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Using a listen-back mic

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Using a listen-back mic

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(hi-hat clacking) - [Band Member] Yeah, okay. - [Producer] Okay, one more time? - [Band Member] Sure. - [Producer] Cool. (drum roll banging) - [Instructor] Most everyone knows that old routine in a recording studio where the engineer presses a button and talks to the band in the other room over their headphones. We've probably all seen this hundreds of times in films and TV shows as well. But what about hearing the responses from the band out on the floor? Sure, if a person is on a vocal mic or playing an acoustic instrument, the engineer can hear them in the control room quite easily. But even a drummer, who is usually surrounded by many microphones, can be inaudible while speaking 'cause all of these mics are set at low levels to compensate for the loud volume of the drums. And of course, anyone on an electric guitar, a bass, or any nonacoustic keyboard will be, basically, inaudible in the control room. What…

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