A stage monitor system is a set of performer-facing loudspeakers called monitor speakers, stage monitors, floor monitors, wedges, or foldbacks on stage during live music performances in which a sound
A JBL floor monitor speaker cabinet with a 12" woofer and a "bullet" tweeter. Typically, the speaker would be covered with a metal grille to protect it.
Stage monitors plugged with jack and XLR cables, receiving the sound from the main console. In the 2010s and 2020s, stage monitors are generally powered.
This small venue's stage shows an example of a typical monitor speaker set-up: there are three "wedge" monitors directed towards the area of the stage where singers and instrumentalists will be performing. The drummer has both a subwoofer cabinet (for monitoring the bass drum and the electric bass) and a "wedge"-style cabinet for monitoring vocals and mid- or high-frequency sounds.
A rock band stage clearly shows the stage monitors (Italy, 2013).
A sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers in enclosures all controlled by a mixing console that makes live or pre-recorded sounds
Stage monitor system
…loudspeakers called monitor speakers, stage monitors, floor monitors, wedges, or foldbacks on stage during live music performances in which a sound reinforcement system is used to amplify a performance for the audience. The monitor system allows musicians to hear themselves and fellow band members clearly. The sound…
Large outdoor pop music concerts use complex and powerful sound reinforcement systems
Rear panel of a medium-sized sound reinforcement system located at one side of the stage at a pop concert in a location with 3.200 seats. The setup (image covering about 3 m from left to right) includes the mixing console for the sound engineer (standing behind) and the power amplifiers, which are partly stacked in the rightmost 19-inch rack.
Audio engineers use a range of microphones for different live sound applications.
A Yamaha PM4000 and a Midas Heritage 3000 mixing console at the front of house position at an outdoor concert.