10 Tips That Will Dramatically Improve Your In-Ear Mix (Part 1)

Having a solid in-ear mix is only going to raise your level of excellence each time you play. Check out these 10 essential mixing elements that will take your musicianship to the next level!

[@johnnawarner63]

Where is a Part 2?! I am with John Nichols.... There is a reason a live sound tech brings the band in one at a time in wedges. It is hard to play and adjust.... while everyone else is doing the same!

[@johnnichols8553]

The hardest part with in-ear mix in our services is I don't really have the time to tweak it til its perfect. I can't play guitar during practice and hold my phone and adjust sliders at the same time. So I generally just quickly set myself as the loudest, then the piano, the click, and the singers turned up moderately high as well. Next comes the guide, and the ambient. I still wind up pulling one ear out or I feel too isolated. I rarely turn up drums at all, as I can hear them easily. After that, I'll make small tweaks to these channels, but I don't go back and mess with the others much. I will try turning the bass up louder in the future.

[@evan.schwartz.awesome]

John Nichols you got it man. I usually leave my iPad open during all of practice to adjust between songs and sometimes during some. I know we’re always moving in practice but there’s definitely time to spare to get our mixes from good to great.