PEP has two screens. They look alike and you talk to both the same way — the difference is whose sound you're changing.
PEP FOH changes what the whole room hears (the house / PA mix).
PEP IEM changes what one performer hears in their ears (a single monitor mix) — and nothing in the room changes.
The same request goes to a different place. "More kick" in FOH makes the kick louder for everyone; in IEM it adds kick to your ears only.
PEP FOH | PEP IEM | |
Controls | The house / PA mix | One performer's in-ear monitor mix |
What it moves | Channel levels going to the mains | The sends feeding your chosen mix |
Who it affects | Everyone in the room | Only you (that one mix) |
First step | Just start talking | Pick your mix first (loads from the board) |
"Turn up the vocals" means | Vocals louder for the room | More vocals in your ears |
Best for | The front-of-house / house engineer | A musician dialing in their own monitors, or a monitor engineer |
License | Full ( | Any license (Full or IEM-only) |
This is the main mix the audience hears. Ask for changes to any channel and PEP moves it in the house:
"What's channel 1 at right now?"
"Bring the vocals up a touch." · "The kick is too boomy." · "Mute channel 5."
Because this is the PA, changes are heard by everyone — use it deliberately during a service or show.
This controls one monitor mix — the feed to a specific set of in-ears or a wedge. When you open PEP IEM you pick which mix first (the list loads live from the board, so it matches your venue). After that, every request affects only that mix:
"More kick in my ears." · "Give me more of myself." · "Less guitar."
Nothing you do here touches the house — turning yourself up doesn't make the room louder. Each performer can dial in their own mix without affecting anyone else.
Mixing the room? → PEP FOH.
Fixing your own (or a performer's) monitors? → PEP IEM.
If PEP FOH shows "Full license required," your license is IEM-only — PEP IEM still works. Ask AudioLink for a Full license to mix the house.