Question about in ear monitors for gigs and soundman

[tjnx]

akin to being asked impromptu to speak at a strangers funeral then being pantsed as you take the stage

I know this feeling all too well

I think I answered my own question, a quick search for iem comparisons brought up this. I get what you guys are saying about certain iems sounding awful, you'd need to correct for the harshness depending on which ones you get.

My band uses 2 completely different signal paths for the FOH and for our IEM's.

For my guitar, I use a Palmer PDI-09 between my amp and cab, it sounds really good on in-ears and it's non intrusive to the soundguy.
We use a Yamaha EAD10 for the IEM drum sound. Also works really well and again, it doesn't intrude with the house drum mics For bass and vocals we use Radial MS2 Pro XLR splitters. This all goes to our X-Air 18 mixer, which is not connected to the house in any way, shape or form. Our monitoring mix is completely independent and never touches the house board.

Then the soundguy uses whatever mics/DIs he wants for the FOH. That keeps things easy and consistent from show to show and we don't have to ask the house for anything.

Thanks! Was thinking of getting a palmer and the other setup is what we're looking for.

 

[pipelineaudio]

Stage volume has an inversely proportional relationship to everyone's ability to hear, and it turns into a volume war which exactly the opposite of the right answer.

Its also inversely proportional to a good sounding FOH mix. Its amazing how anal guitarists can get about the sound the paint of their guitar makes and not understand that phase cancellation from their amps bleeding into everything is making the whole show a whimpy, fatiguing, comb filtered mess

 

[romanianreaper]

My band uses 2 completely different signal paths for the FOH and for our IEM's.

For my guitar, I use a Palmer PDI-09 between my amp and cab, it sounds really good on in-ears and it's non intrusive to the soundguy.
We use a Yamaha EAD10 for the IEM drum sound. Also works really well and again, it doesn't intrude with the house drum mics For bass and vocals we use Radial MS2 Pro XLR splitters. This all goes to our X-Air 18 mixer, which is not connected to the house in any way, shape or form. Our monitoring mix is completely independent and never touches the house board.

Then the soundguy uses whatever mics/DIs he wants for the FOH. That keeps things easy and consistent from show to show and we don't have to ask the house for anything.

Probably better!

 

[Little B]

OP: Not sure on those that you mentioned. But u definitely want your own mix in your ears.Every f.o.h.& monitor guy does it differently.
When I do small support tours I carry my own in ears and a lot of time my own transmitter pack.Honestly tho,our best senerio is via our ryder; we ask for provisions for both in ears and wedges.And twice last year,on the big arena stages, sure enough,our ears went out and we had to go to all wedges mid set.
I use a minimum of one 4x12,usually 2 or 3 tho,some stage vol too but it's never been an issue at all.I prefer no ears myself,but will adapt to whatever I need to.
I realize you're just getting into this so some of this may not apply.