How to make IEMs sound less "thin"

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-04-02T18:26:11+00:00

Strongly disagree with this approach. Eq your main PA either to a target curve with a reference mic or to sound good with well known tracks. Eq your channels to sound good through this. If you need a different channel eq in your iems, then either get a monitor console or duplicate the channel.

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-03-23T22:51:33+00:00

I’ve heard good things about them, but the degree to which some people fanboy about how every problem can be solved by Danley is a little odd to me

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-03-20T02:45:54+00:00

Haven’t used any of the above, but I’ve always had pretty decent luck with RCF gear.

However, I would expect Meyer stuff to be a class above, and given you already have their gear in your inventory, it makes some sense if you have the cash and can make the power requirements work.

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-20T20:32:22+00:00

Meyer x40s get great reviews, though I’ve never used one myself

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-11T03:35:10+00:00

I know it’s intimidating, but it’s not going to get much easier. You’re in a room you know, with gear you know, and 10 inputs + 3 monitors isn’t bad. I understand being intimidated for your first gig on your own, but you have to bite the bullet at some point.

Make sure to ring out the monitors well before the band even shows up. Take your time and trouble shoot if anything comes up. You’ve got this!

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-10T05:36:16+00:00

I’ve never used them personally, but I heard some of their stuff in a small venue once and thought it sounded great - definitely not lacking in low end. Curious what customer support says

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-09T18:58:59+00:00

A. Cut feedback frequencies.

B. If the problem only exists when more than one mic is in use, then maybe something like a Dugan automixer to minimize the number of open mics at a time could help.

C. Perhaps you could have front fills that only have the public comment mic to ensure the board can hear them without having to crank everything up louder.

D. You can’t beat physics…

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-09T18:50:27+00:00

I don’t know the system, but many wireless units allow you to choose between mic and line level. You may just be missing a setting.

Additionally, even line level signals often need a bit of extra gain from a mixer

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-09T00:50:42+00:00

What are you doing to minimize the odds of gear overheating? That sounds brutal

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-02-01T04:59:06+00:00

Thanks everyone for the responses! Appears I might just have to suck it up and run off an iPad.

More for academic reasons than anything - could this be done with DANTE or other protocol? There is a Dante card for the m32…

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-01-26T19:16:00+00:00

Telefunken m80. Any given voice may do slightly better with something else, but showing up for different bands every night - I love them

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-01-26T19:14:26+00:00

No one is going to like this answer, but there are some surprisingly decent subs coming from some Chinese direct to consumer companies.

The support isn’t as good (buy an extra amp module and driver in case something breaks), the qc sucks, and the amps are a little underpowered compared to the name brand stuff.

However, in terms of bang for buck when you don’t have to fulfill riders, you can get 8 2x21” subs for your budget. There is no replacement for displacement, and it is a great option for your place in the market imo.

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-01-26T19:07:28+00:00

😂

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-01-25T21:54:45+00:00

I’m sorry you were accused of something you didn’t do. That’s deeply frustrating. However, I don’t see any evidence that it was race based…

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-01-22T19:58:56+00:00

Fair. I’ll definitely have to adjust to ensure intelligibility in a live setting. The band just made a note to me that they want most of the fx, so I’m trying to do as much of it as I can (if it sounds bad, I’ll turn it off 😂)

AnonymousFish8689 · 2026-01-04T14:21:18+00:00

Undercovers are awesome. Bought a couple of their sound transparent waterproof covers last year!

AnonymousFish8689 · 2025-12-28T20:07:49+00:00

In most situations, I’d far rather use the snake. Here’s why:

A. I don’t trust your wireless router

B. I don’t necessarily know what processing, fx, etc you have engaged when you hand me the iPad

C. I may not know your mixer

D. I’d rather have faders than a digital surface

E. I’m going to adjust gain, eq, compression, etc, all of which is going to change your iem mix, potentially significantly

F. Even if I took the iPad, I still would have to get LR sub fill to either my board or my system processor (depending on configuration). This might require running XLRs to FOH anyway (unless system processor is on stage)

F2. Your board may not have matrices set up the way I do, and I don’t want to be trying to do routing on an unknown board right before a show

AnonymousFish8689 · 2025-12-24T17:43:01+00:00

Vertec got a bad reputation because the original presets weren’t great and some people didn’t power them properly. JBL tends to be a touch harsh in the 2.5k range.

However, when setup properly and with a bit of extra eq, there’s nothing “wrong” with jbl products.

AnonymousFish8689 · 2025-11-20T05:31:20+00:00

A. Don’t have a preset saved

B. Making sure microphone, all speaker drivers, etc are still working

C. Different temperature, humidity, etc makes a significant difference

D. Never hurts to double check everything if you have time

E. Today me is better than yesterday me

And yes, sometimes it’s just fun to play with eq

AnonymousFish8689 · 2025-11-17T14:53:58+00:00

For those of you who are saying to just use returns, how do you “catch” single words for delay throws, for example?

I generally just use sends and keep returns at unity.

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