Combined In-ear and Mic

[daoops]

Been looking for a GOOD and WORKING combined wireless In-ear and Microphone.

But no luck. I know I have seen it somewhere, but can't seem to find out where.

Anyone here knows who manufactures this and/or what brand is the best for this

[Tomo]

Erm, for what purpose do you want this earpiece?

 

Your walkie-talkie, your mobile phone (Bluetooth)?

 

Mobiles generally only work with their own - if you have a Motorola handset, you'll have to get a Motorola bluetooth earpiece.

 

Walkie talkies - you can use pretty much anything as the audio quality is so low to start with a poor mic makes no difference. Try to get the same manufacturer as your handset though, as then it's designed to work with your equipment.

[daoops]

For live-conserts, performance..

I have seperate Wireless microphones and In-ear set from sennheiser, but it irritating for the artists to have 2 body-packs on, since they are dressing about 30 times in a consert. And due to different venues and easy feedback with wireless theatre mic's, I wan't 1xbodypack and 1xcombines in-ear and head-microphone.

 

So good quality is needed..

[robloxley]

Well you can get combined single ear headphones and boom mic thingies (often sold as lightweight cans sets or for walkie-talkie type radios) but I don't think anything will equal the quality of a separate decent lavalier and IEM. As for beltpacks, why not get a double-pouch to take both the transmitter and reciever - as sold by Canford and the like?

[James]

Don't like the canford ones, I prefer my home made ones - those I can put on peoples legs.

 

I mean realy, who wears their transmitters / recievers on their heads nowadays....

 

 

James

[dentos]

you could go the route of the headset jobby's, or I think the trantec IEM beltpacks might work as a transmitter aswell as a reciever?

[Peter Russell]

I think the trantec IEM beltpacks might work as a transmitter aswell as a reciever?

I'm afraid not, the Trantec IEM beltpack is only a receiver. I don't think that you will have any luck finding anything off the shelf that will act as a combined Transmitter and Receiver, and if you do it's audio quality won't be up to much.

If you really want to go down this route then you could try fitting the electronics from an IEM and a lav TX into your own housing, but by the time you do this it will probably be too large to be practical.

HTH Peter.

[daoops]

So there is no combined systems for this..

This should be an issue sennheiser, sure and the other companies should start with.

I'll bet every artist would like a system like this. Spesially when it comes to theatre and show's. But it could be practical for the on-stage artist's to.

 

And.. Anyone here has a tips for the belt-pack and sweat. I have ruined 2 packs now due to this.

[wodp]

sweat. I have ruined 2 packs now due to this

 

Waterproof fabric layer inside the pouch mebbe?

 

Dave

[Peter Russell]

This should be an issue sennheiser, shure and the other companies should start with.

It is not very common to use an in ear monitor with a lavalier in my experience.

Most of the time artists who use in ear monitors will be using a handheld microphone, so there is not much of a requirement for the kind of system that you are after.

With regards to moisture then you can always use an unlubricated condom or sandwich bag. Sennheiser also make a gore-tex pouch that fits their own transmitters.

HTH, Peter

[Rowan]

It is not very common to use an in ear monitor with a lavalier in my experience.

In my experience, I have seen it used quite a lot for theatre. It would be very usefull to have a combined system and I'm sure that it won't be long before someone produces one.

[dentos]

my mistake, I was misinformed, sorry!

[robloxley]

In my experience, I have seen it used quite a lot for theatre. It would be very usefull to have a combined system and I'm sure that it won't be long before someone produces one.

Curious, what theatre shows are using IEMs?

[daoops]

What shows that use or could use IEM..

 

Think about a combined speech, songs and acting.

 

Thay need monitor's for the singing but needs the space to act. Somethimes they perform on a small stage.. and monitors are heavy and needs amp's. so transport could be another problem...

 

I could go on and on...

[Peter Russell]

Thay need monitor's for the singing but needs the space to act. Somethimes they perform on a small stage.. and monitors are heavy and needs amp's. so transport could be another problem...

Which is the reason that most large musicals will use foldback speakers flown over the stage or in the wings as sidefill.

 

The problem with using in ears is that once you have the earpieces in you can't hear whats going on around you, (This can be overcome by adding some ambient mics around the stage) and this could lead to an actor missing cues.

 

The only occasion I can think of that has required the use of an IEM was when one of the elderly actors in a straight play couldn't hear his cues from the wings and carried an in ear transmitter with a standard pair of headphones so that he could hear what was going on onstage. I have never used in ears on a musical (either amateur, touring or west end) over the last five years...

Peter ;)