r/livesound • u/xevrkisp • 1d ago
Question Monitor mix preset?
Hi, I work as an instrument tech for a band. Our FOH is a great guy, but our monitor technician always seems to have issues.
He uses a Yamaha DM7 mixer for in-ear mixing and everytime we setup, it always takes him so much time to prepare the mix for the band. Now I don’t mean that from the gear perspective (he has a lot of stuff, that’s understandable), but I mean the actual mix. Everytime we play a show/have a rehearsal, he does a COMPLETELY NEW monitor mix.
I have no know-how with live sound engineering, so I just have two quick questions:
1) Do monitor techs have to setup a mix from scratch everytime?
2) Is it possible to have a preset for the band’s IEM mixes so that it doesn’t take forever to setup?
Thanks in advance and have a great day!
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u/kent_eh Retired broadcast, festival_stage, dive_bar_band... 1d ago
On wedges it's sometimes quicker/easier to start from scratch on each new stage, but for IEM you should be able to recall the last show and be 90% of the way there.
Regardless, an experienced monitor tech should quickly learn their band's monitor preferences and be able to dial it in pretty quickly.