Jul 11 2009, 09:03 AM
QUOTE(erictham @ Jul 10 2009, 12:58 PM)
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.
No specialized hardware required except for the mixer, headphone amp/distribution system.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.
You do it through multiple auxiliary sends for each input channel on the mixer...
Simplified, each input channel on the mixer can have its signal copied and sent to an individual output independent of the master output.
And it can be achieved with cheap-ass boards as long there is enough aux channels to go around, not necessarily expensive digital consoles.
Digital consoles can be a b**** to route if you are not familiar with the board
p/s digital boards tend to cost significantly more than analog boards.
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