flutophilus Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Hi, I occasionally play in a local theatre band - up to now we've been using open foldback monitors but the MD wants to go over to headphone monitoring. I'm a bit worried as we're only a communty theatre and I don't really know if this is going to work. Anyway, specifically, can anyone recommend what headphones I should get - I feel that I want open phones so I can still hear ambient sound, partly as I don't really trust the sound engineer to get it right. Up to now I've been using a Roland Cube 100, with an XLR line out to the sound desk, which I place close to my seat and I usually have some sound from the amp as my personal monitor, then we have a monitor speaker which blends band and microphone. He's also talking about just DI-ing but I'm not sure what advantage there would be in that, and again I don,t trust them to come up with a decent setup themselves. I get paid MU rates so I don't mind supplying necessary gear myself, though I have a Mesa-Boogie V-twin guitar pre-amp (but no XLR output). Bass is a Sandberg California with active/passive options. Any thoughts appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrkelly Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I'll post a better reply once I'm not on my iPhone but headphone choice is quite personnal. I use beyer 770s which are quite bass heavy but the sennheiser hd25s are also a popular choice. Or go in ear but if you're doing several several shows a day they're not that comfy unless you go for custom moulds (very expensive). Definitely go closed to avoid bleed into any mics though. Are you using Avioms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endorka Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 [quote name='chrkelly' post='659747' date='Nov 19 2009, 11:05 PM'].... the sennheiser hd25s are also a popular choice...[/quote] I've used these in the pit too, and they worked very well. It wasn't necessary to use them for every song - not all of them had a click track, and there was sufficient monitoring in the pit to play without them - but I actually preferred the sound when using them. We were able to create our own monitoring mix on that gig though, which was amazing. It's a long shot but maybe you could persuade your theatre to go down that route? No idea how much it costs unfortunately. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutophilus Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 [quote name='chrkelly' post='659747' date='Nov 19 2009, 11:05 PM']Ih. Are you using Avioms?[/quote] What are Avioms ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrkelly Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 It's a device that mounts on your music stand and gives you full control over your own headphone mix. It's kinda like a simplified mixing desk. Very useful if there's not much time for soundchecks. If you're relying on just the soundman I'd recommend buying a cheap in line volume control to prevent yourself being deafened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endorka Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Now that you mention it, it was Aviom devices we used on the gig I was writing about, amongst others. They are brilliant. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutophilus Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 [quote name='chrkelly' post='660350' date='Nov 20 2009, 05:16 PM']It's a device that mounts on your music stand and gives you full control over your own headphone mix. It's kinda like a simplified mixing desk. Very useful if there's not much time for soundchecks. If you're relying on just the soundman I'd recommend buying a cheap in line volume control to prevent yourself being deafened.[/quote] No we won't be using Avioms, not that sophisticated. Thanks for all the advice anyway. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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