Heya! I’m thinking about purchasing wireless noise-canceling earplugs (e.g. the Sony WF-1000XM4 or Apple AirPods Pro), mostly for listening to music on the go. But I was also wondering whether there are any issues (aside from the latency one) when it comes to making music on the go with these headphones? I assume it’s generally possible to configure Ableton Live to use those Bluetooth headphones instead of the internal audio card? And there’s most probably a quite high latency, but I would probably be fine with that (at least in most mobile music production situations where I would just use the internal audio card of the MacBook Pro). Anyway, would love to hear experiences from people who did this!
Edit: I’m currently using Audio-Technica ATH-M50 X (mostly at home) and Shure SE-215 (mostly on the go). So especially with regards to the Shure earplugs I’m probably quite used to not having a super neutral listening experience already.
Bluetooth isn’t ideal for audio production due to the latency and audio compression inherent to the technology. That being said, the AirPods Max have an optional cable you can buy to use them with less latency. They’re very hyped headphones (as most consumer headphones will be), so might not be the best for mixing, but might be fine for your purposes.
So I often make music with Bluetooth headphones cause I’m lazy lol. It becomes really hard to live record yourself since the monitoring will be lagging behind.
If you mostly work with midi instruments, it’s doable. I often use the piano roll when I’m making music like this. It’s also possible to play the instruments on a keyboard, but your sound will be delayed, so it’s a bit more difficult. It’ll always be easier with wired headphones.
That being said however, I still have had success with making music with Bluetooth headphones and most of my stuff has been like 50/50 speakers and Bluetooth headphones.