In Ear Monitor with 2 singers... separate mixes without two transmitters?

Jmac · 26th April 2009

Hey whats up - My band has 2 lead singers in it, and we were looking into purchasing IEM's for both of us. So far, we have only heard that in order to have two separate mixes, we need to buy two separate transmitters instead of just one transmitter with two receivers.

Does anyone know a way to purchase just one transmitter that allows us to possibly have one receiver output Vocalist #1, then the 2nd receiver outputs Vocalist #2? We heard that the shure psm 400 can be switched to have 2 mono mixes... but does that mean the mono output only goes to one headphone?

Lastley, does anyone know a place where they might let us rent a kit to try out? Guitarcenter said no due to health hazards of the headphones.

Thanks for the help -

Jmac · 27th April 2009

anyone? would love to know... cuz these things are friggin expensive. thanks again for anyone who can help -

mischultz · 27th April 2009

You can go Mix 1 to Left and Mix 2 to Right on the Shures and then pan the packs hard L/R to establish two separate mixes. I *think* there's an internal switch on their stuff that will send mono to both ears, but I'm not positive: it may be one ear in only, but you can definitely accomplish that much, at least.

Michael

king of sweden · 27th April 2009

I use the sennheiser evolution series when I run live iems. I use one transmiter to send two mono mixes. Mix one on the left channel, mix two on the right. Just set the belt receivers to pan hard left for mix one, and hard right for mix two on the send receiver. you got to toggle between the stereo and "focus" setting for this.

be sure to lock the receivers so they don't accidentally pan towards the other mix, this can cause some wierd stuff, and can be frustrating when trying to trouble shoot why monitor requests aren't being made.

the sennheisers will feed both ears the mono mix, that I know for sure, not positive about the shures.

Jmac · 28th April 2009

Thanks for the replies guys! One more quick question - does anyone know if the Shure Receiver bodypacks work with the Sennheiser transmitter? We need to get an additional receiver but the sennheiser ones are ~$300 more!

Thanks again!

Neruk · 28th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmac

Thanks for the replies guys! One more quick question - does anyone know if the Shure Receiver bodypacks work with the Sennheiser transmitter? We need to get an additional receiver but the sennheiser ones are ~$300 more!

Thanks again!

Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks

txgator · 28th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neruk

Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks

No they will not

27th April 2009	#4
king of sweden Gear Head Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 73	I use the sennheiser evolution series when I run live iems. I use one transmiter to send two mono mixes. Mix one on the left channel, mix two on the right. Just set the belt receivers to pan hard left for mix one, and hard right for mix two on the send receiver. you got to toggle between the stereo and "focus" setting for this. be sure to lock the receivers so they don't accidentally pan towards the other mix, this can cause some wierd stuff, and can be frustrating when trying to trouble shoot why monitor requests aren't being made. the sennheisers will feed both ears the mono mix, that I know for sure, not positive about the shures. __________________ "Why would you want to recall a bad mix?" - George Harrison Last edited by king of sweden; 27th April 2009 at 01:54 AM.. Reason: add on

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26th April 2009	#1
Jmac Gear interested Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 13 Thread Starter	In Ear Monitor with 2 singers... separate mixes without two transmitters? Hey whats up - My band has 2 lead singers in it, and we were looking into purchasing IEM's for both of us. So far, we have only heard that in order to have two separate mixes, we need to buy two separate transmitters instead of just one transmitter with two receivers. Does anyone know a way to purchase just one transmitter that allows us to possibly have one receiver output Vocalist #1, then the 2nd receiver outputs Vocalist #2? We heard that the shure psm 400 can be switched to have 2 mono mixes... but does that mean the mono output only goes to one headphone? Lastley, does anyone know a place where they might let us rent a kit to try out? Guitarcenter said no due to health hazards of the headphones. Thanks for the help - __________________ www.myspace.com/waverland Summer beach jams! Check it out www.waverland.com

27th April 2009	#3
mischultz Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 177 2 Reviews written	You can go Mix 1 to Left and Mix 2 to Right on the Shures and then pan the packs hard L/R to establish two separate mixes. I think there's an internal switch on their stuff that will send mono to both ears, but I'm not positive: it may be one ear in only, but you can definitely accomplish that much, at least. Michael

28th April 2009	#5
Jmac Gear interested Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 13 Thread Starter	Thanks for the replies guys! One more quick question - does anyone know if the Shure Receiver bodypacks work with the Sennheiser transmitter? We need to get an additional receiver but the sennheiser ones are ~$300 more! Thanks again!