IEM-TAPING
Except for ordinary audience recordings made with external microphones and mostly digital recorders or DAT-recorders these days, there´s also some tapers that also focus on so-called "IEM-Taping". We got the chance to ask some questions from a "IEM-taper" located in USA. Here´s what the taper had to say about IEM-recordings. How would you describe “In Ear Monitors” (IEM) for those who doesn´t know what it is? Most amplified live music has an onstage monitor system for band members to hear themselves. In traditional settings, there were wedge monitor speakers at the lip of the stage, each with a mix specifically designed for an individual player. Guitar players often monitored their guitars by the sound coming from their amplifier. However, this can result in a very loud and chaotic stage volume as each band member struggles to hear himself or herself through the wall of sound. Also, consider band members that walk around the stage; as they leave their li