Mixing In Ear Monitors - Singer Edition

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Singing is hard enough, but then we plop this complicated monitor mixer in front of you and say, "Good luck! Have fun!" Learn to mix your own in-ear monitors and sing with confidence. Special thanks to Jaye Thomas for coming in and singing for me today!
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  • @tylergeorge28
    @tylergeorge284 жыл бұрын

    How to mix your in ears with Ross from Friends

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or Ray Ramano. Whatev 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @JoelTheAlien

    @JoelTheAlien

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AttawayAudio Come on! you're like twins! LOL XD even your voice is extremely accurate! :D hahaha. On the other hand I like a lot the info shared here! thank you very much! n.n

  • @Fabs0324

    @Fabs0324

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely Ross... and definitely Ray! Haha

  • @KGalon
    @KGalon3 жыл бұрын

    As a musician at our church, I know how that electrifying feeling is like when the vocals are so good!!!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    so good

  • @calvarywaynepraise
    @calvarywaynepraise3 жыл бұрын

    I shared this with our band! Thanks for such great info. I hope they all watch it and get a lot out of it. I know I did.

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @AGuerreroW
    @AGuerreroW3 жыл бұрын

    All your videos are amazing! Love how you explain! Thank you and hugs from Spain!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @deadheadliving
    @deadheadliving2 жыл бұрын

    Not to mention how insightful your tips are,you being so funny is enough for me to become your minion ...this is the kind of fun way to learn and explore new things...thanks ,you are a gem sir!!💎 subbed

  • @SKULLkidDEATHOMATIC
    @SKULLkidDEATHOMATIC Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm just getting into in ears and I was very frustrated because I was told that I should ONLY be hearing myself in them. I was told that if I was a real 'artist' then I would just get used to it. It's so nice to actually get some real information.

  • @RibeiroBerdelhao
    @RibeiroBerdelhao4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all videos man

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them! Doing my part to serve the Kingdom of Heaven 🙌

  • @Tyler-lw1we
    @Tyler-lw1we4 жыл бұрын

    This was fantastic! Your videos are entertaining, incredibly informative, and really easy to understand. Please keep it up!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words Tyler! 🙏

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    @polonet2010

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @sillypiggy2
    @sillypiggy23 жыл бұрын

    The focus on that microphone is just *chefs kiss*

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    SMH yeah it took me a year to figure out that the shutter button makes the camera autofocus, so even if I pre-focus, then hit the shutter button to start recording, it focuses on the back wall or something else close by. That's what you get when you let an audio guy play with cameras I guess

  • @yeyamusic
    @yeyamusic4 жыл бұрын

    Loss of hearing until the resurrection 😂

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's real beloved! Super pumped for my resurrected body 😂

  • @jenespears3140
    @jenespears31403 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for doing this video

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @stephandosch8351
    @stephandosch835111 ай бұрын

    We just changed to IEM´s and tried them on a gig. We kinda all made the mistake having the intruments too loud! Listening to some Mobile Phone videos(I know it is not the best way to listen to live sound) we realized that we were overcompensating, even sing off pitch in parts.... I was shocked, because we actually are well trained vocalists.... For smaller Gigs we don´t have a sound tech, so we used the FOH mix for the monitors.... well I made some adjustments in the stereo panorama and turned the volume down a bit later in the rehearsal room, after watching your video... it helped a lot! Thanks for this great video and regards from Germany.

  • @kevinrinehart
    @kevinrinehart Жыл бұрын

    Great Video with a lot of helpful information. I am a pagan (for lack of a better term) and I found this so informative. It really helped to understand the dynamics of singing with IEMs and it makes perfect sense after hearing it. I can't say that without this tip that I would have caught on to the effects of volume levels being too high or too low. I greatly appreciate your efforts to share this information with us! You had so many great points that I may have to re-watch this a couple of times to absorb all that knowledge. Thank you so much and have a wonderful day!

  • @ValerieBoutet
    @ValerieBoutet3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for this vidéo! Very helpful 👌🏻

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    you're welcome Valerie!

  • @whitmats
    @whitmats3 жыл бұрын

    Great video I love how real you are in your video and very realistic. Thanks

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah you can't fake being this dorky

  • @Blondesax

    @Blondesax

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what I came here to say. It's clear you're being just yourself, and that's super refreshing. Don't stop doing that!

  • @santoshgujar5237
    @santoshgujar5237 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Sir, 🙏🌺🙏

  • @santoshgujar5237

    @santoshgujar5237

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🌺😇

  • @drew.cochran
    @drew.cochran4 жыл бұрын

    Oh you know just my buddy Jaye Thomas

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    What can I say, I have amazing friends 🤷‍♂️

  • @sujitzkk
    @sujitzkk Жыл бұрын

    God Bless You:)

  • @jameswalkerbassandkeyboard7644
    @jameswalkerbassandkeyboard76444 жыл бұрын

    This is great James!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks James!

  • @immanueltetteh6232
    @immanueltetteh62323 жыл бұрын

    I love how you took the singers on hahaha

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean, who got in-ear monitor mixing lessons at their vocal lessons?

  • @jornvandenbos7257
    @jornvandenbos72574 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos, but please (pre)focus the camera!!! Keep up the good work!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤦🏻‍♂️ you caught me. An audio guy doing video by himself. Just watch on your phone in portrait mode and you won't notice 😂

  • @abcdxyz2
    @abcdxyz25 жыл бұрын

    14:12 pure gold xD

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @ctzeninsane
    @ctzeninsane4 жыл бұрын

    Hello there. A fantastic tutorial as always. Just a beginner question. My church recently bought the Behringer x32, and I am trying to learn how to connect a stereo in ear mix. We dont have any p16 and we are not planning to buy them any time soon, so I have to use one of the 6 bus outputs. I have learnt how to route it, but I just wanted to double confirm, that I am supposed to use 2 physical outputs and use them as L and R into an in ear amp, or was there anyway to use only 1 output to archive this? Thank you in advance.

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, for analog line-level outputs, you need two XLR outs for stereo

  • @florin1290
    @florin1290 Жыл бұрын

    GREAT :))))

  • @matty.chadwick
    @matty.chadwick4 жыл бұрын

    Really informative video, thank you! I have a question continuing on from something you touched on regarding singing and pitch. The show I’m currently performing in is an outdoor stadium style show with live vocals over a orchestral backing track. We don’t have a dedicated in ear monitor mix or mixer. The way the system is set up, on our packs, we can only adjust the overall volume, and also balance between the vocals and the track (more vocal less track/ more track less vocal) .. and that’s it. I’ve noticed from watching videos of the show that my pitch has been suffering. I’m singing slightly sharp.. and I’m usually spot on with my pitch. Any idea why this would be? Do I have too much vocal in my ears? Or perhaps it’s too much track? Or is the overall volume too loud? Too soft? I’d love your advice on this as it has me stumped. Many thanks!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your suspicion is probably right - either too much level overall, so you're trying to push too hard, or too little of your voice/too much track that's resulting in the same. Another consideration is the fit of your in-ear monitors, since the PA is probably quite loud, if your IEMs aren't isolating you well, you'll be trying to overcome the noise from the PA and turning your level up too high.

  • @PaulineBlackwood

    @PaulineBlackwood

    4 жыл бұрын

    Attaway Audio i

  • @akumekz
    @akumekz4 жыл бұрын

    This is very helpful... Please make some video too for re-edit the voice command in ear monitor.

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad it was helpful! I'm not sure I understand what you mean though

  • @akumekz

    @akumekz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for replying to the comment kzread.info/dash/bejne/d3d21byQaKzMm5c.html 👈👈 here in this link video, there is this that an auto voice commanding to all the singers and musicians, when to sing or play intro. Chorus, verse along with tempo beat. This could only heard from the ear mix .

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's the guide track, set up in Ableton or with Multitracks. If you don't have it programmed in multitracks that you're using, you can record yourself saying all the commands and then assigning them a midi trigger, so you can sequence that.

  • @akumekz

    @akumekz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this answer.. this is gonna help me a lot. Thank you once again😊👍👍

  • @andym7333
    @andym73334 жыл бұрын

    do singers raise themselves a bit louder from the music in their in ear mix.... compared to what it would sound in front of house thanks learning alot with u

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah "more me" is really common, sometimes to the point of it being painful for anyone mixing monitors for them (ask me how I know). Most performers want to hear themselves really well, so they'll put themselves in front of the whole mix. The tension is that they should JUST (more than barely) be able to hear themselves, rather than they should JUST (only) hear themselves. Thanks for the question Andy M!

  • @donnacompton4894
    @donnacompton4894 Жыл бұрын

    Hey great video! Any tips for singing drummers? I’m having a hard time isolating my vocals from the drums.

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    Жыл бұрын

    Play quietly? It's going to be difficult any way you slice it.

  • @douglasengland1199
    @douglasengland1199 Жыл бұрын

    How does this help me with setting my iem?

  • @joeborsch5137
    @joeborsch51374 жыл бұрын

    James what are you thoughts on compressing IEMs? Say light compression on the persons instrument and then moderate compression on a duplicate sent to everyone else. Thank you in advance!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    There’s so much preference involved. I like light compression on vocals, but some singers feel “squished” with it

  • @joeborsch5137

    @joeborsch5137

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the advice!

  • @LIVEAnointedWorship
    @LIVEAnointedWorship3 жыл бұрын

    I sing on the worship team and the backup vocalists were never taught how to properly mix the in-ears with the personal digital boxes. Any advise on the basics? Should the Worship Leader be the loudest? I have never gotten used to them as I hate hearing my own voice and then I turn my voice a lot lower than the other vocalists. I get too self-conscious on how I sound.

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've got another video coming on this topic. It's tricky

  • @douglasengland1199
    @douglasengland1199 Жыл бұрын

    I am not trying to learn engineering and I am struggling trying to find any, ANY INFORMATION on iem’s

  • @carlosalbertomoralesramos9995
    @carlosalbertomoralesramos99954 жыл бұрын

    Hahahaha that intro ! XD

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's real tho 🤣

  • @aaronbolton
    @aaronbolton3 жыл бұрын

    But like, the part at 14:14 WAS me tho 😂😂

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it isn't still you 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @AdrianCastro-fCMO
    @AdrianCastro-fCMO3 жыл бұрын

    Do these IEMs sound like you have water in your head? I bought one popular IEM but I was so disappointed I got better sound on my iPhone ear buds.

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    INNER HUM IS AWFUL. You're not alone. But you won't get a seal from the iphone ear buds so you won't get any low frequencies, and then you turn it up louder than is safe for your hearing for extended periods

  • @nathanelder5285
    @nathanelder52853 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video :) I want to trade voices with Jay 😂

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol where would that leave him?

  • @nathanelder5285

    @nathanelder5285

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AttawayAudio Not in a better place, that’s for sure! 😂

  • @jeffreystipe925
    @jeffreystipe925 Жыл бұрын

    Seems like a good time to jump in although 3 years after this video. Our problem is 6 singers on one IEM channel, 3 on another and two more on a third channel. No one is happy. Thoughts on improving the mix in this situation. I’m the bad guy of course…

  • @simplesimon112
    @simplesimon1122 жыл бұрын

    I'm missing something, how are the signals coming in the roland mixer, i only see 2 jacks?

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a digital system, so there's a digital input device fed from the console.

  • @andym7333
    @andym73334 жыл бұрын

    boss weekly quest sorry hehehehehe hope all is great s could it be that i find it better for singing putting the compressor before the effects than otherwise in my iem mix?

  • @andym7333

    @andym7333

    4 жыл бұрын

    tone wise i mean i find more my tone

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, for MOST inputs, I'll compress before adding effects. Effects in monitor mixes should be like sprinkles - just a little goes a long way. Always glad to answer your questions andy M!

  • @jesse_cole
    @jesse_cole2 жыл бұрын

    lol oops. The guy's camera focused on the microphone in the lower right corner instead of his face.

  • @winiver77
    @winiver773 жыл бұрын

    Help.. My church is new they hv no mixer. As a singer just need to remember my words what type of in ear thing do I need?

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just a music stand with the lyrics. No one is getting lyrics told to them through their IEMs

  • @geespar1
    @geespar14 жыл бұрын

    This works well in this quiet situation, but unless you have ear buds with absolute isolation then the mix you have worked on goes straight out the window

  • @geespar1

    @geespar1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I meant to say when the band is playing of course!

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it’s essential to have IEMs that seal.

  • @andym7333
    @andym73333 жыл бұрын

    for male singers how much base should i cut on monitors or should i try and leave as much as possible i have one cut at 60hz and another at 40 what do u recomend ?

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Make it feel natural. If it feels muddy in the monitors, they won't feel confident. But if it feels thin, they won't feel confident either.

  • @andym7333

    @andym7333

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AttawayAudio say low cut 60 hrtz ?

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    HPF around 125-175, low shelf around 200hz.

  • @andym7333
    @andym73334 жыл бұрын

    can i put both in ears not in al the way so it doesent isolate the crowd so much ??

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s a possibility! But you’ll lose all your low-frequencies from your mix. If there’s the right amount spilling onto the stage from the PA, you might be able to get away with it, but that also introduces timing issues. I suggest room mics, appropriately EQed to give that crowd and room feeling.

  • @wilwilliam8653
    @wilwilliam86534 жыл бұрын

    Põem legenda em português por favor

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big project! But it's on the radar 😃

  • @aksa3227
    @aksa32273 жыл бұрын

    is it normal to have a mixing time about 1 hour?

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Depends how complex things are! Shouldn’t take too long if things are setup well

  • @noahd.2680
    @noahd.26804 жыл бұрын

    bit late on the video here. Which mics would you recommend for shotgun ambience mics?

  • @PanRider939

    @PanRider939

    3 жыл бұрын

    We use a pair of Behringer C2. The shotgun picked up to much reflection off the back wall.

  • @noahd.2680

    @noahd.2680

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PanRider939 got a pair of NT5s (black edition looks clean). Probably the better option compared to the C2s

  • @PanRider939

    @PanRider939

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@noahd.2680 The C2 do a great job for the price. We swapped out the dirt cheap drum kit overhead mics for a pair of the C2 and the result was very good, so used them on the room as well and they do the job.

  • @noahd.2680

    @noahd.2680

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PanRider939 if it works for you that's great! If you invest in overheads again though, consider something solid at 500+ for a pair because they do make a huge difference especially in capturing the WHOLE kit and not just the cymbals :)

  • @PanRider939

    @PanRider939

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@noahd.2680Will do I’m always in favour of the best of course :-) but you can do a lot on a budget and the c2 are decent for the price. I could go ballistic but there are other priorities being a church and all. The rest of the kit is individually mic’d up, even have two mics on the kick drum. So the overheads have a good dose of hpf only wanting cymbals. I got to crank it all up at a youth concert the other night and it all works, especially liking the double mic on the kick. The drum mic set was bought by someone else. I was pricing up 3000 and an 8pce set for 400 lands on the table. 😩. Which is why we had to replace the overheads. The rest of the set is fit for purpose. Actually I did an a b test against some SM57’s we have laying around. And although there is a difference, not enough of one to change, other than they were SM57’s.

  • @theguy700
    @theguy7002 жыл бұрын

    What Mics are those? 0:11

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    Shure Beta 87

  • @Josh-lm7qq
    @Josh-lm7qq4 жыл бұрын

    What church is this?

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Forerunner Church near KC

  • @Josh-lm7qq

    @Josh-lm7qq

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AttawayAudio isnt that the church that does ihop or something?

  • @rainerwaansinn
    @rainerwaansinn3 жыл бұрын

    singer: "I can't hear myself in the monitors!" monitor engineer: "if you can hear youself it's too late." what's about latency? digital radio (mic)? digital desk? digital radio (inear)? before doin' on stage you should know what to do. inears are good for hearing the rest of the band (well mixed).

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    I disagree - a singer needs to hear themselves clearly. There's latency even from a monitor wedge, but some people are more sensitive to latency in IEMs than others. Switching polarity can possibly help, too.

  • @Cri.stiBogdan
    @Cri.stiBogdan2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this guide, very helpful! Tell your camera guy to move the focus, next time, from mic to your face, is hurting my eyes to look at your face for 20min ;). (because of the focus of course :)))) )😀

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm the camera guy 😬 I pre-focused, and then hit the shutter button to start filming... unaware that doing so makes it autofocus while I'm not in front of the camera, so it focused on the microphone nearby. It took me 12 months of filming to figure that one out. My deepest apologies.

  • @Cri.stiBogdan

    @Cri.stiBogdan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AttawayAudio common, no need for apologies :) you do a great job and is helping us all. Thanks for that

  • @rossmacleod4245
    @rossmacleod42452 жыл бұрын

    Why are all videos on KZread about IEM’s from church bands? 😂

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    because a lot of churches have them and have no idea how to use them.

  • @rossmacleod4245

    @rossmacleod4245

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ahh!! Always wondered being not from the church scene myself!

  • @billfelixc
    @billfelixc2 жыл бұрын

    mic in front be 1080p the rest of video 240p 😭

  • @AttawayAudio

    @AttawayAudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol true story

  • @TheWinndizzle
    @TheWinndizzle2 жыл бұрын

    Way to talk about the Haas effect without talking about the Haas effect …..

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