Stage monitoring for drums - in ear and speakers combined
I am a drummer and I am using in-ear for live performances as monitoring.
But sometimes I have problems with the cymbals mix which can get to really high frequencies during the performance (moments when i cannot talk to the sound engineer to adjust it, of course) and it beats the purpose of lower sounds in the in-ear monitoring, causing hearing disconfort.
From your experience would it be possible/a good idea to ask the sound engineer (without him killing me or throw heavy curses on me :D ) to send me whatever I need in the in-ear and the drums only on the monitoring speakers on the stage?
Cheers!
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It isn't very practical but it is good practice by the sound tech to give the musician whatever monitor mix they feel like they want to hear. But I would suggest you just ask for a limiter (which is also a good idea to have when using ears anyway) and maybe a multi-band compressor to help keep the high end from piercing your ear drums.
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