hello again and welcome back to the channel. for this episode i thought we would take a look at
the behringer p1. the behringer p1 is a personal in-ear monitor amp for someone looking to get
into in-ear monitors on a budget. this is a great place to look add something like the kz zs10 pro
earpieces and for about us 100 total you've got a really competent in-ear monitor system
and without spending a lot of money. of course you can also use headphones instead of earpieces
and i would be remiss if i didn't mention that these p1 belt packs can also be used in the
studio as portable headphone amps. so let's take a closer look at it the first thing to notice
is that the housing is all metal. it's really well built. it's powered by a 9-volt battery and it also
has a connector on the rear for a 9-volt wall wart to power it from the wall instead of the battery.
on the rear is the on off button and our two xlr inputs. that should tell you these aren't
wireless and they will need to be hardwired to the mixer so they aren't necessarily for a
musician who likes to move on stage a lot. but for drummers and keyboardists, and anyone that
doesn't mind being tethered with the cable, it works perfectly. on the front is a green
indicator light telling us whether it's on or off and we also have a battery status light that will
light red when the battery is weak. the front is where we connect our earpieces or headphones
it accepts a standard eighth inch trs plug. to the right is the volume control and then a balance
control. more on this balance control in a bit. on the far right side is a mono and stereo button.
now back to the rear where we have two female xlr inputs. this is where we connect the monitor feed from the
console from our selected monitor bus, to the xlr out, to one of these inputs. if we're using
stereo then we need to use two monitor buses at the console and bring two cables to the p1.
if you're using mono make sure and engage the mono button on the front of the p1. if you're using
stereo make sure stereo is engaged and now is when i need to mention that balance control and the
other way it can be used. what behringer did was design this in such a way that you could bring one
monitor mix like instruments only into one input and on the other input you could send a monitor
mix of only vocals the musician then could engage the mono button on the pack and then use the
balance control to adjust between the vocal level and the music level however they want to hear them.
this might not matter in a situation where you have a digital console and the musicians can
control themselves via wi-fi and an app, but for a band using an analog mixer and especially if they
mix themselves from the stage, this could be a very handy option these can be used with any brand of
mixer. they aren't something designed to work only with behringer mixers. you can see it has a heavy
duty clip for clipping to a belt and there's also a mount where it can be mounted to a mic stand.
that's a handy way to keep it neat and close for volume adjustments yet not having to wear it
on your belt or laying on the floor out of reach. very practical around a keyboard rig or a drum kit
let's talk about in-ear monitors. if you're new to in-ear monitors then you can spoil yourself
quickly when they are done right, or hate them if they're done wrong. first while there are good
budget headphones and earpieces out there you want to make sure you buy them based on quality before
you buy solely based on price. the disposable earpieces that typically come with an mp3 player
aren't likely to give you anything but bad results on stage. the same for cheap walkman style
headphones that you might have in a drawer. those aren't going to work well at all. that's why i
pointed out the kz zs10 pro earpieces. they are a known commodity at a great price and i will leave
a link to them on amazon in the text below. if you have a club band or your church's praise band is
thinking about in-ear monitors, the p1 and these ear pieces are going to give you a great budget
wired system. with in air monitors you can be laser focused on your mix and not concern yourself with
problems that live wedges and room issues can bring. but you can also be laser focused
on mixing errors directly into your ears that maybe get lost with live monitors on a live stage.
you definitely want to make sure your board is set up properly for monitors and using pre and
post sends correctly, and the link above can help explain that even if you're not using an xr18.
the info about how pre and post sends are working can be transferred to other mixers.
also, most of the mistakes discussed in this five mistakes video link can also apply to any mixer and can
definitely lead to issues if not corrected. so i would suggest checking out that link above as well.
and especially checking it out if you're using an x32 or an xr18, or the midas versions. please like
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