Accessories Self-contained in-ear monitor

[mizmar]

I'm a little curious as to why.

 

[Zasterz]

The blurb says it works with a guitar, so possibly mic. Hard wired or Bluetooth.

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Doubtful. This image of the inputs is telling me all I need to know. It’s LINE-level:

 

[Ivan]

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[Vetinari]

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[PiccoloPirate]

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Haven't seen anything else yet.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Some possibles there - thanks! Certainly made a better job of searching than I did. It's much appreciated.

The Fischer thing looks to be the business - but so is the price!. Mind you it's a versatile bit of kit. I've still got my old AMT radio sax mic - now obsolete due to the frequency changes - but it might be possible to convert it into a wired solution. And that would warrant something of the quality of the Fischer unit.
A lot of the budget options look promising but I'm gonna have to do some research to find out whether any of them will work and mic level inputs. I guess I could always order on in, try it and return it if it doesn't work.

 

[Stephen Howard]

I'm a little curious as to why.

I've always had trouble hearing myself when playing with other folks - and rather than blow harder (and thus increase the overall volume) I find it's better to use some sort of personal monitor. You can think of it as a sort of hearing aid I suppose.

 

[Veggie Dave]

Would I be correct in assuming the situation you're playing in is not through a PA and that you only need the mic so that you can have it feed an IEM system of some sort to help with hearing yourself?

 

[Stephen Howard]

Would I be correct in assuming the situation you're playing in is not through a PA and that you only need the mic so that you can have it feed an IEM system of some sort to help with hearing yourself?

Exactly that. I'm also thinking ahead in that if we decide to do gigs at some point I won't be reliant on stage monitors.

 

[Pete Effamy]

I've always had trouble hearing myself when playing with other folks - and rather than blow harder (and thus increase the overall volume) I find it's better to use some sort of personal monitor. You can think of it as a sort of hearing aid I suppose.

Years ago my mate used something he always called a “hotspot “ - and searching that term does bring a bit of kit up.

He described it as a small speaker on a tripod at ear level.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Years ago my mate used something he always called a “hotspot “ - and searching that term does bring a bit of kit up.

He described it as a small speaker on a tripod at ear level.

Yep, got one of those in the workshop - sits on those shelves below the junker horns on the wall.
It worked quite well - but tended to take up quite a lot of room on stage. Fine if there are only one or two horns but beyond that it gets in the way rather.
It also increases the noise level on stage, which is something it's always good to avoid doing.

 

[Pete Effamy]

Yep, got one of those in the workshop - sits on those shelves below the junker horns on the wall.
It worked quite well - but tended to take up quite a lot of room on stage. Fine if there are only one or two horns but beyond that it gets in the way rather.
It also increases the noise level on stage, which is something it's always good to avoid doing.

Ah ok, he was in a rock n roll band with a guitarist as the bandleader 😬

 

[mizmar]

Just browsing around out of idle curiosity and noticed the subzero do a wireless mic where the receiver appears to have monitoring output. I've no experience with it and the mic might not be great for sax and no swan neck, but clearance, £35

'The quality of all audio being recorded can be easily monitored in real time via the receiver's 3.5mm headphone port."

Edit:
But "Its auto-gain design..." Don't know if that's configurable, so may not be great.

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[EdJ]

Yamaha silent brass mute works well in trumpet and trombone and might be good. Probably with a suitable alternative mic (instead of the mute / mic) going to the battery powered box and hence headphones. The brass mute mic might even work with the right sized brass mute down the bell as it won’t mute a sax but I suspect it will affect the bell notes. Was that for tenor? If I can find the stuff and the time I will give it a crack and post the outcome (don’t hold your breath)

 

[EdJ]

Plus I only have access to alto and sop so can’t try tenor for size

 

[EdJ]

In the right instrument

 

[PigSquealer]

@lig @Tonehole any suggestions ?

@Stephen Howard why not try a Jazzlabs deflector ? Your needs are exactly what these are made for.

 

[Merryfisher]

This has worked well for me since going iem several years ago

 

[Stephen Howard]

This has worked well for me since going iem several years ago

Can you plug a mic straight into it?

 

[Stephen Howard]

@lig @Tonehole any suggestions ?

@Stephen Howard why not try a Jazzlabs deflector ? Your needs are exactly what these are made for.

I tired one but it didn't work for me. Shame really 'cos I have loads of Perspex kicking around the workshop.