Comments on: Monitor Mixes http://www.asoundchurch.com/2009/09/monitor-mixes/ Your System. Your Crew. Maximized. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: deWeb http://www.asoundchurch.com/2009/09/monitor-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-271 deWeb Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:28:44 +0000 http://www.asoundchurch.com/?p=558#comment-271 had our first sunday with iem's this week and our sound guys couldn't stop raving about how much better and cleaner their mix was because they didn't have to contend with the monitors. we are still running a few wedges on the stage for the choir and for a little bit of atmosphere, but with much lower levels. @Daniel, if you have it in the budget, you gotta get them to try it. had our first sunday with iem’s this week and our sound guys couldn’t stop raving about how much better and cleaner their mix was because they didn’t have to contend with the monitors. we are still running a few wedges on the stage for the choir and for a little bit of atmosphere, but with much lower levels.

@Daniel, if you have it in the budget, you gotta get them to try it.

]]> By: Bob Witte http://www.asoundchurch.com/2009/09/monitor-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Bob Witte Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:17:52 +0000 http://www.asoundchurch.com/?p=558#comment-270 Aaron - yup - good bands that know how to do a great sound check - 10 minutes and we're locked in - hand signals and the OK sign.... Less professional talk softly into the mic, play softly EVEN if I'm next to them on stage coordinating the sound check and they don't even want to tell me when they are happy with the volume and inevitably it is always too soft since they do not take into account that the rest of the band will also play. It sometimes is better just to set what we think in that case since we have more experience. Of course many of them are just happy to have a monitor speaker within 5 feet of them :) Aaron – yup – good bands that know how to do a great sound check – 10 minutes and we’re locked in – hand signals and the OK sign…. Less professional talk softly into the mic, play softly EVEN if I’m next to them on stage coordinating the sound check and they don’t even want to tell me when they are happy with the volume and inevitably it is always too soft since they do not take into account that the rest of the band will also play. It sometimes is better just to set what we think in that case since we have more experience. Of course many of them are just happy to have a monitor speaker within 5 feet of them :)

]]> By: Aaron Foster http://www.asoundchurch.com/2009/09/monitor-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Aaron Foster Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:51:44 +0000 http://www.asoundchurch.com/?p=558#comment-268 Having professionally mixed monitors for a few years now, it's really easy to separate the good from the bad as far as bands go. The professional bands know what they want and where. I build a mix for each of them on what they want. Usually have them point up or down as I line check the band. For the most part once their mix is set and they are happy I try not to mess with it. I do run through the wedges once they are playing and make the what they wanted to hear is still happening; i.e. the guitar player turned up and they drummer went from quiet sticks to clubs. The not so professional bands are a totally different story. The concept of raising your hand for more seems to escape them and I usually end up building their mixes for them. If they seem to be off during the show I'll add a piano to help them find their pitch or some drums to help them find their timing. The hip-hop gigs always crack me up though. They ask for 4 biamped 15's monitors in front of them plus sidefills. I've got it screaming at 120db through their wedges, completely overpowering the house, and they are still wanting more. It's bad enough to make my ears rattle and vision blur and yet they still want more. Oh the joys of the ME. Having professionally mixed monitors for a few years now, it’s really easy to separate the good from the bad as far as bands go. The professional bands know what they want and where. I build a mix for each of them on what they want. Usually have them point up or down as I line check the band. For the most part once their mix is set and they are happy I try not to mess with it. I do run through the wedges once they are playing and make the what they wanted to hear is still happening; i.e. the guitar player turned up and they drummer went from quiet sticks to clubs. The not so professional bands are a totally different story. The concept of raising your hand for more seems to escape them and I usually end up building their mixes for them. If they seem to be off during the show I’ll add a piano to help them find their pitch or some drums to help them find their timing. The hip-hop gigs always crack me up though. They ask for 4 biamped 15′s monitors in front of them plus sidefills. I’ve got it screaming at 120db through their wedges, completely overpowering the house, and they are still wanting more. It’s bad enough to make my ears rattle and vision blur and yet they still want more. Oh the joys of the ME.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.asoundchurch.com/2009/09/monitor-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Daniel Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:29:29 +0000 http://www.asoundchurch.com/?p=558#comment-267 That is my number one problem right now. The design of our church makes it a big echo gallery. We have no acoustical treatment on the walls, and no desire from the folks on the stage to wear IEM's. So the house is a muddy, LOUD mess. I don't really know what to do about it either. That is my number one problem right now. The design of our church makes it a big echo gallery. We have no acoustical treatment on the walls, and no desire from the folks on the stage to wear IEM’s. So the house is a muddy, LOUD mess. I don’t really know what to do about it either.

]]> By: Bob Witte http://www.asoundchurch.com/2009/09/monitor-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Bob Witte Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:08:19 +0000 http://www.asoundchurch.com/?p=558#comment-266 A very good description! Thanks! A very good description! Thanks!

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