1. The most common request from musicians directed to a monitor engineer or recording engineer when setting up cue mixes.
2. A common affliction among musicians, who always seem to prefer to hear themselves the loudest in a given mix.
3. A slang term for a monitoring solution that allows musicians to control their own mix and volume level. Each musician is given a small mixer with a headphone output. Generally a stereo mix of the basic tracks is sent into the mixer. Then, specific tracks are sent into the mixer individually, such as the vocalist’s voice. The musician can then set the balance between the basic tracks and what they hear of themselves at will.