July 27, 2008 - 1:41pm
Couple of options.
Most of the in-ear systems nowadays won't even run through your regular board. They are their own system. You plug your instruments into the system first, then run the outputs of this monitor mixer to your main system. Then, each person gets their own little mixer next to them (it clips on to the music stand, or mic stand), and they can mix things to their taste. Or, if that's too pricey, you get a few, and people share the mix, but it's still mixed on stage, not back at the mixer. An example of this system is the Aviom system. This isn't cheap, but it's what most people are doing to eliminate stage noise. It's a whole lot cheaper than acoustically treating your sanctuary!
If you want to do this on the cheap, there are ways of doing it for under $700. It involve lots of little analog equipment, and cheap consumer ear-phones. Basically, you split signals on the stage (most direct boxes and amps have this capability). If you are micing drums, or externally micing a cabinet, you'll need to buy a few XLR splitters. Then, each person gets their own little board. You can get these today for $40 sometimes less. you run the split into this little board, then run an UNPOWERED signal from your aux bus on your main board into another channel on your little board on the stage. Your sound tech puts a basic mix into this signal, and the musician can control the balance of themselves against the other players.
Hope this helps!
Anthony Pero
Minister of Music
Lima First Assembly of God
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Hey guys, I've got a quick question I'm hoping you guys can help me with. I have a feeling it's just going to be a confirmation that it's not possible to do what we want with our equipment, but I figured if anyone might know a way it's you guys. Anyway, currently we're using simple stage monitors in our worship setup. We'd like to someday move on to in-ear monitors for various reasons, but I think our soundboard is going to greatly limit whether or not we can do it. Am I correct in assuming that since our board only has two aux outs, that we will only be able to have two separate mixes for the in ear monitors? Ideally if we went to the in-ear monitor setup we'd want each of us up there to be able to have our own mix, but I'm thinking that's not possible with our current setup. If it helps, our board is a Mackie CFX16.mkII and you can view its specs at http://www.mackie.com/products/cfx16mkii/
Could someone either confirm that's it won't be possible, or better yet prove me wrong :)
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