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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Babcock" data-source="post: 55663" data-attributes="member: 46">Re: Poor Man&#039;s IEMs - Cabling issuesBased on the level this band seems to be at, if they turn up to a small festival and say &quot;we need you to patch in 8 mixes of in ears instead of your wedges&quot;, they&#039;re likely to get laughed at by the sound crew.&nbsp; Good luck with that.&nbsp; And even if the sound crew reluctantly agrees, their IEM mixes will be potentially awful and very different every time.&nbsp; IEM mixes are harder to do than wedge mixes and are more time consuming to create, especially in festival situations, and with no reference (are they going to give a matching set of IEM buds to the ME so he can actually hear what they hear?)If they are going to go with an in-ear setup, they need to be completely self contained.This means they should be carrying at minimum:A poorman&#039;s splitter or similar splitter solutionMonitor desk (like a Mixwizard-M version, APB Prorack M, Crest, etc etc)Some sort of FX unit for verb.The other IEM gear previously discussed.Preferably their own mics, at least for vocalsThis will then give them consistency.&nbsp; Anything less than this will be a nightmare of unpredictability and not getting what they want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Babcock, post: 55663, member: 46"] Re: Poor Man's IEMs - Cabling issues Based on the level this band seems to be at, if they turn up to a small festival and say "we need you to patch in 8 mixes of in ears instead of your wedges", they're likely to get laughed at by the sound crew. Good luck with that. And even if the sound crew reluctantly agrees, their IEM mixes will be potentially awful and very different every time. IEM mixes are harder to do than wedge mixes and are more time consuming to create, especially in festival situations, and with no reference (are they going to give a matching set of IEM buds to the ME so he can actually hear what they hear?) If they are going to go with an in-ear setup, they need to be completely self contained. This means they should be carrying at minimum: A poorman's splitter or similar splitter solution Monitor desk (like a Mixwizard-M version, APB Prorack M, Crest, etc etc) Some sort of FX unit for verb. The other IEM gear previously discussed. Preferably their own mics, at least for vocals This will then give them consistency. Anything less than this will be a nightmare of unpredictability and not getting what they want. [/QUOTE]

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