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<blockquote data-quote="Riley Casey" data-source="post: 216550" data-attributes="member: 125"><p>My general approach to mixing monitors ever since the advent of the Yamaha iPad capable consoles has been to walk out to the center of the stage with iPad in hand , IEM pack on my belt and headphones around my neck ( I don&#039;t use buds since I have to take the phones on and off too often ) and start talking to the players and make it very clear that I&#039;m invested in becoming a part of their show. I started this routine in the olden days of being tied to the console, having a little face to face time with the band actually on stage so that I had a feel for their relationship to reach other acoustically and visually but iPad mixing took it to the next level. Standing literally next to a singer or guitar player and listening to what they are hearing and taking cues for things up and down from a meter away creates confidence and a sense that they have someone to talk to as the show progresses.&nbsp; Once that rapport is established the players are comfortable looking to monitor world and signing what needs to change. There will always be people that are unhappy with what they hear in their monitor mix because of what they are putting into the mix and you can&#039;t fix that and unfortunately it&#039;s hard to know sometimes when that&#039;s the cause of the problem but making it clear that you want to be a part of the band even for one night can be a good start to heading off a bad show.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Riley Casey, post: 216550, member: 125"] My general approach to mixing monitors ever since the advent of the Yamaha iPad capable consoles has been to walk out to the center of the stage with iPad in hand , IEM pack on my belt and headphones around my neck ( I don't use buds since I have to take the phones on and off too often ) and start talking to the players and make it very clear that I'm invested in becoming a part of their show. I started this routine in the olden days of being tied to the console, having a little face to face time with the band actually on stage so that I had a feel for their relationship to reach other acoustically and visually but iPad mixing took it to the next level. Standing literally next to a singer or guitar player and listening to what they are hearing and taking cues for things up and down from a meter away creates confidence and a sense that they have someone to talk to as the show progresses. Once that rapport is established the players are comfortable looking to monitor world and signing what needs to change. There will always be people that are unhappy with what they hear in their monitor mix because of what they are putting into the mix and you can't fix that and unfortunately it's hard to know sometimes when that's the cause of the problem but making it clear that you want to be a part of the band even for one night can be a good start to heading off a bad show. [/QUOTE]

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