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Topic: This Just In.. Steel Play Hears Himself Play |
Dean Brown
From:
Austin, Tx.
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Posted 1 Apr 2001 7:43 am |
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| Last night I used ear monitors for the first time and it was incredible. I heard what I wanted to hear (me included) and filtered out who I didn't need to hear and it was great. I was hitting licks like never before. In tune all night long because I could hear every note. If you're struggling to hear yourself on stage these babies are the answer. You don't have to spend an arm and a leg either. I constructed mine with ear buds from Best Buy (28.00) that do a great job filtering outside noise, an XLR to Phono adapter (8.00) at Mars and a Pocket Rocket pratice amp for volume control (40.00). I could have paid more, but why? |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2001 12:43 pm
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| What a great idea. I had a gig on an outdoor stage where I was placed between a bass and guitar that were so loud I literally could not hear what I was doing, and for all I knew, the audience thought I was a mime. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 1 Apr 2001 2:25 pm
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Dean - How did you hook all that stuff up? Were you getting a signal off the PA?
Lee, from South Texas |
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Dean Brown
From:
Austin, Tx.
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Posted 2 Apr 2001 4:35 am
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Here's what I did..
1 Set of GOOD earbud phones. I got mine (Koss) from Best Buy for 25.00
2 Some type of portable stereo amp for the headphones. I used a Rocket Mini amp, but any amp that will take a stereo signal in and let you use headphones should work fine. A friend of mine uses a Danelectro mini amp.
3 The input to your mini amp should come from the soundsystem. I used the XLR port my stage monitor was connected to. You may need an XLR to 1/4" adaptor. This gets the monitor signal to your mini amp.
4 Plug in earbuds, set instrument levels on the mixer and set the volume on the mini amp and you're in business. |
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Michael Holland
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2001 12:07 pm
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| Don't you need a line level signal to input into the headphone amp? Where did the input come from? |
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Dean Brown
From:
Austin, Tx.
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Posted 4 Apr 2001 5:32 pm
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| The input comes from the same xlr port on the snake as the stage monitor. I'm not a sound guy so maybe our sound man had to set the channel differently, but it worked fine. |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 5 Apr 2001 5:14 am
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Rolls makes a product that I've seen listed in musicians friend catalog. It's a headphone amp but it has two channels, one for monitor, one for your instrument. I think both channels take 1/4" inputs. You can blend the channels however you like.
I haven't tried one, but it seems like the same concept Dean is describing.
It's usually listed in the M.F. catalog by the headphone amps in the recording gear section. |
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Glenn Austin
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 5 Apr 2001 8:40 am
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| An important point that wasn't mentioned is that for in-ears you should always have a limiter before the power amp so the volume cannot go over a certain level.Protect your hearing!!! |
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Jeff Peterson
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2001 9:21 am
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| The Koss work fine, I've heard most guys prefer Sony or Aiwa....I like Sony's. You should also try a 'More Me' for your earphone power, so YOU can control your own level as well as the rest of the bands and mix yourself, not rely on the monitor guy. |
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