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The 4 ways to monitor audio when using Silent Sound System headphones are amplified sound, crisscross headphones, split cue and in-ear monitors. These techniques all work and you just have to find what works for you and what is most comfortable.
1. Amplified Sound
Amplified sound monitoring put simply is using speakers to monitor what the audience is hearing. You may also be wearing headphones or earbuds in one ear to monitor the mixer. When using amplified sound, you want the speakers to be close to you and should only be used to hear what you’re mixing. Having speakers at a silent disco defeats the purpose of a silent disco, but can be helpful when the DJ needs to hear the music that they’re mixing. The audience can control the volume in their headphones.
2. Crisscrossing Headphones
The next monitoring technique is crisscrossing headphones. This is a technique by using two pairs of headphones, the Silent Sound System headphones and another pair for monitoring. The silent disco headphones are to monitor what the audience is hearing. The other pair of headphones are connected to the mixer.
3. Split Cue
The third way to monitor is split cue. This will turn the headphones plugged into the mixer into a monitoring system, using one side of the headphones for the mixer and the other for the live output that is going through the silent disco headphones.
Here is an example:
4. In-Ear Monitors
In-ear monitors are ear buds or any other bud-like headphones that can connect to the mixer. These can fit comfortably in the ear and a pair of headphones can go on top of them to hear both the mixer audio and the live audio the audience is hearing.
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