shinodax said:
barhrecords> Thanks! The set up seems pretty long to me. I was thinking I get the system and put it together into my rack. Everything will be controlled there. Basically, I just want to minimize the set up time on stage. What if I'm monitoring just my guitar signal, what do you think?
dpeterson > yeah 1 of my friend told me that and it's true. 1 side of the ear will be cranked up and blast the shit out of my ear which is really bad. I guess I will stick with both side and also it sounds much better
Most earbuds are designed to isolate the ambient sound. So if you are not micing or DI'ing the other band members, you will not be able to hear them very well. That is typically why people experiment with one ear bud; to hear some ambient sound + a personal mix. The problem with that is, you tend to crank the one earbud to compete with the ambient sound and end up with excessive SPL, aka too loud to be safe.
IMO, I found the IEM's unsatisfying. I play in amatuer bands. We don't always fully mic the drums. Our sound man is volunteer and was overwhelmed trying to get 6+ separate mixes going plus FOH; we don't have a separate monitor engineer. I use a powered wedge + mini mixer for that reason.
For amatuers, if you are playing rock music with a full up drum kit, and want to use IEM's, I would recommend investing in a mix from the stage system like Hearback or Axiom, YMMV.
Richard