HOW TO build a Cheap SELF MIXED In Ear Monitor rig for your band.

Everything you need to know to build a self mixed wireless In Ear Monitoring setup for your band. Any questions, ask below :)
Part 2 (How To Mix the In Ear Monitors):
• HOW TO mix your own In...
My band: Led By Lanterns
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Products in the video:
SPLITTER:
Behringer ULTRALINK MS8000 8-Channel Microphone Splitter
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MIXER:
Behringer X-Air XR16
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IN EAR TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER
Shure PSM200
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IN EAR BUDS IN VIDEO
CCA C10s
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RACK CASE
SKB - 16u Shockmount
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XLR - XLR Loom (8 Channel)
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XLR - Balanced Jack Loom (8 Channel)
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XLR - XLR Loom (Long 16 Channel)
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Short Single XLRs
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[@Cody_Mac]

Bro how is this your first KZbin video...this is phenomenal. Great, helpful content, and awesome video production. Well done!

[@twentyseven2001]

Dude, this was the video I was looking for two years ago! And I still learned so much! Best IEM video on YT, keep going like that!

[@sheedo1]

A no BS explanation. The best explanation and demonstration of IEMs on KZbin! Thank you

[@aaronlucchesi3391]

This video is fantastic. A lot of videos explain how to put a rig together without touching on how it works at a venue. Thanks for explaining it simply.

[@Stanford7j]

Out of all the videos I've watched on this, you explained it clearly and the best. Thankyou!

[@dodgeanderson]

Chris, I’m a tech guy who has set up our bands rig for years. We’re going down the IEM route and aiming for a silent stage (electric drums) and DI’d guitars. I’ve been exploring/working out what to do / buy. You have simplified the whole process. Great video, very clear. Very professional. Please tell me you’re doing this sort of thing for your day job! Brilliant. Thanks. David.

[@cravingmuffin45]

Your comment made me check out more of his vids, I'm doing the same with my band now. I'm far more advanced with music tech than they are

[@pete3816]

@@cravingmuffin45 and more humble too? 😉

[@theandiller]

The quality of information is insane. Thank you so much!!!

[@Brandon_Paris]

Eyyy thank you for being so visual and explaining things so well man, best video I've found so far 🤘

[@heikosteinweg]

Hey Chris, this is the most comprehensive video about the essentials for a selfcontained in ear rig I have seen so far. Very clear and professional. Thanks.

[@djabthrash]

+1

[@chrislanterns]

Thank you so much!

[@matthewpritchard6109]

Wow. One of the most helpful KZbin videos I've come across! Thanks so much, this answered so many of my questions, as well as a few I hadn't thought of!

[@gabriel_levi]

The most clear explanation on KZbin! Thanks for this.

[@alexporro5023]

Really wicked video dude, super informative and easy to follow. haven't seen a video like this at all anywhere on youtube!

[@_patrikjay_]

This is an amazing series and a great video, excellent illustrations and breakdown. Well done Sir, well Done.

[@omarcraviotto3339]

Amazing vid! So many unanswered questions from previous research being cleared up very well. Seems like a much more plausible goal to reach! Thank you 🤘

[@chrislanterns]

No worries at all!

[@joelumlum]

This is the exact video i needed to find! Thanks Chris, you explained everything!

[@safedangerband]

Finally getting around to doing this for various 4 pieces I play with and this made setup so easy for me. Thanks a ton! I wish I had the cash for a X32 but the XR18 is solid for 4-5 piece bands!

[@chrislanterns]

Glad I could help and sorry for the slow reply haha

[@joecooper8115]

Class video Chris mate, not many people out there explain things as clearly as this! Well done lad!

[@chrislanterns]

Cheers dude!

[@blairchadwickmusic]

Great video, lots to think about. Looking to get my first wireless mixer and in ear set up for the band. Many thanks Chris

[@summer_xo]

Well done Chris. Really informative and really well put together. Love you always homie.

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks Shane! I'm hoping to do a lot more of this style :)

[@jeremysaje6939]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you!! I had some of the core concepts in mind, but kept bumping on how to make sure the FOH sound person got their own set of signals.

[@chrislanterns]

Glad I could help!

[@dariopalanza548]

Amazing quality and very helpful, thanks!

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Chris. Very cool. I've been wondering how to do this WITHOUT letting a stranger who runs FOH do the mix. Thanks for clearing this up. ♥️♥️♥️

[@josuemds]

friend, your video was the one that most elucidated me in relation to the connections, about the spllitter that wonderful equipment. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, success and live the music Brazilian greetings ...

[@ardbegthequestion]

as of 2023, PSM200 is discontinued, you'd be looking at PSM300. They have a two different beltpack options, a plastic one and a metal one. It's capable of stereo, two mono, or mixing two mono inputs.

[@joshuariveraflora]

This was your first video? Fantastic stuff. Very helpful explanation, thank you.

[@carlosmayorca4642]

Great video! Thanks for slowly breaking down everything, specially the wiring and patching. Thank you!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks a lot

[@randyhammontree8874]

Great video. This is exactly what I needed for my band.

[@Dev-rz2cp]

Been looking for a video as straight forward as this! thank you!

[@chrislanterns]

No worries! Glad I could help

[@VANDAD]

Really good video dude. Love the format and production. Well thought through and will help a lot of folk!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks mate!!

[@learnmusicnow]

Very helpful thanks. Amazing what it takes to setup in-ear monitoring.

[@craigwheeler5052]

Thank you Chris!! Brilliant video and great explaination of everything so helpful and useful! I am about to start running in ears with my weddings band / doing some live sound work so your video has saved me so much time thanks again.

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks! Let me.know how you got on!

[@livelyascanbe]

Thank you! Your video was so helpful for me to understand what I need to consider/get when I plan to get an IEM system. That yes you can get the IEM system but you also need to think about these other things as well. Up until now, I didn't really know all that so now I do and it helped me so much!

[@chrislanterns]

You're very welcome! I'm glad I could help!

[@JoDoDesigns2011]

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Wow did not know that there is so much to these in ears monitors. Thanks for the video

[@DjTwSoundInc]

Yo Chris this vid is sicc I’m self learning how to band mix and this vid was a lot of help I’m subscribed LoOl thanks 🙏🏾

[@b.cguitarcovers2347]

Best in ear video out there from what I have found

[@louisrivera5074]

Wow for a first video this was very nicely done!!

[@burricanecarter]

Great presentation & useful information!

[@newmeutube1]

Awesome video Chris. 👏👌

[@samharper6323]

Bro loved this explanation. Thank you so much!

[@otephkhael2167]

The best in ear run down not too complicated. Its time to build a rig thanks

[@freddyroy]

Amazing Video man! ♥️ Couldn't have explained any better!🙌🙂

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Yes mate! You're a natural!

[@chrislanterns]

hahaha Cheers dude

[@marktuure6313]

This was Golden thank you

[@beholdfishboy]

Great vid dude. Thanks for the info!

[@xrotchiqx]

Thank you Chris! 🖤

[@strathound]

Effing incredible. I have an XR16 and was gonna sell it to get the XR18. But now I might keep both. Thanks for sharing what you've learned.

[@chrislanterns]

Good choice! Especially with how they've gone up in value now!

[@KirkyDrums]

great video Chris

[@joshualaguardia1053]

That was one heck of a first youtube video haha!! Amazing thanks so much!

[@monty671]

well done. Can not believe this was your first KZbin video.

[@GuillaumeLortie]

Great video !

[@nanayawgodin259]

You did very well sir thanks

[@RayVansMusic]

This video is great! You answered all of my questions without me having to ask them 😂

[@martineast1220]

Nice and easy... 😬 Great video, clear and precise

[@chrislanterns]

Cheers Martin! That was my aim with this :)

[@IainFrame]

Good video mate, clearly-articulated. Thanks.

[@chrislanterns]

No problem 👍

[@vincentlevitt]

i wish you made more; great job

[@SpendUser]

Dude. Thanks alot. Really cool and affortable setup)

[@gavinsullivan8890]

Great video, I learnt alot touring with you!

[@chrislanterns]

Aww thanks dude. I'm gunna do a lot more about sound and TM'ing so that one day, you can TM me please thanx

[@Damo_Drummer]

Fantastic video!

[@kj2336]

Congratulations Chris! Great presentation and well delivered! #pro

[@MrAndrewpederson]

Nice. I have an additional XLR snake connected so I can take both the send and return XLR for each channel to the FOH stage box. I have both sides labelled and we use whatever mic channels the venue has available (if they only mic snare top then the snare bottom channel isn't used). Great video.

[@chrislanterns]

That's great!! Thanks mate

[@MerrickGuitar]

Very helpful!

[@JeeQuinones]

Great Video bro! Thanks.

[@2stringsbaba]

Awesome thanks for the tips Sir

[@DrumMenace]

I would add that Seismic Audio has a prebuilt rackmount splitter for less than the cost of the two behringer units. They comes in as little as 8 channels and go up to 32 I believe. The benefit is that there are XLR / TRS 1/4" Combo Jacks on the box end so you can plug in either type of cable. Just an option.

[@jas_bataille]

Another thing about the X air system, as well as other similar systems such as Soundcraft's UI (which apparently has a really good router, no experience with it from my side tho so I can't confirm) is that, if you tour with your own sound engineer, they can connect to a bigger mixer to mix the front of stage while you mix your own in-ears. I've been asked as a FOH engineer to do this for a band : just mix with a tablet or laptop. One of the band member also use 22" touchscreen monitor, and it's the size of a regular small board! Pretty neat. Just place a computer in the rack itself! You could even go without FOH engineering for smaller venues, just throw an ipad in the mix and you can do both.

[@davi1]

that is the beauty of digital can mix from anywhere in the house and no need to run cables to the stage, the FOH engineer can mix on a 22" touchscreen or control surface with real faders and buttons and each band member can mix their own monitors on their ipad.

[@JoshTaylormusic]

Solid explanation!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks Josh!

[@tommyintheattic3449]

Amazing info bros! So well organized, we can clearly see all your experience standing out! Thanks so much! Any tips on what best software to use for backing tracks? (Apple Mainstage, FL, Logic...). I want to use backing tracks for a Rock Opera project and wanted to stay away from exporting stems and remixing everything at every show. Was thinking of exporting stereo tracks with a click on one side, and many exports with different options if a musician does not show up. Any experience with something like that? Anyway, it might be another video idea for you! Thanks man!

[@igorzavalnyi5341]

Great video and very informative. The next step for anyone doing this would be to learn basic EQing so that you know where to apply low cuts, remove excessive low end, etc. this will take your in ear mixes to the next level and you will hear everything better even in mono and won’t need as much volume

[@johngibsonmusic]

Great video! Not sure if I have to connect the in-ear mixer to the "link out" or "out" of the Behringer splitter (when using phantom power). Help would be appreciated. Thank you!!

[@tdz69]

I know this is 2 years old but TY! It demystified in ears for me and I’m looking to get a similar setup.

[@chrislanterns]

Let me know how you get on!

[@INSYTEOFFICIAL]

Thank you so much for this video! My band is currently looking into an IEM set up and this seems to make the most sense. What I need to know more about is how backing tracks can be included via laptop/Ipad. Is it possible for all members to have their own mixes while simultaneously monitoring backing tracks and click, while sending samples and soundscapes to FOH? I'm just not sure if it's possible with a stereo mix but audio stems perhaps? Cheers from Ontario, Canada!

[@nhudson78]

Thanks!

[@DaveGoodisonNZ]

Hi Chris, what is the phone app you are using to control your own in-ear mixes? And is the same app used to set the system up or do you need an iPad to do that? Thanks for a great vid!

[@pcpanikMusik]

I take a different approach to get by with only one mixer (Soundcraft UI24R - 22 in, 10 AUX out). I use 6 of 8 XLR-AUX paths plus the 2nd headphone out (AUX 9/10) The 6 AUX paths also go into a Behringer Ultralink MS8000. (Did you notice the difference in level of the link outs? This is not a 1:1 split. The link outs are up to 7db louder than the input signal) I go from the splitter with one line to the musicians' stage monitors. I send the split as a mono signal into a LD Systems headphone amp. The AUX 9/10 is send directly to the headphone amp as a stereo mix. In this way, 6 musicians can receive an individual monitor mix and work either via stage monitor or IEM. Over IEM they can add the Main Stereo-Mix as much as they like. I then connected radio systems to the headphone amp and also use the cable route for the drums here. In addition, I pick up the main mix for the vocal effect devices here, which use it to determine their harmony.

[@AnilKumar-zo2eu]

Thank you sir for your packaged information

[@chrislanterns]

Always welcome

[@JonesyTBJ]

Hell yes dude, great video

[@JonesyTBJ]

Just realized you only have these 2 vids up, you should do more!

[@Mr6izzy9]

Awesome video! :)

[@tommarshall4378]

Great video! I'm a little confused about the "wireless" part of in ear monitors in the UK: what UHF frequencies should The system work on or would you only suggest 2.4ghz digital? Do they do systems on 5Ghz as I have heard 2.4 can be unreliable for drop outs? I would be buying a system just for myself (vocals and guitars) to go through my Zoom Livetrak L-8 Mixer, not all the band and it would be secondhand so I dont want to buy an old sennheiser or shure unit who's frequencies are no longer "legal" or suffer interference. Finally, as it is just for me until I persuade the rest of the band, could I put my guitar and my vocals into the mixer and then use the master outs (one left one right) to go to front of house Mixing? I could also put a FOH mix of the rest of the band into the mixer and run it into my monitor out without it going through the master outputs. :-)

[@Tra539]

first?!?! this was awesome man!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks Travis!

[@nikochump]

Great video Chris !! Cheers from Belgium (Chump) !!

[@chrislanterns]

Heyyyy, thanks a lot!

[@golnazkimiaaubin6117]

🙌🏻 thank you

[@JBuggerlugs]

Hey bud! Love the video, really broke down the jargen for peeps like myself 😅 My band is looking into building a rig just like this but I just have a few questions regarding our gear. So we are a 5 piece, vox/bass/guitars x 2/drums, drummer can have the wired stereo mix like you run and the rest of us can run mono. My drummer has a EAD10, would he just plug that straight in instead of using drum mics? As it's a mic/trigger unit. Also I use a kemper stage and the other player uses a Helix, both unpowered units, would it be best to have a power amp in the rack? Or use our FrFr to power our gear? Just trying to make this as clear as possible in mind 😅 also we are running backing tracks, how would we do that with this system? Many thanks in advance dude!!

[@willnicklen4196]

Lovely job Great stuff

[@chrislanterns]

Thank you! Cheers Will! Hope you're good

[@threeyb8187]

Great video, extremely helpful. About to build my system. Question: did you need to add an IEM antenna combiner? Did you consider one?

[@trueblueeyesgirl]

I think I understood maybe half of that. Really wanna get more into sound tech though. It's very interesting. Also great video!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks Ally, glad you understood at least part of it haha

[@mattnormandrums]

Fantastic video!! Very Helpful. Subscribed and looking froward to more!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks Matt! I really should make more. I've just been very busy but feel like I should really do this haha

[@mattnormandrums]

@@chrislanterns do it my man 🤘🏼🎵

[@TheFForces]

cool! thanks mate

[@Lexo593]

With this set up, the main mixer (Venue mixer) would not have to be digital in order for you to control your own mix, correct?

[@lukegenders1679]

Great stuff mate

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks Luke 🤘

[@jungacayan7805]

Awesome

[@JoshuaMRichard]

Hey I loved the video - just curious what the need for the 1/4" jack inputs on the mixer is? Is it just to have more options or is there a better reason?

[@ltnats]

Chris, great video mate. I am just starting to look into this. Where does the XR16 site in your rack? In the parts where you show the rack all setup, I can't see it. The ears on the XR16 look like all the inputs are out the outside of the rack, so is it facing the back and you need to plug in all the loom from the splitters every time you setup, or are the rack covers large enough to keep it all plugged in?

[@pavantv868]

Hi bro, thank you for this vodeo. Currently I’ve got a Presonus 16.02 the FireWire version and a behringer xr18 My question is how do I create these separate mixes for the artistes to make their own personal mix. This needs a short and in-depth video so we can follow along. Thanks much Thumbs up on this video.❤

[@johnsolus4567]

My band has not played live yet and we are just now starting the process of getting the materials to do so. We would have a stereo backing track and a click track for our show. I've looked at the focusrite 4i4 as a cheap interface with 4 seperated outputs, we aren't worried about a mix yet for our in ears so would we just be able to run the 2 lines for the backing track to front of house and then the 1 for the click track straight to an in ear system(s)? Thanks and great video!

[@peterrogers5866]

Great video

[@ImAdamRyan]

Hey chris! Love this video so much. Currently putting this together for my band. Wondering if you have a new link to the 16 channel loom. Because the eBay one is broken? Or do you know how long the cable is on the 16 channel loom?

[@kevinxpowell]

Awesome! Do you have anything for in ear AND playback? I wanna be able to send 808s and samples through the PA as well with a setup like this.

[@1968joseph1]

I just watched a different video with a guy saying there's no way to do it on the cheap and here you are explaining exactly how you do it on the cheap! LOL great video!

[@chrislanterns]

Thanks a lot. Glad I could help!

[@capoman1]

Define "cheap?" How much did you spend on this rig?

[@OfficialS4ffr4N]

Great and informative video! Maybe I missed it, but what app do you use on your phone to control your individual in-ear mixes? :)

[@dirtydavesgarage8251]

We've been doing this for years for our ZZ Top Tribute band, LegZZ - A Tribute to ZZ TOP. Works great!