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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Eves" data-source="post: 12903" data-attributes="member: 4463">So last night&#039;s new problem was that the monitor we set up for the MD/pianist to hear the wireless vocals is having to be set really loud for him to still hear them when the band is wailing around him. It&#039;s a Behringer B208D on its side on the floor next to him, and he&#039;s playing a baby grand. He got my assistant to tweak it up so loud that in dialog scenes, there was almost more vocals coming from backstage than there was through the house! (sigh)So, how can I achieve a sort of auto-gain system for that monitor, whereby it will convey the vocals loud when the band is loud, but go quieter when the music is quiet, or there&#039;s no music at all.Some kind of side-chain trickery with dynamics in that monitor bus, but it&#039;s not obvious to me...And don&#039;t say &quot;get a monitor engineer&quot; or &quot;get him headphones&quot; (well, we had headphones for him, but he refuses to wear them, but might have to if I can&#039;t solve this).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simon Eves, post: 12903, member: 4463"] So last night's new problem was that the monitor we set up for the MD/pianist to hear the wireless vocals is having to be set really loud for him to still hear them when the band is wailing around him. It's a Behringer B208D on its side on the floor next to him, and he's playing a baby grand. He got my assistant to tweak it up so loud that in dialog scenes, there was almost more vocals coming from backstage than there was through the house! (sigh) So, how can I achieve a sort of auto-gain system for that monitor, whereby it will convey the vocals loud when the band is loud, but go quieter when the music is quiet, or there's no music at all. Some kind of side-chain trickery with dynamics in that monitor bus, but it's not obvious to me... And don't say "get a monitor engineer" or "get him headphones" (well, we had headphones for him, but he refuses to wear them, but might have to if I can't solve this). [/QUOTE]

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