Owner's Manual

SUPERIOR SOUND QUALITY
When performers can hear themselves without endangering ears and voices, when feedback is eliminated, and when there’s less
interference with the house mix, everyone involved has a better experience, including the audience. In-ear personal monitors
deliver consistently superior sound quality to performers onstage without the pitfalls of wedges, regardless of the constraints of
the venue. The confidence that comes with this consistency makes legendary performances possible night after night.
WHY USE PERSONAL
MONITOR SYSTEMS?
Remember that time you had a great live sound experience with wedge monitors? You
could hear all your cues without turning up the volume to eleven. The monitor engi-
neer responded instantly to your requests. And there was zero feedback.
Not ringing a bell? You’re not alone. The average wedge monitor system comes com-
plete with dangerous volume levels, communication difficulties between performers
and engineers, and plenty of feedback. Even the best wedge monitor system is limited
by the laws of physics.
Enter in-ear monitoring, a concept that arose out of the need for a safer and bet-
ter-sounding onstage experience. Read on to learn more about what it can do for you.
Four key benefits of in-ear
personal monitor systems:
– Superior Sound Quality
– Portability
– Mobility
– Customizable Mixes
A QUICK GUIDE TO PERSONAL MONITOR SYSTEMS
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Optimal Volume Levels
When using wedges, monitor engineers often find them-
selves in the middle of a volume war between the ampli-
fied and the unamplified. Vocalists, acoustic guitarists, and
keyboardists can’t hear themselves over amplified electric
guitarists and bassists, let alone over the drums, which
are naturally loud. So, they all ask, “Can you turn me up?”
“Maybe,” is the best the engineer can offer due to the limita-
tions imposed by power amplifier size, power handling of the
speakers, and potential acoustic gain. If the room acoustics
are poor, then peace is even harder to achieve. With an in-
ear personal monitor system, performers enjoy studio-quality
sound in a live-sound context. They can choose what they
hear, and engineers aren’t stuck fighting a losing battle.
Elimination of Feedback
You know the sound of feedback: that intense buzzing whine
that sends everyone’s hands to their ears. If you understand
what causes it, then you’ll understand why in-ear personal
monitors are the clear choice over wedges.
Feedback happens when amplified sound from a loudspeaker
is picked up by a microphone and re-amplified. This often
occurs on crowded stages where microphones and monitor
loud speakers are too close together. When an entire band
asks the engineer to turn up their mics, feedback is inevi-
table.
Gain-before-feedback is the amount you can turn up a mi-
crophone before feedback occurs. In-ear personal monitor
systems eliminate gain-before-feedback issues by sealing the
“loudspeakers” in the ears of the performers, thereby isolat-
ing them from the microphones. In a nutshell, they break the
feedback loop.
Hardwired System
Wireless System