New to IEMs question. Tone

[bassjim]

Hello all that are experienced in IEMs

 

Making the move to IEMs I have had some UE 5s made for me , custom moulds.

 

Main bass  is a passive Jazz. Sadowsky Pre Amp pedal. EBS amp and cab. If the room is good I tend to get a consistent sound and have used this set up for over 10 years. Main band is mostly IEMs except for me so its time to join in. Its the boomy reflective rooms that are one of the main reasons I'm now going down this route.

 

So far I have found if I roll the passive tone either almost down or off depending on pickup choice the sound in my IEMs is not bad. Very doable. Thing is when I hear live recordings out front and I'm happy with the sound, my passive tone control tends to be well up. The IEMs sound terrible if my passive tone is well up  so have I now compromised my happy place sound wise? The monitor gizmo on the tablet lets me eq my own IEM channel and remove the top end but its seems its just not enough roll off

 

Any advice , tips  would be greatly appreciated

x

[ratman]

I use this method for lead vocals and bass all the time to have different processing out front and in IEMs. If you use a digital mixer that allows you to change the input patching, and if you have a spare channel available, you can use two channels for bass - one channel for FOH, one just for your monitoring. 
In your mixer’s patching section, simply assign both channels to the same input.