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<blockquote data-quote="Evan Kirkendall" data-source="post: 55718" data-attributes="member: 5">Re: Mixing IEMOn the rare occasion that I get stuck doing IEM&#039;s, I do some of the following:-Output HPF/LPF: 40hz, and 16k. This alone cleans up IEM mixes so much. RF is bandpass limited in this range anyway, and if you&#039;re sending a lot of HF gack through the mix, you can mess with your pilot tone(19k) which is accountable for keeping a clean stereo signal, along with some other important things.&nbsp; -Output compression: Not as important, but I like to keep compression set to keep the transmitters out of the red, and the belt packs out of limit. Both of which sound like poo when you hit them. I do a 4:1 ratio, 4ms attack, 85ms release and a soft-ish knee. As far as mixing goes...-I&#039;m a big fan of panning. Guitars, vox, drums, ect. Makes room for things without a volume war. -Verbs are big. I&#039;ve had guys complain all the time that they feel so dry with their ears in.-Channel compression... Unfortunately, many guys I work with now want to be slammed with compression. They&#039;re so used to hearing their voice that way in the studio, that they can&#039;t sing without hearing it that way live. I&#039;ve always been against it, but my guys say it&#039;s easier to sing with the compression... -Channel strip LPF. Getting the HF fuzz out of guitars(LPF @ 5k) helps them hear their vocals easier without cranking it through the roof. -High shelf on vocals: A little &quot;air&quot; around 12k seems to help clean up the vocals and make it easier to hear. The few times I get stuck mixing ears, they want it to sound like a record, so it&#039;s a lot more compression these days...Evan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evan Kirkendall, post: 55718, member: 5"] Re: Mixing IEM On the rare occasion that I get stuck doing IEM's, I do some of the following: -Output HPF/LPF: 40hz, and 16k. This alone cleans up IEM mixes so much. RF is bandpass limited in this range anyway, and if you're sending a lot of HF gack through the mix, you can mess with your pilot tone(19k) which is accountable for keeping a clean stereo signal, along with some other important things. -Output compression: Not as important, but I like to keep compression set to keep the transmitters out of the red, and the belt packs out of limit. Both of which sound like poo when you hit them. I do a 4:1 ratio, 4ms attack, 85ms release and a soft-ish knee. As far as mixing goes... -I'm a big fan of panning. Guitars, vox, drums, ect. Makes room for things without a volume war. -Verbs are big. I've had guys complain all the time that they feel so dry with their ears in. -Channel compression... Unfortunately, many guys I work with now want to be slammed with compression. They're so used to hearing their voice that way in the studio, that they can't sing without hearing it that way live. I've always been against it, but my guys say it's easier to sing with the compression... -Channel strip LPF. Getting the HF fuzz out of guitars(LPF @ 5k) helps them hear their vocals easier without cranking it through the roof. -High shelf on vocals: A little "air" around 12k seems to help clean up the vocals and make it easier to hear. The few times I get stuck mixing ears, they want it to sound like a record, so it's a lot more compression these days... Evan [/QUOTE]

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