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What feeds your IEM's?

JJP_1984_LB50

JJP_1984_LB50

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Aug 22, 2004
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#1
Hi,

I've been using IEM's for a few years now and really love it. I'm curious what people are using to "feed" their IEM's, i.e., what's generating the tone you end up hearing?

For example, I'm doing this...

Bass > Sansamp BDDI > FOH > Aux/Monitor Send > Senn G3 > Alclair Tour Customs

This works well, but are you doing something else interesting?
 
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Bass > Ampeg SVT7pro > X32 Producer > Stereo Buss Sends > Senn G3 > 1964 A8's

What we monitor depends on setup. Mostly FOH feeds..
For House provided FOH - we either split off their stage snake or send them a L/R feed off the x32.
When we use our own PA we monitor the FOH channels.
Either way - we have a stable IEM mix from gig to gig.
 
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JJP_1984_LB50 said:
Thanks for the replies.

Either of you use a cab?
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yes..
Bass > Ampeg SVT7pro > Avatar 2x10 Neo (700w cont)

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#7
these days it's usually the band i play guitar in using the IEMs, so:

'78 marshall 2203 head into 2x12 open back cab with celestion G12-65s
senn e906 mic set to middle setting, on a little stand placed just so
old-school A-H mixwiz board (british made thankyouverymuch)
aux out into beat-up shure PSM400 system that probably isn't even legal anymore
westone UM-3X ears
 
#8
I go zoom b3 to FOH mixer. the aux send feeds the carvin EM900, sending wireless to my em901. The zoom b3 also feeds an on stage amp for the guitarist and singer's benefit (drummer uses in ears too).

when I'm doing keyboard gigs (which is more often than bass :() I just go wired, plugging my earbuds straight into the EM900 transmitter.
No need to be wireless when you're playing keys.

I used to do a submixer so I could control my own signal vs. my monitor feed without bugging the sound tech, but both bands I'm in use digital mixers so I can now control my aux feed from the phone.
 
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Using the Behringer P1 for wired IEM, pretty decent. Good battery life.

Was Bass->Carvin MB15->DI to board->monitor feed to Behringer->InEarz P450.

Just got a Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig, so it's now DI from that, with an out going to the Carvin. Hoping to go totally ampless.
 
#10
the last band i played bass in that did use ears, it was my usual sansamp BDDI straight into the board. (it also fed my stage rig power amp, but i didn't really hear that with the ears in.) blend at 100%, level up and drive down for a "mic'ed amp sound" that was still decently clean.

it was a modern country band and i was almost exclusively fingers, and at first i had a little trouble tweaking my levels (digital board, i did it myself with a tablet); either i was too hot and it sounded annoying, or i was too low and found my right hand starting to hurt from digging in too hard.

i solved that by digging out my carl martin compressor and putting it in front on my pedalboard, set for the mildest bit of smoothing. that let me relax and still keep my place in the mix.

towards the end of my run with that band, i convinced our soundguy to give me stereo in-ears*; that was the best ever! it let me pan everybody else over to one side or the other a little while i kept myself dead-center, which made it easier to keep them in my mix without getting in the way.


*he wasn't used to doing that because the drummer used a wedge and the other guys were all using one ear in and one out :eek: :rollno:

i tried to tell them how bad and damaging an idea that was, but hey, what do i know?
 
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JJP_1984_LB50 said:
Thanks for all the replies...

I've been eyeing this up, too. I'm thinking I'd like to try a little compression and chorus, with an occasional foray into something synthy. How has it been working for you?
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Only one gig so far, this weekend will be more revealing. My initial opinion is that, if those are your requirements, I think you'd love it. Solid as a DI/SansAmp and tuner, pretty useful (if simple) comp and chorus.

To me, and others, the questionable part has been the octave/synth. Still deciding on that. But preamp/DI/comp/chorus/tuner, zero complaints.
 
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Usually I run the DI out of my GK MB500 post-eq directly into channel 1 of my Shure PSM 200 (Westone UM 30 Pro 3-driver buds), then send the thru XLR feed to FOH. Channel 2 is the aux feed from the FOH mixer for everything else. I set the EQ so my bass sounds good in my ears - but it takes very little adjustment. Very rarely I will just monitor my bass through the FOH aux feed - depends on who the engineer is. Almost everyone in my area is using a Behringer x32 of some kind. I adjust my IEM mix using an iPad.
 
#19
hey, a bump!

half a year later, i'm actually back in that country band again; same signal chain, except i scored an old mostly legal PSM700 in ear system, which just plain rocks.

way beefier and more pro than the PSM400 that was in the rack before, and it actually sounds better too, like how a bass rig with a bigger power amp sounds better even at the same volume as a smaller amp.

still line 6 G75-->carl martin comp-->BDDI-->1/4" to power amp/stage cabs, XLR to PA.

PA is XR18-->2 linked aux outs for stereo IEM mix-->shure PSM700-->westone UM3-X buds.

i use a cheap android samsung galaxy tab 4 7" tablet to run my mix.
 
#20
Currently I am feeding my IEM with a mix from a Yamaha MG-06 desk. In the rack with my IEM I have a Stereo Compressor Limiter and EQ.

I take a parallel line out of the powered sub on my side of stage to get a mix of the band to my desk.
Rode M3 over the drums to my mixer
Splitter box at the bottom of my Mic stand to send my Mic to the desk and to my mixer for more me. splitter box is great for switching the phase so I don't get cancelation when adding my vocal into the FOH.
A line from my pedal board or Bass Amp.
 

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