I am the music director (also the one in charge of the sound system etc) at my church and I am trying to get my worship team switched over to IEMs soon. We are going to go with a wired setup and my particular concern right now is to find an optimized but cost effective way to send four stereo mixes to one musician each. The setup I have been trying to design is as follows (an example of just one musician’s setup):
AR2412 2412 outputs 1-2 → some device → to Rolls PM59 (musician needs ability to receive stereo monitor mix, play an instrument, sing, and have both the instrument and mic have a thru output to the Qu24 to be fed into the mix).
So far various devices I have come across and researched keep presenting problems such as improper combining of the stereo mix, audio quality loss, and I would like to avoid needing rca cables or needing to have a custom made cable.
Does anyone have a recommendation that will be on the cheaper side of for cost and not sacrifice audio quality? Can you recommend specific cable types/ device needed?
OR
Is the a better device than the Rolls PM59 that will still accomplish what is needed from the PM59 but bypass the need for a middle device?
Thanks in advance! I am not super knowledgeable about this kind of stuff, but I am doing my best to learn quickly.
Hi Jacob, a quick search tells me the Rolls PM59 can only receive a mono monitor feed. You’re going to need a stereo device to be able to give your talents a proper stereo mix.
My quick search tells me the Rolls PM59 can very good receive also a stereo monitor feed, but if I were you, I certainly wouldn’t be thrilled with the overall mix.
Keep in mind that you’ll only hear your microphone or instrument completely unfiltered, which can sound quite subpar compared to the processed monitor mix from your console.
A solution using the A&H ME monitor systems would certainly be a better, but of course more expensive, solution.
Or you could consider using only four headphone amplifiers and, as is more common these days, controlling your mix via the Qu-You app.
Hello, and thanks for the feedback. I did some more thinking on it last night and I came to the conclusion that it would be best to utilize the Qu-You app for individual mix control and ditch the PM59. We cannot afford the ME monitors so the new path I’m thinking is to instead just go from the AR2412 stage box through XLR to Begringer Powerplay P1s for each musician. When we have more musician’s than available mixes (which most of the time will only be in our youth team’s rehearsal), then I’m hoping it would work to take two of the mixes and utilize the Behringer DS2800 in its 2-in/4-out mode the feed some extra Behringer P1s. Does this sound like a better plan? I realize that most of the time we will not have more than 8 musicians which is the max mixes available (4 stereo, including a group, and 4 mono) and 8 people could be controlling mixes by utilizing the 7 users for Qu-You while one is using Qu-Pad. For the youth team, the plan would be to just take two of the mono mixes and share them amongst a few people each just to cover any extra beyond the 8. Does this seem a better route to take than my previous plan?
Much better in my opinion!
If I were you, I’d even try the P2 and compare it.
Pros: Tiny, lightweight, foolproof, only one knob, no protruding buttons, more user-friendly batteries, only one XLR cable required.
Cons: If you absolutely need stereo, you need an additional Y-adapter. And the transmission is then unbalanced, but that shouldn’t be a problem for the few meters of line level on stage.
Perhaps someone here has already compared the two …