With advances in technology and lower costs, in-ear monitors began to become popular in the market, and every musician who needed to monitor on the stage began to eagerly try.
In-ear monitors do have many features and benefits over traditional monitor speakers. However, in-ear monitors are not a panacea for solving any problems. Although it looks professional, there are some shortcomings and misunderstandings. Before deciding to use it, it is best to understand these misunderstandings and their problems:
Myth 1: "Monitor headphones can solve all monitoring problems"
The effect of the monitor headphones is sometimes amplified. For various reasons, the performer is not satisfied with the stage monitoring system, and may hope to solve it by wearing a monitor earphone. But what many people don't know is that listening to headphones and speakers will be affected by GIGO principles, even more serious. (Translator's Note: Garbage In, Garbage Out - The input sound is not good, the same is garbage)
For example, maybe you think that the monitors on the floor don't let you hear what you want to hear, so you decide to use in-ear monitors. Now, this poor mix is ​​sent directly to your ear, there is a problem with the input mix, and there is no small tuner in the headset to mix it for you. So what you hear is still a bad voice. Even more frightening is that because the in-ear monitors will isolate some of the surrounding sounds, the drum sounds and hand boxes on the stage are now more difficult to hear. The solution that hopes to listen to the hand box and the monitor speakers is also blocked. In this case, you may become insensitive to subtle changes in levels, and it is difficult to deal with performance techniques and strengths delicately.
If you only use the monitor headphones without listening to the speakers, the physical pressure of the bass will disappear.
So what sounds to put in the monitor headphones, how to arrange the mix is ​​a separate smart consideration. If you are a drummer, you need to follow a piece of bass sampling to play. In the stage monitor, you think that the bass bass from the speaker conflicts with the kick drum, causing both to be inaudible. Then you can let the tuner adjust the drummer's monitor speakers first. If you encounter a monitor that cannot adjust the EQ independently or other unsolvable problems, then use the monitor to isolate the low-frequency interference (but the low frequency is not as easy to isolate as the high frequency) , or just put a sample in the headset to compensate for the monitor.
If you are performing at a large concert or music festival, the characteristics of the listening headphones to isolate the external sound will also affect the feeling of the scene and affect the interaction. So we can see that at some big-name music festivals, if the performers use the monitor headphones, the professional audio team will transmit the atmosphere of the scene to the performers' listening headphones through the microphone pointing to the audience. Some high-end driven head-mounted monitors have even small microphones to compensate for ambient sound.
Also, with headphones, you can hardly feel some low or low information. If you only use the monitor headphones without listening to the speakers, the physical pressure of the bass will disappear. This may reduce your perception and affect the mood of the performance.
Myth 2: "There is always no better in-ear monitoring"
This sentence is to be said in the case of limited funds. If you open it in a "moneyless" way, then naturally there are more good kinds of good equipment, but in most cases, the funds are always limited. If you want to wear in-ear monitors to perform flexibly on the stage, you must rely on wireless technology, and the standard wireless technology is much more expensive than the ordinary monitoring system - excellent frequency response, clear sound quality, interference-free signal - These require high-end, high-end equipment to complete. You can actually spend less money to add a monitor system that achieves the same effect or even better results.
Therefore, if you want to pursue in-ear monitoring and wireless devices under a limited budget, not only will not achieve the expected results, but will make your investors regret that they did not invest this money elsewhere.
Misunderstanding 3: "Since spending money to buy in-ear monitoring, you must always use it."
It is a strange logic that we often hear when we buy something for a big price. No matter what, it's much smarter to use on ideas than unplanned uses. Under what circumstances is it unnecessary or inappropriate to use in-ear monitoring?
No need to use: there is no difficulty in monitoring during rehearsals or previous performances. The frequency conflict between the adapters is not a problem, and there is no need to listen to samples.
Unsuitable use: Increasing the in-ear monitoring system means more tuning time. If you are participating in a tight tuning time and there is no room for negotiation, you should allocate more time to the band. Members, go to debug the most necessary parts. Under normal circumstances, a three-piece band assembly, test drum, hand box, test wheat, overall adjustment and basic monitoring of the necessary process will take at least 30 minutes, if there are other peripherals or adapters then more complicated. In times of stress, you need to consider whether you still have time to install and try the in-ear monitoring device.
Myth 4: "Ordinary headphones can also be used to monitor"
Ordinary headphones, even if they are expensive, can't replace the in-ear monitoring system. The earphones that everyone usually uses to listen to music are very different from those used in the field. Therefore, even if you pay for a headphone amplifier to DIY an in-ear monitoring solution, you need to buy the correct matching headphones. In addition to the above-mentioned differences in anti-interference, frequency response and other characteristics, there is another important difference between sound insulation and hearing protection. Using a normal headset for stage monitoring is likely to cause damage to your hearing.
As mentioned in many hearing protection articles, we only have one pair of ears to deal with this crazy world. For those who have long been exposed to high-decibel environments, it is especially necessary to protect hearing. I have seen a lot of musicians who want to use the in-ear monitoring system on the spot. They took out a pair of ordinary headphones directly, and let me connect it to any line that can feedback. I was drunk on the spot. It is not effective for a variety of reasons!
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