Hey guys,

When I was studying in the US, I had the opportunity to play (the elec gtr) in the band with a large church. They have a stage reference system consisting of the below:
1) stage floor monitors (for overall reference, the ochestra, & the back-up singers)
2) headphones (for each band member, ranging from 8 to 10 of us)

Each time when the rehearsals are going on, the sound engineer will ask me if I could hear what I wanted to hear on my headphones. He was able to adjust the output to my headphones on my volume (of course) and the levels for hi-hats, bass drum, acoustic guitar, bass gtr, lead singer, etc individualy... so that the end result is the reference I needed for throughout the church service.
The sound engineer goes thru this process with each of the band member... so each one has a 'customized' output for their headphones.

So, what kind of hardware enables this kind of flexible reference?
Thanks.

Your answer seems far too simple for the question.
1 mixer can only have 1 combination of levels to all the headphones hooked up to it. (i.e. everybody hears the same thing) So are you saying that it requires 9 different consoles to cater for 9 different band members?

This post has been edited by erictham: Jul 10 2009, 01:37 PM

Hmm... so it seems like no one here has experienced this before...

I forgot to mention that a Korg Triton also sends metronome clicks to everyone so that all can play in perfect timing... the click volume is also adjustable. (Some of the band members find it annoying at first, but got used to it after a practices)

I will keep watching out for more feasible ways of achieving this setup, will share with you guys if I can find any.