Monitor Engineering

Mixing for the people working, not the people watching

Front of house mixes for people who bought a ticket. Monitors mix for people who are working. That single difference changes almost everything about the job: who you are listening for, where you stand, how you judge whether the mix is right, and what it means when it is wrong.

Inside: The Monitor Engineer Role - The Monitor Desk - The Advance and the Paperwork - Many Mixes at Once - Wedges - Ringing Out and Gain Before Feedback - In-Ear Monitors - Mixing & Managing Monitors - Talking to the Stage - Line Check and Soundcheck from Monitor World - Running Monitors Live - Monitors Beyond the Rock Show - What Goes Wrong in Monitor World - Mastering Monitor Engineering - Glossary.