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Re: Multiple monitor mixes( how to get enough seperate outputs)

Posted by Haldor (A) on January 19, 2002 at 20:53:09

In Reply to: Re: Multiple monitor mixes( how to get enough seperate outputs) posted by Haldor on January 16, 2002 at 19:14:11:

Further thoughts on monitor eq.

Roll off the low frequency on all monitors (under 100 Hz) as much as your musicians will let you. Low frequency is omnidirectional and too much will swamp your other monitors and make your FOH mix sound bad. No instruments (or vocalists) beside the bass player and the kick drum are going to have much energy below 100 Hz anyways (and they rarely need to be in a monitor mix).

When ringing out a monitor I will usually turn the mic around and point it at the monitor speaker. I then slowly bring up level on the aux send until you just start to hear the feedback begin to ring (carefull, don't let it get away from you). Chop the offending frequency about 3 to 6 dB. An RTA really helps speed this up since it lets you see which band is ringing. Do this once or maybe twice more and then stop. Hopefully you will have gained at least 6 db of usable gain before feedback which is a lot (the difference between having to eat the mic and being able to back off a few inches). Don't overdo this or else the monitor can end up sounding so chopped up that it doesn't do the vocalist much good.

General note, be sure you engage the low cut (or high pass) switch on all your vocal mics. Doing this will reduce the amount of stage noise they pick (drums and bass mostly), plus has the additional benefit that you will be less likely to see your woofers jump out onto the stage if a live mic gets dropped.

Further unsolicited advice: Make sure that every vocalist using a monitor can see down the throat of the horn or else they will not be able to hear themselves. It is amazing how many times moving a music stand or getting people to stand in front of the monitor speaker eliminates problems with the monitors.

Phil

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