Means by which musicians can part of the rest of the sound mix (including voices) and how their instruments sound after being amplified. Also enables actors on stage to hear musicians or effects when they cannot hear the output of the auditorium sound system.
The process of returning the amplified sound to the stage so that the performers can hear themselves. Rarely used in straight plays: essential for musical work of all kinds. Special foldback monitors are needed which much less likely to feed into the mics to produce feedback (qv).
A feed sent back to the artist via loudspeakers or headphones to enable them to monitor the sounds they are producing.
The theatrical version of wedge monitors, this allows actors on stage to hear sounds which might not otherwise be heard, because the stage is mostly behind the house speakers and sound is projected forward into the audience.
The original term for monitors, or monitor loudspeakers, used by musicians to hear themselves and/or the rest of the band during a live performance.
an output, that by splitting an input signal (independently of the mixer controls), allows that signal to be sent a separate device. Foldback makes it possible for a performer to create his/her own monitor mix without affecting the front of house mix.
Also known as the monitor system, foldback comprises onstage speaker systems which enable the artist to hear his/her own performance, as well as other instruments and/or vocalists to varying degrees as controlled by the 'monitor engineer' or 'foldback engineer'.
The system by which a performer in a studio may hear their performance through headphones. Also known as 'Cue'.
The original term for monitors, or monitor loudspeakers, used by stage musicians to hear themselves and/or the rest of the band. The term " monitors" has replaced "foldback" in common practice
Foldback is the use of rear-facing loudspeakers on stage during a live music performance that is amplified with a public address system. This sound signal may be produced on the same mixing console as the main mix for the audience (called the 'front of house' mix), or there may be a separate sound engineer and mixing console on stage.