Hi Silverhead,
thanks for your reply
but fair enough.... here is the full explanation and question:
my rig:
I send XLR to PA and the 1/4 jacks to a small analog mixer on my floorboard that I use to mix the signal to my InEarMonitors (IEM)
My small analog mixer also receives a stereo 'monitor mix' from the PA guy, which basically is a copy of the main FOH mix, minus my own guitar sound.
Then I mix my original guitar sound + the monitor mix (minus guitar) to what I like in my IEM.
This enables me to:
- always hear my direct guitar sound (without any tonal tweaks done by the PA guy)
- adjust my guitar level on my small mixer and mix it together with the monitor mix I receive from PA.
- be independent: I do not have to wait for the PA Guy. From the moment I go onstage to setup, I can directly hear my guitar in my IEM, regardless from wheter the PA mixing board is already setup.
The problem:
The problem arises with all the other bandmembers being also on IEM (but of course on different mixes). When I'm testing/jamming before soundcheck they always complain that my jamming is heard in their IEM's as well. We could ofcourse mute my incoming channel on the PA desk, but we only have 1 soundguy for Main FOH and IEM and he's always busy with orther stuff. gtherefor I want to be able to mute whatever I send to the main miwing desk.
I assign the general Volume knob to ONLY XLR. That way I can turn it all the way down when jamming so I don't send anything to the PA, nor to the other band members IEM's.
Questions:
is there a way of assigning the general Volume knob to a pedal? (to a volume pedal or to an ON/OFF switch)
thanks.