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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 80273" data-attributes="member: 277">Re: Mixing side of stage. How DO you deal with it?A good pair of isolation headphones are a big help for some things in this situation also. Things like multi vocal balance and effects levels can be adjusted quickly and accurately through the phones monitoring the main output, actually much more accurately than listening to the mains in a sweet spot 75 or more feet away. You are not dealing with any room anomalies or reflected sound. You can get a pretty good mix on the phones and adjust for the things that have stage volume. A quick walk out front will tell you where you are. Make your adjustments then walk back out and check it again. When you get it where you like it put the phones back on and note the relative volumes of the the things with stage volume like guitars and drums. You should be ready to go for the rest of the show doing any additional balancing through the phones. Check out front every so often but usually you will be fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 80273, member: 277"] Re: Mixing side of stage. How DO you deal with it? A good pair of isolation headphones are a big help for some things in this situation also. Things like multi vocal balance and effects levels can be adjusted quickly and accurately through the phones monitoring the main output, actually much more accurately than listening to the mains in a sweet spot 75 or more feet away. You are not dealing with any room anomalies or reflected sound. You can get a pretty good mix on the phones and adjust for the things that have stage volume. A quick walk out front will tell you where you are. Make your adjustments then walk back out and check it again. When you get it where you like it put the phones back on and note the relative volumes of the the things with stage volume like guitars and drums. You should be ready to go for the rest of the show doing any additional balancing through the phones. Check out front every so often but usually you will be fine. [/QUOTE]

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