DSA Posted February 24, 2004 Posted February 24, 2004 What are the earpieces that are worn by people on TV eg presenters, and are they expensive? I am thinking that for some of our performances it would be useful to have talkback to the artists. 'In ear monitoring' is expensive - I dont suppose that this is what I am looking at is it? David
Andrew C Posted February 24, 2004 Posted February 24, 2004 'In ear monitoring' is expensive - I dont suppose that this is what I am looking at is it?It probably is, unless your performer is going to stay in one place. If the latter, you could use a wired system and any "Walkman" type earpiece. You might be able to bodge something using cheap PMR radios. See elsewhere for discussion on types.
sam.henderson Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 There was a brief disscussion about it here I hope this helps Sam
S.M Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 an ear bud you mean I think. available from E-bay quite often. only thing is with them is that the radio receiver is expensive.
jagardner1984 Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 I once did this using a PMR earpiece for the performer, then the other PMR operator can talk easily - ear to ear, they are quite cheap from places like Maplin. If you are planning to pump music down them then the quality is very poor. but for voice in an unobstructed space they are fine. James
IanG Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 I am thinking that for some of our performances it would be useful to have talkback to the artists. 'In ear monitoring' is expensive - I dont suppose that this is what I am looking at is it?Why do you need talkback to the artists? It seems a strange requirement for a theatre show. You would need an IEM unit or some other kind of radio transmitter to get the sound to the performer. You'd also need either and earbud, or to do it the TV way, a transducer, acoustic pipe and ear piece.
TomLyall Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 I believe alot of actors/artists have ear pieces molded exactly for their ears, or am I mistaken? obviously you dont have to, although if they do alot of jumping about or have weird shaped ears and you wanna use in ear monitoring it might be worth having done (get the actor to pay its their ears! ) Tom
sam.henderson Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 I believe alot of actors/artists have ear pieces molded exactly for their ears, or am I mistaken? obviously you dont have to, although if they do alot of jumping about or have weird shaped ears and you wanna use in ear monitoring it might be worth having done (get the actor to pay its their ears! ) TomYeah, Artists who use them a lot probably have there own. Can you get them specially molded to an ear shape?? Sam
TomLyall Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 yep you can, knew I read about it somewhere, theres an article in sound on sound (mach 04, p182)... they run anywhere from £120 to around £800...
robloxley Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 Can you get them specially molded to an ear shape??Yes, otherwise they're pretty uncomfortable. Canford will do you IEM moulds for Garwood (and similar) headphones, also various other IEM manufacturers will make you them up.
Andrew C Posted February 26, 2004 Posted February 26, 2004 Just a thought, but could you use an IR system? Sennheiser "Tour Guide" or similar. May be too many problems with the size of the system and IR shadows
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