Monitor Speakers

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Monitor speakers are used to help musicians hear what is going on. They are virtually essential for modern styles of music and are a huge confidence boost to the musicians. A monitor speaker means that instrumentalists can hear what they are playing, and singers know if they are singing in key or not!

The whole band is unlikely to be able to play coherently together without a decent monitor system.

Ideally, one monitor speaker should be shared between no more than two or three musicians. The exception to this rule is choirs or large groups of singers. Generally vocalists will require a different balance of signals from instrumentalists. This is done by using more than one auxiliary mix on the mixing desk.

Monitor loudspeakers require amplifiers in the same way as the speakers in the main system. However, some monitor systems come with built in amplifiers which reduces the clutter on stage.

In most church situations, we recommend using powered monitor speakers rather than separate amplifiers and speakers. This is because they are simpler to set up, take up less space, and require less cabling.

The type of powered monitors the we usually supply can also be used as a small portable PA system, say for events in a hall. The speakers themselves will mount on stands and can take a microphone, tape and instrument input with basic gain and tone controls. They would also function effectively as amplification for a keyboard, guitar etc.