I'm wondering if anyone knows of any small limiters that can be used with in ear monitors. For the most part I will be using an Aviom system with a set of UM2s, but occasionally I will be using a rolls PM351 and the lack of limiter worries me. I don't want to carry around a huge rack, so I'm looking for something I can throw in my gigbag. The only thing I have been able to find is various attenuators, I'm not looking for something with incredible tone, but rather something that will catch a feedback loops, an over enthusiastic drummer's cymbal, or dropped mic. What do you guys have for me?
Thanks, MK1, for bringing this up, and thanks to all who responded with suggestions. I use IEMs with a Rolls PM55 (similar to a PM351, but with only 2 inputs instead of 3, and with optional battery power) exclusively for my monitoring, and I've been concerned about the lack of a limiter.
Most of the suggestions have been pricey and contain more features than seem necessary for a simple limiter between the Rolls PM351 and the headphones; some of them are rackmounts and are bigger than my whole pedalboard (admittedly laughably sparce: a powerbar for the wallwarts, the PM55, and a Fishman Platinum Pro). I never use a wireless, and I've always been the only one in the band using IEMs; everyone else just uses wedges.
The Alesis Nanocompressor isn't too expensive, but it's old and discontinued, and it's replacements are expensive, complex, and large.
Bongomania, given the modest basic requirements for a limiter that MK1 and I need, would the Rolls CL151 limiter's horrible sound be a factor?
My own searches hadn't turned up anything better than the suggestions here, so I'm sorry to be whining; I'm just hoping for something simpler (and cheaper).
Thanks,
Pete
