Allow me to help you understand who a monitor engineer is. Also this is an excerpt from my book Essential sound principles.
This type of sound engineer listens to the sound that a band or musician hears on stage. Because the PA is facing the audience, the performer cannot hear anything while on stage. The monitor engineer’s main task is to make sure that the audio that an artist needs to hear is mixed properly, at the right volume levels, and has all of the instruments that the performer needs to execute their job.
Everything the artist needs to hear on stage is the responsibility of the monitor technician. They mix from the side of the stage, allowing them to make quick adjustments for the band.
The majority of a monitor engineer’s day is spent solving problems. In an ideal scenario, they would arrive at a venue with all of the necessary equipment, be able to connect all of the mics to each instrument without difficulty, and all of the radio frequencies of the microphones would be functional.
They go through everything and do a line check for the instruments and wireless packs. They spend the rest of their time installing various redundancy measures to assure a problem-free show when everything is verified to be working. They clean the artists’ in-ear monitoring systems, hand over all of the equipment, and prepare for the event.
A tip for Monitoring Engineers, You have to be well versed with audio frequencies. In the moments when there is an annoying frequency that causes feedback, you are responsible for making sure that frequency disappears within 5 seconds.
For more information buy the book Essential Sound Principles by Edison Muhwezi
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