Product Description
Rolls Personal Monitor Station - Rolls PM351.
| List Price: | $120.00 |
| Price: | $73.00 |
| as of Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:22:16 GMT ***Remember, deals price on this item for sale just for limited time*** | |
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8208 in Musical Instruments
- Brand: Rolls
- Model: PM351
- Dimensions: 3.30" h x 1.50" w x 4.50" l, 1.10 pounds
Features
- Microphone, Line and Instrument Inputs: The PM351 features 1/4 inch phone line and instrument inputs as well as 3-pin XLR microphone input
- Discrete Level Control: The front panel features independent level control over microphone, line and instrument signals
- Microphone Thru and Line Level Output: 3-pin XLR microphone thru and line level outputs provide sufficient output to consoles, monitor speakers, recorders, etc
- Stereo or Mono Selectable Line In: The PM351 features a single 1/4 inch TRS phone input that can be jumper switched to accept mono or stereo signal
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By T. Goodrich
Over the years, I have transistioned from loud, hearing-wrecking wedge monitors to isolating full headphones to in-ear monitors. As a singing drummer, monitoring vocals (mine and everyone else's) as well as whatever else I can get from a monitor mix has always been a challenge. A few years ago, I started using a Mackie 1202-VLZ mixer, with an old DBX compressor/limiter and a complicated system of patch cables to get the desired audio (which sometimes included a click track) into my Shure in-ear monitors. This worked well, but required a lot of stuff to carry around, and a lot of time to set up and tear down.
About a year ago, I began to look around for an easier solution, and found the Rolls PM351 Personal Monitor Station. I was familiar with the Rolls line, as I have worked at radio stations that used their other headphone amplifiers, AM/FM receivers and other gear. I ordered one, and when it arrived, I was amazed at how compact--yet well-built--the unit is! The box is metal, not plastic. At first, the "jumpers" for changing inputs from stereo to mono, turning phantom power on/off, etc., seemed a little strange, but after reading more on their website about why they use jumpers instead of switches (the recessed jumpers are much less prone to breaking compared to switches), it made sense. I just carry some small needle-nosed pliers with me, in the rare event that I might need to alter a setting.
As a singing drummer, being able to quickly use the "more me" feature to boost or cut my vocal level balance against the monitor input is a God-send! The Line Input uses a 1/4-inch jack, but I have an XLR female-to-phone plug male adapter, allowing me to get a mix back from the board regardless of the output configuration. For some gigs, I also use a click track (which comes from the Tempo app on my iPhone these days!). I simply plug the 1/8-inch-to 1/4-inch stereo patch cable from my iPhone output into the Instrument input on the Rolls, and with the input on that set to mono, I get a great click track feed with its own independent level!
As for set-up/tear-down, I have gone from carrying around the Mackie (in a carry-on suitcase bag!) and a bunch of cables, to a very compact rig: I bought one of those aluminum briefcases they sell for around $25 at Harbor Freight Tools that has the customizable foam rubber cushioning on the inside. I created places to store the PM351, AC adapter, a few cables, my Shure SM-58 bag, and a 20-foot XLR cable (coiled up after the gig). The case only weighs about 5 lbs., and it has everything in one case for my entire monitoring setup! Talk about easy!
I have had to get used to not having any compression or limiting, but that just requires some careful level-setting on my part. I believe Rolls makes a similar-sized compressor/limiter unit to work with the PM351, and I may order one down the road; but for now, I give this 5 stars. It does what I need it to do, the sound quality is great, and the ease of carrying, setup and tear-down has made a big difference in the amount of time I spend assembling and disassembling my monitoring system. I highly recommend it to any gigging musician who doesn't have the big $$$ to spend just to be able to hear properly on stage!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Matthew Gillies
I engineer sound for a praise band at a small church. We both practice and present in a small chapel with an odd shape where the noise level can quickly get out of control. I recently added some small monitors to the platform so the vocalists could hear a mix for themselves separate from what the instrumentalists hear. The challenge is that within our small space, only the keyboard runs through the system, and the piano and drums are completely unconstrained. We'll be remedying that, but for now I needed to find a way for the keyboard player to be able to hear herself without cranking up the monitor to accomplish this.
Having already rolled out a Rolls PM50s for the drummer, I decided to put in place the PM351 for the keyboard. Installation was a breeze, and the results were immediately apparent and appreciated! Passing her mic through the box, as well as the keyboard, has given her the ability to hear what she wants without changing what the other vocalists and the drummer hear. This has added no volume to the already loud platform, and has answered all my requirements for a very reasonable price.
I plan on caging the drums, and insulating the piano over the next several months as finances allow, and I'll be rolling out a PM50s for the pianist and PM351 for the bassist. I am aiming to drop the platform volume significantly so that the sound heard in the hall is the conditioned sound as compared to the raw noise of the band, and using these Rolls units is going to be key to accomplishing that.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
By Martin D. Mattson
I purchased the personal monitor for my church. I have difficultly keeping mix levels to the worship leader for our in-ear system. This allowed the worship leader to mix the guitar locally for the personal mix and me to control the house sound without over driving the input channel.
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