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Live Sound Monitors: Great Performances Demand Exceptional Sound
Performing well onstage requires that you hear yourself properly. That’s why Sweetwater offers a wide selection of live sound monitoring tools, plus the knowledge and resources to help you make an informed choice.
Stage Monitors: Wedges that Put Your Mix on the Floor
Do you play with a full band onstage and want your music filling the venue? Then a stage monitor is worth a close look. Stage monitors, often called wedge monitors, project your personal mix from the floor. This design can reduce visual clutter, and because the wedge aims up at the performer rather than out at the room, it can help reduce microphone feedback.
Wedges also tend to be affordable and straightforward to place and manage. One sound monitor per performer, angled in from the front, covers many small stages. Powered wedges have amplification built in, while passive wedges need a separate power amp. And because a wedge faces the band while your PA speakers face the audience, you can change what the band hears without changing what the room hears. Monitor sound starts at the console, so your mixer determines how many separate monitor mixes and aux sends you have to work with.
In-Ear Monitors: Clarity and Control in a Personal Mix
In-ear monitoring (IEM) systems can give solo performers and full bands a consistent mix anywhere onstage. They’re often necessary when your performance runs to a click track or backing tracks, or when the venue or worship team calls for a quiet stage. Personal mixers, wired and wireless rigs, and options from entry level to professional live in our in-ear monitors selection.
Isolating Headphones for Drummers and Live Sound Engineers
Gigging drummers and live sound engineers need accurate sound along with isolation from what’s happening onstage, which is what closed-back headphones are built for. Headphone amplifiers and distributors then feed that mix to each set of headphones or in-ear monitors, helping maintain signal integrity while giving each performer individual volume control.
Protect Your Hearing
Loud stages and venues call for proper hearing protection. Unless you’re using in-ear monitors or headphones for live sound monitoring, earplugs are worth adding to your kit. At Sweetwater, you’ll find everything from inexpensive, universal-fit earplugs to professional units with active attenuation. Onstage or behind the console, keeping volume levels under control can help you enjoy the music more and keep your hearing healthy.
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Along with these live sound monitoring solutions, we stock the cables, cases, replacement parts, and accessories you need. If monitors are one piece of a larger rig, you’ll find the rest of your live sound gear here as well. New gear is backed by our free 2-year warranty and free shipping. Not sure which setup fits your stage? Give Sweetwater a call at (800) 222-4700, and one of our Sales Engineers can help.
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