I’m only using a motif es8 right now live but may be adding another board to the rig at some point. When playing live I’m currently running a mic cable from my powered speaker to the FOH snake which has been working OK aside from not being able to change my monitor volume without effecting the signal level to FOH. I was thinking about adding a DI box or small mixer to the rig so I could control my monitor volume with impacting the FOH signal. I realize they serve 2 different purposes but I think each would accomplish what I’m trying to do. Any thoughts on which might bve the better approach.

Thanks

I’m not sure how a DI box alone resolves this, but I do know a small format mixer will.

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I run three stereo keyboards through this to the mains, and all three provide stereo monitor feeds to my powered speakers thanks to the mixer.

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