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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Mortensen" data-source="post: 93284" data-attributes="member: 2826">Re: Digital Split/monitor deskWhat we found at the festival in which there were multiple rooms with multiple X32 FOH/Mon combos, was that it was not so much an issue of competence as attention.The monitor operator almost never needs ALL inputs to be sent to the monitors (think rack toms, overheads, bass mic vs. di, etc.), and so pays little attention to proper gain staging for those &quot;other&quot; inputs. The operator has hands full without that &quot;extra&quot; duty.Because FOH is downstream from Mon console (in the easiest to set up format), lack of proper gain staging can be a problem. It&#039;s easy to overlook unused inputs, apparently, even though they&#039;re right there on the console.Maybe in a world where the FOH and Mon operators work together all the time with the same gear, the process could become normal. As is in my world, they are not together enough to develop a specialized workflow.Current thinking is to double up on S16&#039;s, with a Y cord patch panel ahead of them. Haven&#039;t done this yet, though, as I haven&#039;t been doing that kind of gigs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dan Mortensen, post: 93284, member: 2826"] Re: Digital Split/monitor desk What we found at the festival in which there were multiple rooms with multiple X32 FOH/Mon combos, was that it was not so much an issue of competence as attention. The monitor operator almost never needs ALL inputs to be sent to the monitors (think rack toms, overheads, bass mic vs. di, etc.), and so pays little attention to proper gain staging for those "other" inputs. The operator has hands full without that "extra" duty. Because FOH is downstream from Mon console (in the easiest to set up format), lack of proper gain staging can be a problem. It's easy to overlook unused inputs, apparently, even though they're right there on the console. Maybe in a world where the FOH and Mon operators work together all the time with the same gear, the process could become normal. As is in my world, they are not together enough to develop a specialized workflow. Current thinking is to double up on S16's, with a Y cord patch panel ahead of them. Haven't done this yet, though, as I haven't been doing that kind of gigs. [/QUOTE]

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