Hi,
I've already found the big sticky topic about ear protection, and am currently working through it.
My problem though: I've got custom molded earplugs with -15dB linear dampening filters in it.
However, I notice if I put these in, I can't hear my bass! The low end seems to be gone completely!
Pretty damn annoying!
(Also not super satisfied with the plugs. If I move my cheekbone - which I do often while playing since I make rediculous bass-faces - sometime I hear loud plops and the sound gets louder. Sounds like somebody is opening and closing a high-pass filter. Annoying!)
So I kind of put them in half and half when it gets loud, finding a compromise between dampening and hearing what I am doing...
However this doesn't seem to suffice. Last week we played in a boat (ie. big metal tube), all monitors were pretty loud, and now I've got a peep+hiss in my ears GRR...
So urgently looking for a better solution.
What are your guys experience with these custom molded earplugs? Do you guys still hear your basstones ok in the mix?
It would probably help if I use my amp only as monitor (I already do) and boost the mids and highs to cut through the mix and my earplugs. (Too bad I don't have pre-EQ lineout, I would have to buy a DI-box)
Not too fond of this option though, I don't want a clangy bass sound, even only on stage ... :s
I was also wondering: how do the guys who use in-ear monitors work? I play in a cover band, and most of the time we have a kind-of-decent PA. But still I think getting a decent monitor mix is a dream. So how do you guys work? Only bass in the in-ears and just hear the mix through the earplus? Or do you guys always use a monitor mix?
I've already found the big sticky topic about ear protection, and am currently working through it.
My problem though: I've got custom molded earplugs with -15dB linear dampening filters in it.
However, I notice if I put these in, I can't hear my bass! The low end seems to be gone completely!
Pretty damn annoying!
(Also not super satisfied with the plugs. If I move my cheekbone - which I do often while playing since I make rediculous bass-faces - sometime I hear loud plops and the sound gets louder. Sounds like somebody is opening and closing a high-pass filter. Annoying!)
So I kind of put them in half and half when it gets loud, finding a compromise between dampening and hearing what I am doing...
However this doesn't seem to suffice. Last week we played in a boat (ie. big metal tube), all monitors were pretty loud, and now I've got a peep+hiss in my ears GRR...
So urgently looking for a better solution.
What are your guys experience with these custom molded earplugs? Do you guys still hear your basstones ok in the mix?
It would probably help if I use my amp only as monitor (I already do) and boost the mids and highs to cut through the mix and my earplugs. (Too bad I don't have pre-EQ lineout, I would have to buy a DI-box)
Not too fond of this option though, I don't want a clangy bass sound, even only on stage ... :s
I was also wondering: how do the guys who use in-ear monitors work? I play in a cover band, and most of the time we have a kind-of-decent PA. But still I think getting a decent monitor mix is a dream. So how do you guys work? Only bass in the in-ears and just hear the mix through the earplus? Or do you guys always use a monitor mix?
