Mixing In-Ears with The Mix Doctor

It’s time to talk In-Ears, and it’s time to bring in the Big Guns. Dan East, The Mix Doctor, joins Paul and Dave today to discuss specific solutions to all your in-ear monitoring problems. Listen as Dan shares his tips and wisdom for Audio Tetris, starting with the bigger shirt, […]

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It’s time to talk In-Ears, and it’s time to bring in the Big Guns. Dan East, The Mix Doctor, joins Paul and Dave today to discuss specific solutions to all your in-ear monitoring problems. Listen as Dan shares his tips and wisdom for Audio Tetris, starting with the bigger shirt, haystacking EQ, hearing fatigue and more…all in the interest of achieving “the face”. Press play, enjoy, and always be performing!

00:00:00 Gig Gab 296 – Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Matt-In-Ears for an acoustic act?

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00:10:20 Daniel East, The Mix Doctor!

*Mud lives in Mono
DBX 166

00:20:00 Audio Tetris

*Use Stereo in-ears
*Never take the left side of the keys
Middle C = 261.63Hz
Sennheiser
WAVS Custom
*Use the Hi-Pass Filter

00:32:00 Plan ahead for the loud moments

*Start with the bigger shirt!
*Don’t hard pan anything
Sennheiser 445
Sennheiser MK4
Audix OM7 Microphone – Bruce Springsteen
Shure SM57 – Tom Petty

00:51:30 Audience mics

Ports (low-end) vs. Vents (filtered) on In-Ear Monitors
*Three or more vocal mics give you a lot of audience
RØDE NT1 or NT5
Sennheiser 441
*Clapping = 1kHz-4kHz
*AVOID anything below 600Hz

00:57:30 – Soundchecking the acoustic act

“The Face”

01:00:59 Perceived Sound vs. Hearing Fatigue
01:06:40 Gig Gab 296 Outtro

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