Combining a bass amp/cab (MB Ninja 212) with in-ears and going wireless

I’m not aware of any “two way” systems on the market, which surprises me because it seems like a no-brainer. They would be pretty pricey though.

s0C9 is our resident wireless expert, maybe he’ll weigh in.

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There are many threads here and they all agree it is not being done.

you need two different systems. That is the way it goes. I do it that way and it is fine.

 

The wireless bass bit is easy. Plug the cable coming out of the wireless body pack into your bass. Plug the receiver end into the input of your amp or pedal train which then goes to your amp. bingo you are wirless as far as your bass.

To go IEM wired or wireless is a lot more tricky. The first thing you must determine is where is your monitor signal coming from. Basically it must come from the band mixer or some variation on that. There are tons of threads here. You can alos have a look at the web site shown in my sig below.

 

Tell us what mixer you are using live and we can get more detailed from there...

 

I actually use three belt packs...Bass wireless on my strap, In-ear receiver on my belt or in my back pocket, And wireless headset mic on my belt or in the other pocket. Sounds tedious but it's not that bad. For what it's worth run the in ear cable under your shirt or put it on after your bass. You don't want it between your strap and shirt or a wrong move could yank the buds out of your ears or worse.

 

I have 2 - don't have the headset mic..
Like you.. bass wireless on strap.. IEM receiver snapped onto back pocket!
IEM cable run down inside shirt to avoid snagging, and bass cable wrapped around strap and down inside rear straplok to jack!

 

2 simple ways to connect your in-ears:

1. Everything connects into the mixer either directly or by microphones (even if you will not put it into the FOH speakers). Then you setup your monitor mix and send it to one of the monitor outputs and connect that to your in-ear transmitter.

2. If for some reason you can't connect your bass into the main mixer (not enough channels, or whatever), then you can plug whatever monitor mix you do have into the Right input on your in-ear transmitter, and using a split signal (from a DI box, or whatever) you can connect your bass into the Left input.

 

PS: The G30 bodypak is actually a transmitter - not a receiver!
That is why you want to keep it on your strap and away from the IEM "receiver" - to minimize any possible interference/interaction!

 

I too run my IEM cable down my back and inside my shirt, T or suit coat but I like my IEM body pack on my left side belt just above the pants pocket. Because of the way my Stienberger bass sits on the strap I have to put my wireless body pack in my right hip pocket.

 

the point for the OP is that 2 bodypaks are pretty common!

 

Keeping the bodypacks separate isn't a big deal with the Line 6 unit as it's 2.4 Ghz and the IEM is most likely UHF or VHF band, quite a distance between them in frequency. More of an issue if you have 2 UHF units. I had a V55 right on top of my IEM, both on my strap and the rack units right by each other with no problem.

Certainly better if you separate, but not as big a deal as you might think. It was more of a concern when I switched to QLXD Shure wireless, then I made sure to separate the antennas in the rack (front=QLXD wireless, back of rack=IEM) and on my body. I keep wireless high on strap by near shoulder and IEM on strap by waist. If you can keep your body in between them to the greatest extent possible that's a good thing, better than just distance alone.

Randy