How Do You Monitor Your Modeller?

[northernguitar]

I'm curious how people are listening to themselves, on stage, the jamroom, and at home for practice or personal playing.

I am mostly using a pair of Shure SE535 in-ear monitors. These are an upgrade from a pair of Mackie MP-220s. I think what really sets them apart is the Shure pair have three drivers, one for bass, middle and highs. They are very flat and are perfect for my needs.

I haven't played live with my ampless rig (a Boss IR-200 for the amps/cabs, and my enormoboard), but will next weekend at our first gig of the year. The venue is a tavern with an ample PA system for bands. The stage isn't very large, so I just plan to go direct to 'FOH'. My friend's Rush tribute played there a few weeks ago and he went direct with his Fractal unit. It sounded fantastic through the house system.

I haven't decided what to do if I need stage volume for a gig. We have some excellent 10" floor monitors and an amp to drive one or two. I might have to rely on these for the time being. Tempted to pick up a Headrush, but am restraining after all the dough I've blown on gear in the last few weeks.

At home, as well as the Shure earbuds, I just acquired a used pair of YorkVille YSM1P Series Two studio monitors. I just spent an afternoon messing around with this setup and I'm pleased. These suckers are big! They definitely sound better with some volume, but I was able to jam along to a track at a good volume, without disturbing the peace. I cranked it a bit and it was as good as a 12" speaker in the room, maybe better because the size is more appropriate.

What are you using?

 

[sax4blues]

Home I use 2 8” studio monitors on stands.
For church we have IEM
Stand alone I have 10” powered PA speaker

 

[RolandG]

My rig is a AxeFX into the PA. Playing at home I normally use my IEMs. They what I use when I play with the band, and what I set my patches up with. On stage I also use a powered FRFR monitor. It serves two purposes, acoustic coupling for my guitar, and it provides sound in that dead patch in front of the stage between the PA speakers.

 

[63telemaster]

My experiences vary. My full time band used IEM but that was for a complete stereo monitor mix that we could all control from an app on our iphones. It took a few shows to get it dialled in properly but when done it was great.

When we played shows with house pa and without our sound man we were usually able to specify in ear monitoring but this was always in mono and we had to rely on the house sound man which was never ideal. Other times we had to use floor monitors which would have been ok had we not been spoilt by using IEM!!

I've depped with a couple of bands and tried to use IEM just for monitoring my guitar (no band mix) which was awful. Also tried setting up my own rough mix from the desk which was better but still not ideal. Lesson learned, for any dep gigs I now use a SS combo (line out from my HX Stomp to the fx return input..... no cab model) and mic up. I then monitor my guitar from the amp and the band from floor monitors.

 

[Frodebro]

At home it’s typically headphones or Yamaha HS8s, with the band (casual weekly get-together in the basement) I switch it up periodically. Sometimes I run my Fractal into a Friedman ASC-12, sometimes I 7CM into a pair of Origin 20 combos, and sometimes I run it through a Marshall 9100 into a pair of Mesa 1x12s.

 

[Blrfl]

I'm all at home, so it's into my audio interface and straight out to its headphone out to my Sennheiser HD-599s.

Edit: Optionally, when I want to make noise, effects return of my Blues Cube.

 

[tfarny]

headrush 112.turned up pretty loud…

 

[codamedia]

I'm curious how people are listening to themselves, on stage, the jamroom, and at home for practice or personal playing.

At home (home studio) I have two sets of decent studio monitors. When I prepare tones I run them quite loud (over 90db) but for general practice/listening I'm a lot quieter than that.

Gigs vary depending on the group I'm with and the venue. Some groups use IEM setups, for that I use a set of Shure 535's. When someone uses wedges I'll just use those providing the monitor system is adequate enough, otherwise I carry a Cerwin Vega 10" monitor/wedge to cover my side of the stage.

Rehearsals are direct to PA or IEM depending on the group.

 

[fleezinator]

At church it’s Helix to the board and back to IEMs. At home, it’s Scarlett 2i2 into Helix Native & out thru Beyerdynamic DT 290 or Presonus Eris e5 studio monitors

 

[Ron R]

For gigs, I use Shure SE215s. I've never felt the need to get more precise than that for rock 'n' roll.
At home, I use a set of headphones from OneOdio - nothing expensive (I think they were around $40) or fancy, but they deliver good enough sound for my non-audiophile ears. And they're more convenient for home than the in-ears.

 

[Peegoo]

The only time I use a modeler is when recording; I plug the cans into the interface.

 

[hotraman]

I use an FM9.
At home, I use headphones.
On stage, I use IEM's.
I have a pair of Alclair custom fit, four drivers on order.
Which I can use with the FM9 at home.

 

[Ron R]

I should add, we currently use a Zoom Livetrak L-20 for gigs, so those SE215s are getting a full band mix. It has 6 separate monitor outs, so we can each create our own custom mix for our IEMs. The only downside is the custom mixes are all dry - if you want the effects, you have to listen to the Master out (each channel offers both options).

 

[StrangerNY]

At home I run the modeler into my interface and listen through a pair of Behringer Truth monitors.

Live I use a variety of amps, depending upon the venue - either a Mustang III, an Atomic Reactor or a Two Rock Studio Pro through a 2x12" cab. I still like having an amp on stage.

- D

 

[Bob Womack]

At work, which is a studio, I monitor on the control room mains, which happen to be UREI 813B/Cs (2x15" with one coaxial tweeter) recording monitors with a sub.
For home recording I monitor on a pair of UREI 811Cs (1x15" with coaxial tweeter) recording monitors with subs.
I my guitar room I run the Helix through a Marshall 50 watt and a Leslie in stereo. Fun stuff. I have patch duplicates that drop the cabs and EQ to make it sound good.

Bob

 

[dcos]

On stage, it's a Shure in ear system. At home, JBL ear buds, a Klipsch Promedia 2.1 system, or a pair of EV T251+ speakers, depending if I'm playing, mixing, or just listening. Just got a Zoom Livetrak L-20 as my main board at home, haven't use it live yet. To Ron R, you can get the effects to go to your custom monitor mixes on the L-20. You have to select the monitor mix, buttons A through F, and then send the effects the same way you do it on the individual channels. Just discovered that one myself.

 

[ahiddentableau]

Nearfield monitors or headphones at home depending on whether I want the volume or not. Most of the time I just use my HD600s. IEMs on stage or rehearsal, or into one of my tube amps if I am just using it for effects.

 

[hotraman]

Onstage I use quad drivers from Alclair.
At home I use headphones or an amp.
More for practicing than actual amp tone tweaking.
My Modeler is an FM9.

 

[hotraman]

I'm curious how people are listening to themselves, on stage, the jamroom, and at home for practice or personal playing.

I am mostly using a pair of Shure SE535 in-ear monitors. These are an upgrade from a pair of Mackie MP-220s. I think what really sets them apart is the Shure pair have three drivers, one for bass, middle and highs. They are very flat and are perfect for my needs.

I haven't played live with my ampless rig (a Boss IR-200 for the amps/cabs, and my enormoboard), but will next weekend at our first gig of the year. The venue is a tavern with an ample PA system for bands. The stage isn't very large, so I just plan to go direct to 'FOH'. My friend's Rush tribute played there a few weeks ago and he went direct with his Fractal unit. It sounded fantastic through the house system.

I haven't decided what to do if I need stage volume for a gig. We have some excellent 10" floor monitors and an amp to drive one or two. I might have to rely on these for the time being. Tempted to pick up a Headrush, but am restraining after all the dough I've blown on gear in the last few weeks.

At home, as well as the Shure earbuds, I just acquired a used pair of YorkVille YSM1P Series Two studio monitors. I just spent an afternoon messing around with this setup and I'm pleased. These suckers are big! They definitely sound better with some volume, but I was able to jam along to a track at a good volume, without disturbing the peace. I cranked it a bit and it was as good as a 12" speaker in the room, maybe better because the size is more appropriate.

What are you using?

I would get your own amp, rather then depending on the monitors. HeadRush, QFC and use it as a fold back, if your IEM's don't work out for you. Once I started use IEM's, I found I couldn't go back to hearing my guitar through a floor monitor mix, along with everything else.

 

[northernguitar]

I would get your own amp, rather then depending on the monitors. HeadRush, QFC and use it as a fold back, if your IEM's don't work out for you. Once I started use IEM's, I found I couldn't go back to hearing my guitar through a floor monitor mix, along with everything else.

No, my IEMs are great. I just meant having the floor wedges for some stage volume.