Re: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

The problem is a common one. How many times have you heard, "I want more 'ME' in the monitor!"?

I'm in a band where one of the singers has trouble with intonation. I believe that her problem is that she can't hear her own voice clearly.  She has hearing aids but they just amplify the band even more.  I'm trying to get her to try an in-ear monitor but she doesn't seem to understand how that might help.

There is a little battery-powered black box called a "Studio 1 AM300 Audio Monitor" that you can clip on your belt.
You can run your harp mic through it to the band mixer which doesn't know that it is there.   It amplifies the signal from your mic and outputs to ear buds to give you an "in-ear monitor"  It has a volume control for the ear bud output. No problems with feedback. If the drum & speaker level is really bad, you could use a set of noise-canceling headphones.  Even ear buds block some of the ambient sound.

See:  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=608296&gclid=COvr_NWzvb0CFVKIfgodhW8AgA&is=REG&A=details&Q=

It is much smaller, lighter, less obtrusive, and quicker/easier to set up than your own monitor speaker.

Vern

On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:03 AM, daledut <daledut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I recently joined a band. At or first rehearsal I was between the drummer and a Bose speaker column.  I couldn't hear myself at all.  I spent much of the time with a finger in one ear so I could hear it inside my head. 
> So for our first performance I set up a Behringer 205D monitor speaker on a mic stand right in front of me.  I fed an out to their mixer. That worked great I could turn my monitor up as needed to hear myself and let the band leader worry about how I sounded in the mix. 
> 
> I just simply can't pay very well if I can hear myself, especially since I didn't know all the songs and play by ear. 
> 
> Dale
> 
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Mike Price <mikerockin@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Date:03/31/2014  12:47 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
> To: Harp- L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> Subject: [Harp-L] playing but not hearing 
> 
> 
> Last night I had the privilege to sit in with the famous "Smoking Joe Kubeck” band. I had fun but, no lie, the guitars were so loud on stage that I could not hear a single note I was blowing. My wife said she could hear my harmonica just fine out of the main PA and that I sounded good but I don't know. Is this a somewhat common occurrence? My guess is the only thing worst would be not to hear your singing. Anyone else have any related stories? In hindsight I should have just played out of one of the available vocal PA mic's instead of the tiny little amp which was at my feet.
> Mike