Guest MoJo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I made the switch last night and my only regret is that I didn't do it earlier. In my party/function band we all DI / Mic into the desk but I've always had an amp / cab / combo on stage for monitoring. Nervous and sceptical, I took both my in-ear monitors, a relatively inexpensive set of Sennheiser IE6's and my rig to the gig last night. I plugged my Zoom MS-60B into my DI box and into the desk. I got a monitor feed back from the engineer, a nice balanced mix of everything. To say I was pleased would be an understatement. I could hear everything I played more clearly than ever before and, without the bass rig combing and conflicting with the front of house sound, it was much easier to get a good balanced mix out front. I shall still be using my rig for my rock covers band as everything goes off backline but I'm looking forward to the next gig with the party band when I can leave both the rig and wedge monitor at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Would love to do this. Can you expand on the how it's done front ? or did you just leave it to the engineer ? I'm assuming you need enough aux's on the desk for each member to have their own. How are they amplified ? ta Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Would love to do IEMs as well, but our drummer can't / won't put things in his ears and Keith Moon couldn't keep headphones on so neither will I. Oh well, never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 [quote name='Les' timestamp='1378638941' post='2202603'] Would love to do this. Can you expand on the how it's done front ? or did you just leave it to the engineer ? I'm assuming you need enough aux's on the desk for each member to have their own. How are they amplified ? ta Les [/quote] I trust my FOH sound to the Engineer. Amplification is via a small, inexpensive 4 way headphone amp. Depending on the number of auxiliaries on your desk dictates whether you get your own individual mix or not. I get the same mix as the drummer which is a balanced bit of everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Check this... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205633-in-ear-monitors-help-needed/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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