How to Mix In-Ear Monitors | In-Depth Guide for Worship Teams

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[@andrii845]

What’s up Jake, thank for all the videos you make. I learned a lot from you and now trying to “develop” some in-ear monitor system in my church, here in Ukraine. Keep doing the great work! God bless!

[@worshiptutorials]

Good stuff! 👌🏻

[@codyt5]

Thanks for actually demonstrating the adjustments to the IEM mix! That was great!

[@SimplyBass93]

Thank you so much! Going to be teaching our worship team on how to work with their ears!

[@ryanslauderdale]

Thanks for your help, Jake! It's been a minute since I used IEMs, and I got a lot of information from this video on how to get a good mix again.

[@lukeramlet275]

Man, this was my first edit with Churchfront, and dang, didn't expect it to blow up like it did.

[@waynesteed]

The only comment I would add to this fantastic walk through is some advice I got when I first started using in-ear monitors... set the beltback volume fairly high when you make your mix... to reduce the chance someone (sound guy, etc.) accidentally turns your mix up, or you get used to too much sound in your ears -- once you lose hearing in your ears you can't get it back.

[@TotalEvo7]

Don't you mean set it lower? Because if you set the belt pack high, and the engineer accidentally does jack the mix or channel up, you're essentially blasting your ears more than tolerable.

[@waynesteed]

@@TotalEvo7 no - set belt pack high (not all the way) this way you have lots of “down” in case you need it

[@cmcrombie024]

​@@TotalEvo7 this is an old thread so I'm mostly responding for other readers' sake. Set your beltpack or otherwise "master volume" generally higher before you start setting your levels on all the other channels. This leaves you lots of room to turn down, and less room to turn up, helping to protect your ears in the long run, and allow yourself to compensate either direction if something changes from the signal source.

[@timkotowski2729]

Jake Definitely a good vid on this subject. I use the PreSonus mixer and I use stereo IEMs I don't miss floor monitors at all. I always have rehearsals with the band using the mix on their phones so they can dial it in and are used to it for performances. Basically its their personal monitor mix so I tell them if you don't need my guitar in it I'm not going to be offended change what's not working and as long as they hear what's important to them thats all that counts. I had to do something similar for my band as they we're very much against it at first. Another thing to help them understand that keeping both ear buds in is important.Having a room mic so they can hear the room, ppl and other sounds is important.It's important for proper gain stages. I sing I mix my ears at a softer volume these days and helps cut down on drums bashing in my ears. As a guitar player we get asked to turn it down, with IEMs they can shut me off if they chose and I can still get the sound I need and I don't need an amp on stage anymore. I enjoy all your vids so keep up the good work.

[@cameronboggs]

You are literally reading my search history for KZbin on this topic.😂 Thx so much man! Awesome content!

[@Churchfront]

Happy to help!

[@joshuakirubakaran1172]

True😂

[@markferris5415]

Hey Jake! Great vids mate. I am a vocalist/acoustic guitar player just like yourself...i find that a light slap back delay on my vocal mix creates space and air. I use it over reverb and swear by it but give it a try and let me know of it helps you too! Cheers for all of your great tips, all the best:)

[@mjakubisin]

Nice tip I’ll give this a try

[@yonasbekele4057]

Always dropping that heat 🔥🔥🔥

[@clairelwamba8033]

Thank you for your help 🙏

[@immanueltetteh6232]

I am actually a beginner in handling this stuff. Currently I am running the FOH for my church and my church just got IEMs for the musicians (not P16 or a stereotype IEMs) and I want to know how to pan on all the aux sends for the musicians so they get the best out of the system. Will be very grateful for your help. God bless you @churchfront

[@AudioReplica2023]

Is there any video showing how everything is connected from foh to the in ears? Technical side talking. Options and all that. Thanks

[@GilCruzxab]

exactly what I'm looking for, if you find a video, let me know, I know that from my transmitter I have to use to cable to go into the mixer but not sure if I have to use 2 AUX or just one?

[@kimdev11]

Thanks!

[@TerranceNock]

How do you get the mix to sound good though. In house just sounds amazing! We use shure headphones. But maybe the in ears need an EQ?

[@waitin4winter]

Is there a way to eq your individual mix? Say what you’re hearing is too muddy, or too ice-picky. Can you EQ your own mix, or does the sound man have to do it? And can he do it in a way that affects only your mix and not others?

[@ThaylorHarmor]

With all the Coronavirus going around our church leaders are looking for a remote way to record and potentially live stream. You got an update on those videos?

[@progfoxmusic]

Easiest and quickest way if you have a camera with a HDMI output is to get a capture card for your computer and use that like you would a webcam I guess.

[@JohnnasPaivaCamargo]

Excelent!!! Thank you!

[@triczchungy5161]

I have this question, since you are using the whole 32 channel. How do you switch from mixing IEM to FOH again. We are using Behringer 32 and idk how to switch it. Or do you use a different mixers for IEM, for the congregation, and live media.

[@marais888]

I an older musician who has always keyed off of the drums. If the drummer is playing to the click would it simplify the mix to eliminate the click?

[@seanmcintyre9490]

Thanks for this. Is there any chance of you running through this kind of self-mixing process with the Behringer POWERPLAY P16-M setup?

[@231kickback]

How did you choose congregation microphone? How did you decide where you would place it the room?

[@victormbale4520]

Would you explain how you link your phone app with the in ear monitorswith the Mixer and the computer app

[@عدنانبنعفيف]

Hello, how are you? Does the program have echo control?

[@obakengaphane5163]

Hi Jake just wanted to find out which app are your using because visi listen doesn't work properly for iOS 16 thank you.

[@KingofKingsAustralia]

Hi Jake, thanks for all your teaching and inputs, one request, could you touch on sound interference, humming, hissing and buzzing noise in speaker. We have a X32 with some of this issues that we can't resolve.. thanks from Australia

[@DIDCHOI]

KingofKingsMinistry most of the time it’s power grounding issues. Make sure you don’t have lights and stuff like that plugged into the same power source as the sound. It’s also good to have the speakers and sound board on the same power source. Make sure you have balanced signals. Experiment with the ground lift in DIs

[@andreanicole2006]

Jake, what kind of mic do you use for the congregational mic, and where do you place it?

[@231kickback]

Full disclosure, I am not a muscian; I run the sound board. How should all other musicians setup their mix? Everyone needs to hear themselves, the lead instrument, the worship leader, and something to keep rythymn. What is the benefit of hearing everyone else? Harmonies, maybe?

[@rmessnerjr]

The part a musician contributes is not and should not be isolated. Even a good worship leader that has guided an ensemble well will be able to stop directing and start worshiping. Those in an ensemble situation have to learn where their sound fits in to whole. The one who sticks out is listening to no one but themself. There is nothing more satisfying musically when everyone is doing their part. Ask any musician and ask yourself when you’re back there mixing and you think, “Man, that’s just fantastic!” My experience in church as a Worship Leader, singing harmonies, and playing bass guitar, leads me to a different mix for each situation. For many years as a Worship Leader we couldn’t afford monitors so I learned what I sounded like in that room. I had to hear the entire sound from all instruments and voices so I could guide the levels for each. As a choir director, when using tracks we had to hear them and not drown out the choir in the house (medium-size room 90’ square). This is a very difficult balance to maintain. If only the choir could have in-ears! My harmonizing is highly dependent on listening to the other vocalists, especially the lead singer for a song. My timbre, volume, and style change with each person singing with me. I was trained to sing in a choir that used no sound reinforcement. My college experience in vocal music was always in an ensemble but with some solo work. I must admit that I can’t sing with in-ears as I’ve had decades of hearing myself in the room. Perhaps if we had a proper room mic that might have been different. As a bass player its me at the highest level, followed by a bit of drums. I stand right next to the drums so I need to hear me and then mix in a bit of them and rhythmically I must follow and feed off what he’s playing. Next is lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, horns (to hear trombone playing bass part), keyboard/piano, and a bit of the vocals. In a church setting, it has been necessary to turn down an person that’s singing/playing “a bit off” to avoid the distraction. There were times in the past I’ve had to stop singing/playing because I just couldn’t do well with the distraction. Fortunately, the last 15 years of playing has been with very good musicians that know how to work as an ensemble. So, again. It’s personal and based upon one’s experience.

[@sangkong9738]

As a singer, you can't harmonize properly without hearing the lead vocalist. As a instrumentalist, regardless of instrument, you listen for subtle cues to dynamically change the way you play, whether that be getting a touch louder, inject more energy into the music, get soft, or drop out completely. Some of this can be scripted and prompted (which personally I don't love, but keep folks on the same page), but a band sounds tight because they listen to each other. Most musicians do not play strict parts that don't vary from take to take, so listening is even more important to hear when it gets too busy, to identify the lead instruments, to not play, to focus on being part of the rhythm, to put in a tasty fill, to inject countermelody, etc. The hardest thing to teach musicians is when to NOT play and if they can't hear each other, they'll never be able to tell when to NOT play. So in short, harmony, dynamics, sharing the sonic space and unity are the reasons why it's important to hear everything.

[@haniellopez3956]

What app do you use to mix your inner ears?

[@Owenscameron]

What app are you using here? We have the same board but we use M32-Q to adjust our mixes. Your app looks like it works a lot better 🤷‍♂️

[@samtichenor3119]

MX-Q need ios13

[@johnmccaleb2122]

Mix Station Qu

[@tjsulz]

MX-Q... so far it's been working well for us. Most of our team had an issues with M32-Q after the last big ios update... scribble strips were messed up.

[@BHBMafia]

please do this with the wing

[@zairewillis5640]

What app is this?

[@benjaminpicard2876]

What is the app you guys are using with Midas pls' ? Cause we have a Pro 2 at our church and we use mixtender as the app .. but yours looks way better ?? Thank you very much !

[@tjsulz]

It's called "MX-Q" for iphone

[@kodykyle1297]

Why don't you have a Kick In drum mic?

[@HackingHollywood]

Cool video. No base?

[@tjsulz]

Looks like they use a backing track for bass. I'm surprised he hasn't had bass players auditioning left and right with all the youtube/online exposure.

[@andym7333]

wasssssa do u hear compression on voc in your in ear mix ?? have great 1

[@bobbob123ful]

andy M Generally no

[@andym7333]

@@bobbob123ful wow so u hear no effects?? what about eq thanks man

[@bobbob123ful]

@@andym7333 I've never actually used IEMs, but I think they get a little EQ, but no/little compression. If they have compression it can force them to strain or be too light on the vocals. If anyone else has some insight I'd love to hear it - are all IEM mixes generally prefader mixes?

[@andym7333]

@@bobbob123ful but how do you listen to the music?? i use post caus i need to hear the effect of the pioneer mixer... but this month tried all even a bit of both un compressed and compressed so i can still hear the effects heheheh thanksss

[@bobbob123ful]

@@andym7333 I think this would be a better question for someone who does it often

[@thabonekomoshoeshoe]

name of that mobile App Please!

[@kentuckybluesman]

MX-Q app

[@davidbrock6263]

I play guitar and don't sing. I simplify my mix, 1 vocal, keys, drummer, all pan slightly left, my guitar center. This is what I need to stay in time and in the song.

[@juanmonilla3344]

Puede ser en español

[@Jack-vc8id]

Not “in depth” at all, basic picking needed channels. I’ve expected working with eq, effects, subgroups, clipping, compression, useful lifehacks, solving “more me” issue, etc, etc, in scope of iem.. “and that’s it” in the end, if it’s really all that you know, my apologies…

[@twocanoetom]

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