In Ear Monitors Part 1

A short video on setting up an "In-ear Monitor System". What in -ear systems are, what you need to put one together, and how to connect them.

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Disclaimer: This is how I did it for my own band working on a tight budget. There are many options out there for equipment but, given that we had never even tried them, we wanted to keep our investment low.

For a wired system it was roughly:
$500 mixer
$200 for 4 headphone amps
$400 for 4 Shure 215s

$1500 For 4 used Shure Wireless PSM200s

[GtwoManila]

This is the best explanation of IEM system I’ve seen so far. It’s very beginner friendly and I was able to share it with my bandmates who were not familiar with these kinds of things.

[realitydrip]

Best video hands down with a simple explanation. Thank you! 🙏🏼

[svetlinsimeonov]

Best video with exact explanation so far I found - short and very informative!

[rickyromero]

I can't believe you only 816 subscribers. You deserve more than that. Thank you for this video with easy and understandable instructions.

[face]

Omg I’ve been watching tens of videos and still didn’t get it and stumble across your little 3min video and boom makes more sense now thank you so much

[DaveMcEvoyMusic]

Great video easily explaining IEM thank you

[rafsnchz]

Wow, thank you so much for those videos. This is simple yet very informative guide. This help me a lot to understand how i can use in-ear with my band.

[gali]

Great explanation for a begginer with in-ear monitors :) Thanks!!

[MichiMallu]

1. Earbuds -> Shure 215
2. Headphone Amp -> Rolls PM50s (wired) / Shure PSM200 (wireless)
3. Mixer with aux Outputs

Wired: Connect <aux> output to input of <Headphone> amp, Connect <earbuds> to the <Headphone> Amp

Wireless: Connect <aux> output to the input of the <Transmitter>, and Connect ear buds to the Receiver (Bodypack)

[ashxis]

This is deff the best tutorial out there.

[rickreedproductions]

Sorry for the delay in creating part 2. As a freelance video editor my schedule is often "feast or famine" and Q1 and Q2 is a busy time of the year. I will try to get part 2 published as soon as I can. It might be a week or two.

[johnyapkw]

Very easy to understand explanation. Many thanks!

[Discopotato]

Clear explanation! When does part two come out?

[rickreedproductions]

On another site someone said to me that "with 260K views you must be making money on that video!" Unfortunately YouTube doesn't work that way unless you generate lots of content so I don't qualify to monetize this video. If this video helped and you feel like you'd like to pay something (absolutely no pressure) please consider buying one of my albums. I will post the links in the description. Thanks!

[grovey]

Yes please make a more clear one for wired

[deadkingrises]

Um..., I know I'm late to the party here, but can we get some more footage of your band performing? That song playing at the beginning was something I didn't know I needed in my life.

[groundzero]

Your 690 Subs deserves to be 690k! Thanks for this!

[CardiacRocks]

Fantastic guide! I am looking forward to part two!

[davidwiese]

Thanks so much for the video.  (Excellent production as well!).  Similar situation (used to do bands in the od days way before any of this cool stuff was available).  Now do some occasional gig and one big one that we only do twice a year.  But typical problems. Rehearsal sounds great.  Then performance night (with a few hundred people in the room and lots of noise).  Guitar player (that doesn't sing) turns up.  That makes me turn up.  Drummer and bass step up and  . . . wa-la . . . can't turn the monitors up loud enough to hear the vocals without ugly feedback.  I can't hear my vocals, other singer goes horse from trying to scream over it.  You know the drill!  Too much stage noise!   but  . . . you might want to try the new Westone AM line of ear monitors.  they're expensive but  .. . they let in ambient noise without degrading the sound.  You can still hear the drum kit (but reduced by about 12 or 13 decibels) and still hear your audience, etc.  I got the triple driver version - but really nice!  Also, Behringer makes a cool beltpack version of that Rolls that you use (smaller - I think it's the PS1).   Anyway, thanks again for the excellent video.  And if that was your music - sounded great!

[joshsum]

This is very useful. Thank you so much