xb2003
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Right now, my church uses stage monitors for the drummer (who is often me) and I would like to switch over to using headphones. We have an in-wall snake running from the booth to the stage, and I am just trying to decide the best way to go about doing this. I'm torn between:
Buying a cheap headphone amp and using an aux out on the mixer.
-I will have to make some sort of a splitter cable or figure out how to make balanced trs convert to unbalanced stereo trs, the latter seems complicated. This would depend on what type of inputs the headphone amp I choose has.
-I will have to make a cable that converts stereo trs to xlr to run it through the snake, and then obviously another to go back to trs at the stage. I am out of returns on the snake, and they are not balanced returns (The setup has the power amplifiers in the booth)
Or, what I would rather do:
Pick up one of these guys.. Behringer 802 | Sweetwater.com
-Run the drums (they are electronic) into one of the stereo inputs (for stereo monitoring)
-Run an aux out from the main mixer into the other line input (for the rest of the monitor mix)
-Use the fx channel (aux send) on this board to send the drums back to the main mixer.
I like this way better because I can eq the headphones, at least a little, my drums are in stereo for monitoring purposes (mono electric drums just sound all the more unrealistic..), and I can do a quick monitor adjustment for my purposes. I have never messed with doing something like this, and I want to make sure I am not missing anything that will cause issues for me.
One other thing; since the output of the mixer will be at line level, it would be best to use the line input on the main mixer as opposed to using a direct box and going into an xlr input, right?
Thanks!
Buying a cheap headphone amp and using an aux out on the mixer.
-I will have to make some sort of a splitter cable or figure out how to make balanced trs convert to unbalanced stereo trs, the latter seems complicated. This would depend on what type of inputs the headphone amp I choose has.
-I will have to make a cable that converts stereo trs to xlr to run it through the snake, and then obviously another to go back to trs at the stage. I am out of returns on the snake, and they are not balanced returns (The setup has the power amplifiers in the booth)
Or, what I would rather do:
Pick up one of these guys.. Behringer 802 | Sweetwater.com
-Run the drums (they are electronic) into one of the stereo inputs (for stereo monitoring)
-Run an aux out from the main mixer into the other line input (for the rest of the monitor mix)
-Use the fx channel (aux send) on this board to send the drums back to the main mixer.
I like this way better because I can eq the headphones, at least a little, my drums are in stereo for monitoring purposes (mono electric drums just sound all the more unrealistic..), and I can do a quick monitor adjustment for my purposes. I have never messed with doing something like this, and I want to make sure I am not missing anything that will cause issues for me.
One other thing; since the output of the mixer will be at line level, it would be best to use the line input on the main mixer as opposed to using a direct box and going into an xlr input, right?
Thanks!