That's a whole bunch of NOPE for me. I just had my sound guy (and band mate) my chords and say "this is my mic. this is my guitar." 
We had a fit trying to find a smaller board with 5 individual monitor channels because we all bought IEMs. most everything we found had way too many channels and were way too expensive. We finally found one though. I can't remember what model.
Ya do ‘t need much for a good pair of IEMs. Great for you, boring for someone like me. Do you use audience mics so you’re still able to hear them?
I’m known as a very high volume guy. Volume - adrenaline. I’m going to thump that stage.
When I worked Moody Blues every instrument went direct in the system, no amps, they all had IEMs too. The only thing heard on stage was drums. Kinda sat back with no adrenaline flow thinking, wow, if this is the way things are going I’m out, bored to tears. Good band, but boring for a guy like me. A trained monkey can mix IEMs. No feedback to worry about. Took the hardest job in a production and made it turn-key easy.
I won’t go put with IEMs. Kinda phased people like me, who wants his wedges, drum-fill and side-fills, and volume. If the band still wants wedges I’m in. But these days I don’t do that stuff much anymore, just not interested.
For the band, IEMs are the best thing since napkins. Ya don’t need a extra sound guy as much. You can run those with a 14 ch Mackie.. you can fit that system in a suit case. Mine takes up 2-4 tons in a truck. IEMs save shipping money too.
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