One of these XLR fans will be sent to the FOH engineer’s mixing desk and the other XLR fan will go into your monitor board. This piece of gear is essentially a regular audio snake outfitted with two XLR fan tails, effectively splitting the audio signal in two paths. The pricing on these splitter snakes is going to vary drastically, but it is worth it the higher up the price spectrum you go. What your band needs might not be what another does. One thing to note: there are many different options available. I’m writing this article to save your band time and money and not to make the same mistakes we made upon purchase our first one. When we purchased our splitter snake, we went through two poorly-made ( though abused on stage) ones before finding one that lasted the test of time. Go with rack-mounted, as this protects the snake from being stepped on while on stage. If you’re looking for an affordable splitter snake, check out this one from Seismic. You need a way to split the audio feed from all the microphones on stage to go your monitor board and to go to the front of house mixing board. This piece of audio gear is required for using a digital monitor board at live gigs (unless you bring your own FOH console). Picking a Splitter Snake for your Band’s IEM System My Personal Splitter Snake Recommendation.

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