suzuki: m completely okay (laughs)

Soken: You d better bites in there I m ... (laughs)

Suzuki: absolutely no idea that it Kuikomo there in ATH-R70x, R Series, M Series are made with I think it s such would like you to choose as a tool of those who have been in occupation of the sound. Since the secondary professional is using to make the sound of the original source, it is that very glad I am becoming more happy also with those of the end user. However, since the basic for the business, It is extremely rugged, to decoration is also no. It does not light ...

• (everyone laughs)

Soken: It ll There is also Toka problem of impedance.

Suzuki: I It is also a problem of equipment environment in which it is use.

Soken: We as a production site, as a tool to listen to music, rest is I believe that headphones I think it is the best solution as monitoring applications. However, Toka want playing the game in this environment, the Tteyuu I want you to listen to music in this environment, but is afraid to say in front of Mr. Audio-Technica, I would want to do in love. Rather than not you are using the ATH-R70x in the sense that I want to hear in the same environment, it s you are using as ruler.

The larger the game production, the more of the people engaged in the sound, and it has become more likely to be able to complete alone, including within the inside. In addition, under the influence of Corona, we gathered in the studio and monitored with everyone, and it was difficult to talk, It s too low and it s too strong, so it s too strong. Nowadays, while producing in a different home environment, space, it became difficult to hear the sound at the same scale, and now, Let s put it down because the low-range is not enough , and when it became it is not enough, ATH-R70X This is a great helpful experience if everyone could have the same experience. I felt that it was effective at production site.

Suzuki: Near Field Monitor Speaker is used, even if the same model number speaker is used, the size of the room and the material of the wall will change the sounding. By the way, I asked for a very good thing, but the ATH-R70X R REFERENCE R . Because he is using it as a thing is the manufacturer.

Sakai: Well, I was able to use the correct usage (laughs)

Micro: In my case, I made a song with one person and release, or other mixing and mastering, but now I used ATH-M50x now, As I bought ATH-M70X on the other day, I thought it was better to hear the ATH-R70X and asked the ATH-R70X.

Suzuki: I think that it is better to prepare the whole mix balance with ATH-M50x as a good way or more. Since ATH-M70X is making a low band for decayment for detail adjustment, the ATH-M70X is tight, so if you adjust the details, if you have the last last at the ATH-M50X, you should be familiar with the bass. .

Single: That s right. Certainly it extends.

Suzuki: It is an image that it is close to being in the studio if you use it and using it as a multiline monitor-room sound speech, it will be close to the GENELEC speaker. I m glad if you could use such a way. You have to advertise such usage properly ... (laughs)

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Miwa: But after all ATH-M50x is motivated from bottom to top from bottom to top. ATH-M70X certainly has a speech impression that seems to be very monitored.

Suzuki: Just ... I think that it is different from the fat and leaning people as a feeling of humans, but it does not listen to the primary resonance from the speaker, the secondary , Since the tertiary sounds, the tertiary sounds, so I continue to feel the bass in my body, so I should feel how to feel it by human beings. It is impossible to say that it is an open headphone 1 shot, so I think it would be better to use ATH-R70X as a fele.

Mitachi: This is better to buy.

Suzuki: Well. There is also a balanced armature earamoni called ATH-E70, so if you align all of it, you can go to the Earpods check at this time.

I m using the ancestor: ATH-E70. That s good.

Suzuki: Thank you very much. Many of our products are used (laughs)

It can be used as a monitoring and can be used as a listening. It is really good. Well, if you say, I want you to increase the other number of sponge types.

Suzuki: Sorry, there is a little cost issue ....

• (all laughs)

Suzuki: ATH-E70 was also somewhere when I was talking with French DJs at some exhibitions? I m disliked the DJ Monitor Headphones of Overhead , so how are such people? When I asked, it is ATH-E70 that I made it I m fine around me.

We have a Philosophy of the company called original sound reproduction, but it is a reproduction of the intention of the person trying to make a sound as it is , and it is absolutely considered as an essential element. I think there is. By saying that it can be done so that it can be respectively reproduced, We are making the localization so much in the past few decades. Since the sound field will change at all by the localization.

• Return a little story, but I was asked to say, but what was the deciding factor of the sound of ATH-R70X to be?

Supervisory: Determinating hand or tool characteristics, and there was also a pandemic, and each staff shifted to the production at home. After all, the production environment of each individual is different, so it will be born in the space if you do not exchange information in some extent. At such time, all unifying in the same product, it is large that there weren t many tools that can create a condition that can hear the same sound without receiving the surrounding cause.

• Development Since what is the honotable sound?

Suzuki: Basically, open headphones are only flat characteristics (neutral) that can be done properly. So, as well as the open-handed headphones, it becomes closer to flat characteristics, and a few nuances are different by each manufacturer. There is also a part of this product of this product, but there is also a part that I only put out of us, so I will choose according to your preference. The open headphone f special (frequency characteristics) of the open type of open headphone is basically straight, so it is perfect for what to do.

Pastness: Another reason is the other reason, and overseas products have a large individual variation of the product, and audio technica has fewer variations in the product. The quality of such a product was also a big deal as well.

Micro: Audio Technica Isn t the sound of music? I feel that it is very easy to make a noise.

Suzuki: It would have been in the art of ATH-M50x developers mentioned above.

Pastness: (LOL)

Suzuki: I think that it is because I feel that the motivation of the production environment produced by the ATH-M50x goes up. I think that the person who made is also pleased. (smile)

Powerful: When using a sealed type, I use Sony s MDR-CD900ST, but I can hear it when I listen after using the audio technica product.

Suzuki: It is recognized that the signal you want to know as a tool completely is here, and it is recognized that it is concentrated on the confirmation of the detail.

Sakai: That s right. It is a check of each instrument. It s too much, it s not good, it s not good, or if you re a wet high, you re right, you will be needed when you can hear that, but you re totally different from how to use ATH-M70X. MDR-CD900ST is for instrument check, and ATH-M70X is for total check. How are you okay?

Suzuki: All right. It is a great deal (laughs). So if you finally check with ATH-R70X (laughs)

It is difficult to get everything with one of the best: .

Suzuki: Maybe it can be realized as a monitor headphone, but it is difficult. It is difficult to say that one of them is one of them because there is a part that human beings who do not like this while moving the air in a large space, and there are still a part of the bone and the horizontal membrane.

Single: Even if you try using various manufacturers, it is not found that it will be good with this, and it will not be helpful.

Isn t it fun to be fun at the: ? There are various things, and one resource is a lot of hearing, so I think that there is a product of various approaches that you have a product of various approaches.

Single: Certainly fun. But I m not talking about it, but I m troubled when I became a discon. Do not fix it! (Laughs)

Suzuki: Products that will be disconnect, especially for business products, after all it was not recognized so much in the world .... I think that it is not enough to be a decoration because it was not a strong fan. Audio Technica still has many engineers of the same age as I still continue evolution.

Audio equipment manufacturer representing Japan, audio technica. It is no exaggeration to say that the product they make support not only the sound aspect of FF14 but also all the industry involved in the sound. While the bedroom studio has increased, in the home work accelerated by Corona, the reference is the standard = using the ATH-R70X developed because it becomes a reference Try aiming for sounds on one rank It may be good .

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