Mountains of Music

In-Ear-Monitoring combined with Personal Monitor Mixers is a strategy designed to  contribute  towards recorded music mainly  during the production  stage. The extent to which it is beneficial depends on the size, technological experience, placement of the users, and their familiarity with one another; in addition to the budget and space available for the recording. To not be too broad in scope, the Livemix CS-Duo from Audio Digital Labs (LCSD) will be the example in focus, but other personal mixers will be mentioned for the purpose of comparison and a more accurate assessment of the LCSD’s actual contribution.  Figure 1.   Digital Audio Labs Livemix CS-Duo  (sxpro , n.d.) Most audio engineers made the switch from having foldback loudspeakers on stage to IEM, for the purpose of “lower[ing] stage volume” (Herring, 2009) and making more space available on stages/ small studios. These being especially desirable conditions when recording live event...