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Monitor mix

A live audio mix created for performers or operators to hear the signals they need during a show.

Also known as: foldback mix, cue mix

Reviewed

Setup

  • Mixes may feed wedges, in-ear systems, sidefills, or cue speakers and are built around intelligibility, comfort, safe level, latency, communication, and performer preference.

Venue contexts

  • Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable

Signal flow

  • Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.

In practice

Mixes may feed wedges, in-ear systems, sidefills, or cue speakers and are built around intelligibility, comfort, safe level, latency, communication, and performer preference.

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