Several years back I made a lifetime friend because I was the one person in the audience who was listening. Recently she helped my wife find an appointment for a Covid vaccine. You never know what will happen at a gig. If you enjoy it, play it.
Several years back I made a lifetime friend because I was the one person in the audience who was listening. Recently she helped my wife find an appointment for a Covid vaccine. You never know what will happen at a gig. If you enjoy it, play it.
I agree with those who recommend the in-ear monitor, but want to point out that when they say they are expensive, they are talking about the wireless systems that require a transmitter and individual receivers.
I went the in-ear route and use a wired in-ear monitor. Check out the Behringer P2, under $40. It fits on my belt and I run a lightweight cable (thinner than a normal guitar cable) from the P2 to my amp. With only two of you in the band, you can run that cable so that you avoid entanglement.
With an in-ear, you can put one ear bud in and leave the other out so that you can hear both yourself and your musical partner. Works for me very well in a trio.
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For the mandolin, I use a Schertler Dyn-M condenser mic which produces a very acoustic sound without having to fuss with a pre-amp. The mic requires 48V phantom power, and I have that with my amp.
https://www.djangobooks.com/Item/schertler-dyn-m-p48
If I keep using the mic I have (Beta 57A) on the mando and used a personal monitor like the Behringer B205D on a stand, would this work? Or would feedback be too much of an issue?
I appreciate all the advice but I have an aversion to in-ear anything for some reason personally. Definitely keeping the Behringer P2 in mind however if I ever turn to that route down the road.
Why not continue using the dynamic mic for the house sound but a pickup for your own monitoring? The JJB contact piezo is very inexpensive.
(Personally I use an undersaddle pickup, careful multi-band EQ, and no microphone. Volume and monitoring not an issue.)
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Seeing a lot of Interviews , in the shelter in place lock down months
where those on the laptop camera have wireless ear buds for their monitors
IDK their range , but the regular wired 1/8" TRS plugs ear buds can use an extension cable..
Go eighth to quarter inch, if you might be inlined to step on it a lot ,,
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Note; the Pro bicycle racers put a piece of medical tape across their ear to keep the earpiece for the communication radios in place..
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