Ear Pieces

Xiablo · Post by **Xiablo** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:59 pm

Hey guys,

Not even sure if these are made...but I think they are. You know how there are earpieces for onstag that play a metronome in your ear? Are there any that take the sound coming from your bass, and put it through an ear plug at adjustable volumes? Would be useful for large gigs.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:10 pm

They actually make those? That's like cheating X 10.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:13 pm

http://www.nady.com/products/product_pgs/pem500_pg.html
http://www.shure.com/psm/default.asp

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:14 pm

you can prolly do that just by pluggin a headphone set into your bassists line out.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:19 pm

praisedave wrote:you can prolly do that just by pluggin a headphone set into your bassists line out.

you'd look pretty weird playing a live gig with headphones.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:38 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:
praisedave wrote:you can prolly do that just by pluggin a headphone set into your bassists line out.
you'd look pretty weird playing a live gig with headphones.

well you can use buds too

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:45 pm

in that situation ear buds would fall out or not supply enough sound for you to hear.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:48 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:in that situation ear buds would fall out or not supply enough sound for you to hear.

those monitoring systems brock posted have buds

i like tictacs · Post by **i like tictacs** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:27 pm

A main point of buds with IEMs is to get rid of loud stage monitors. Hence you'd be fine

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:34 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:They actually make those? That's like cheating X 10.

what?
many professional acts use iems

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:50 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:They actually make those? That's like cheating X 10.
what?
many professional acts use iems

i think he might have been referring to in-ear metronomes, although i'm not entirely sure

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:06 pm

praisedave wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:in that situation ear buds would fall out or not supply enough sound for you to hear.
those monitoring systems brock posted have buds

not those i mean the kind that come with your ipod.

Xiablo · Post by **Xiablo** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:24 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:They actually make those? That's like cheating X 10.

Ah I wouldn't consider it cheating. Its just when I fill in for friends at big shows, those guys rely on me to be able to perform to the best of my ability. Its really a head ache on stage putting up with the noise and making sure I can hear each note.

As a bass player we have to be inside, not over or under...so its important to me that I can really "feel" where I'm at during the performance.

All your normal earplug does is dull out the sound so your ears don't explode, but I want something thats going to dull out some of the exterior sound, but still give me a hint of bass in my ear.

Though it may be considered cheating to some, I just don't feel comfortable training myself to overlook everything and find my bass while I'm on stage for a huge crowd.

Past larger performances I've done went well....but the earplugs were really hurting me (not physically).

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:55 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:
praisedave wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:in that situation ear buds would fall out or not supply enough sound for you to hear.
those monitoring systems brock posted have buds
not those i mean the kind that come with your ipod.

Those would never be loud enough.

And yeah, I was talking about the metronome. That'd distract that band members I'd think anyway.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:20 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:
praisedave wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:in that situation ear buds would fall out or not supply enough sound for you to hear.
those monitoring systems brock posted have buds
not those i mean the kind that come with your ipod.
Those would never be loud enough.

And yeah, I was talking about the metronome. That'd distract that band members I'd think anyway.

actually a lot of professional bands do use metronomes in their IEMs.