Hi EBS, Thank you for your reply; don't worry about the time scale; I'm self employed and my time in front of a pc or laptop is very limited! We're only playing pubs battling with 2 guitars, keys and the loudest drummer in the world, so in ears are the only way forward for us! Anyway, at present we're using an A&H 12 Ch non digital desk, but the guys got a cheap unit to distribute the mix to a number of earpieces (sorry, can't remember what make it is, but can find out as it's down at work), however, it was the limiter that you mentioned a while ago that got me thinking and hence the message asking for your advice, which is very much appreciated. We got a Soundcraft Ui 16 last year but shelved it due to it letting us down with connection problems on a couple of gigs, so it's collecting dust at the mo. One thought was to use this purely as a monitor controller and have the A&H as the main mixer - technology isn't my forte, even though one of the guitarists has a 2nd band and they use the 24 ch version of the Ui without any issues... Looking forward to going down to 64 Audio and trying some UEs' out after speaking to Paul last week; it was a toss up between Shure and custom, but custom it is! Thanks again EBS, All the best, Andy