maanantai 24. heinäkuuta 2017 3.16.27 UTC+3 ~misfit~ kirjoitti:
Once upon a time on usenet Phil Allison wrote:
Graham. wrote:

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I thought a monitor was a speaker that was pointed at the performer
rather than the audience. What's the correct name for that?



** Correctly called an "on stage monitor" or "foldback wedge."

The boxes are typically wedge shaped to sit on a stage with the front
baffle at 45 degrees to the horizontal.

Yep, here in NZ back in the 80s they were reffered to as 'foldback monitors'
and were placed on stage just in front of the mic stands, angled to face up
at the mic position. They usually just contained one or two 6" midrange
drivers, at least the ones I worked with did. (No tweeter as that would
cause more of an issue with high frequency feedback.)
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These days foldback systems may include in ear transducers, so the term "wedges" is preferable for the stage foldback monitors. Mixing foldback is quite an art, to give everyone on the stage exactly precisely what he/she wants to hear with no feedback:-) Often with a bigger band on stage, several layers of foldback might be needed, starting with just backline. Good concert rigs have a separate foldback mixer, which can be divided into subgroups just as one might do for the main monitors. If you know the material well or have a control score, you can lift fills and figures, and put the same detail into foldback as you would into the main mix.

Iain

Iain