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Title: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: Doin on December 29, 2005, 04:55:23 AM: I have heard of a method of recording concerts that utilizes a receiver that taps into the singer's earpiece.

Apparently it records at FM quality.

Does anyone know anything about this?

It sounds quite interesting. I am wondering how it would actually know which frequency the singer's earpiece is using.
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: udovdh on December 29, 2005, 05:00:57 AM: Plus one would require time to scan for the channel that the singer uses, maybe also the need to get close enough?
Also: is the mix that the singer gets usable/enjoyable?
It is similar to using ALD or whatever the name is for the hearing impaired?
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: noahbickart on December 29, 2005, 06:09:35 AM: If you are trying to capture the transmission from a singer's wireless microphone- you would only capture the voice and whatever bleedthrough was captured by the microphone. It wouldn't be a good tape.

-Noah
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: zowie on December 29, 2005, 11:35:03 AM: I believe he is talking about tapping into the transmission to the singer's monitor, not the singer's mic output. Sounds like it has mediocre possibilities.
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: itook2much on December 29, 2005, 01:30:09 PM: IEM recordings are usually flat, dull mixes. Usually they are also oddly mixed, as the user will want more of certain instruments, less of others.

You'll get a much better recording with mics.
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: trajhip2000 on December 29, 2005, 01:40:13 PM: rspencer, that is one entertaining avatar you've got!

Steve
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: gewwang on December 29, 2005, 02:04:50 PM: Here's the latest thread regarding IEMs. Search the ts.com archive and you'll see why you shouldn't do it.

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=55781.msg736250#msg736250
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: SonicSound on December 29, 2005, 02:26:27 PM: In ear monitors are the devil when it come to onstage recording..... They should be banned >:D
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: itook2much on December 29, 2005, 04:50:36 PM: Quote from: trajhip2000 on December 29, 2005, 01:40:13 PM
rspencer, that is one entertaining avatar you've got!

Steve

That Spiderman's a dancing machine ;)
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: John Kelly on December 30, 2005, 12:32:07 AM: Inner-ear monitors sound painful. You should probably look at in-ear monitors instead.
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: Sebastian on January 01, 2006, 07:17:41 AM: I once recorded a U2 show that way. The signal I got was extremely hissy and sounded like shit. Also, they seem to have stopped transmission during the last song...
Title: Re: inner ear monitors - What are they? How do they work?
Post by: John R on January 01, 2006, 10:43:40 AM: Quote from: Kohn Jelly on December 30, 2005, 12:32:07 AM
Inner-ear monitors sound painful. You should probably look at in-ear monitors instead.

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