Comments on: worship leading essentials 11 – setting monitors

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:55:06 +0000

I lead a very small band, and some set of events has lead us to have to be without any monitors at all. Granted, we don’t have a whole ton of stage noise, but in one sense, it’s very freeing. The electric instruments just use their amps and we mic those. And whenever we do retreats or any venue where it’s just me and perhaps a back up vocalist, I make it a point to not bring our monitors with us. It makes everyone listen a lot closer to everything around them, rather than the small speaker blaring right in front of them.

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By: Scot

Scot — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:16:45 +0000

JP,
Yep, smaller rooms and loud bands are an issue – especially when the band wants (“needs”) some volume. Many of us use in-ear monitors. There is a trade off, but I use in-ears almost exclusively (unless I am doing an acoustic only set). I’ll post an article on in-ears in the near future.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:03:53 +0000

Great info. Monitor checks quickly and regretfully become “studio mixes” for us. We then eventually suffer from a muddled, high-volume stage mix that overpowers the first couple of rows.

We’ve been eyeing ear monitors for a couple of years, but we don’t have the budget yet. More than likely ear monitors will be our next big purchase. The Cat5 versions offered by Hear Technologies and Aviom look very attractive! But then again, taking away the monitors all together would be MUCH cheaper!

By: Scot

Scot — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:59:09 +0000

We have looked at the Aviom system. I’m not sold quite yet, but they are attractive!

By: maggie

maggie — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:06:21 +0000

one word: AVIOM!!!!!!!!

Whew.

Even if the mix works well for one song, if one person has soloing or is the lead instrument for a song, they need to hear more of self. If a song is louder, drums and guitars crowd out keys to a frustrating magnitude. Personal AMPS are needed to adjust for these uncontrollable factors, which complicate things even more.

Aviom…preferably wireless, which is our next goal…even for the singers.

Aaaah. Rocks my world!

PS: GREAT job leading out to make sure people are taken care of! Great advice for those using monitors.

Just be aware that if halfway through the set, needs change, that’s why…and the next song, they will likely change again! Ugh!