From bblix@netcom.no Mon Apr 26 05:54:54 2004
Subject:Re: monitoring

There are definitely many "schools" here.

Personally, I strongly prefer playing my own instruments + my own
effects through my own Leslie and small PA. Especially together with
fellow musicians with great-sounding instruments/speakers in a nice
club on a relatively small stage. Like "electric chamber music"...
When PA is only used when needed, for vocals and bass drum and a
touch of drum overhead - you get a much better 3-dimensional
(actually 4 - time is also a highly relevant parameter...) mix than
any PA guy og gal can do - IMO.

I dislike huge stages, lots of monitoring and a thundering distant
PA. Luckily I'm not involved in that any longer...

Best,

Blix

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, tonysounds wrote:
> I use in-ears occassionally as well, and with the PM700, I can get
a stereo mix, which is really thrilling while you're playing; If the
soundman is happening, you can have him pan EVERYTHING in your ears
the way you'd want to hear them, just like mixing a record. The
downside to the in-ears thing is that you do need a decent soundguy
and definitely need to have your own mix, no sharing someone else's
mix. It's one thing to share a mix through regular monitors, but in
ears that sharing can be annoying if not downright painful.
Unfortunately we don't carry our own sound guy for most things, so
I've given up using the in-ears in most places, and only the bigger
clubs we play can support a fifth mix (which would be mine), so it's
just not practical.