Jimbilly Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 We just went to in-ear monitors at the church I play bass at, when everything gets going the bass gets a little bit lost in the mix, do I just have to crank it up?, or should I add a stage amp back in? I was just using my bassdriver di, and it sounded good, it's extremely simple and hum free, but I hope to not have to get my earphones too hot, -but maybe I'm too worried about hearing damage.
RJoseph133 Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 We just went to in-ear monitors at the church I play bass at, when everything gets going the bass gets a little bit lost in the mix, do I just have to crank it up?, or should I add a stage amp back in? I was just using my bassdriver di, and it sounded good, it's extremely simple and hum free, but I hope to not have to get my earphones too hot, -but maybe I'm too worried about hearing damage.I use Shure in-ears. When I first got them, I used to push my bass up in my own separate monitor mix, not blasting loud, but louder than I probably should have. As I got more used to the system, I began running the main "out" feed into my in-ears; the bass isn't as pronounced, but the overall mix is worth it. Once you get used to the "gelling" sound of your band and your contribution, you never can go back...it took me 20 years to get this! Mind you, this only works if your entire band has in-ears, you run every instrument through the PA, and get at least 90% of your band's overall sound this way. I think that the sound level of the band has gone down by at least 50% since we went in-ear; no more "me louder" sound duels or freaky monitor wedge feedback. I have stopped using any amplification whatsoever anymore. And, my earbuds are running very quietly for the most part; I'm sure the dB levels of our stage volume was far greater before. This far offsets, in my opinion, the fact that you are feeding a confined sound source directly into your ear canal.
cloakerz Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 played lots of years of bass at a church. We went to in ears and they sucked for bass. I could hear myself when I could get the sound guy to crank it up but very often was lost in the mix. These where top of the line in-ears e5's or 6's can't remember but I love my floor wedge better! The church I play at now uses a 4-10 & 1-15 stack so no problems being heard there.
tafkathundernotes Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 You need real high quality earbuds for reproducing bass effectively. I'm hoping to get to that point soon, but getting the whole band on board has been the problem.
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