• Registered: 2008-09-01
  • Posts: 5

Topic: Using FF800 for Live Sound Practice Sessions

I am running logic pro 9 macbook intel i7 pro 4gb ram.

I have used the ff800 only for monitoring and recording.

I have a basic peavey integrated mono mixer/amp and am wanting to improve the live sound.  I have no outboard effects like compression.

Can I run all mics through the ff800 and use software monitoring in logic to add effects, then go out the FF800 using a pair of the analog outs and into to mixer?

And record a live jam session (not for production quality) with the mic'd instruments plus a couple of room mics?

What latency will this involve?  Will the effects sound okay or is it better to get outboard hardware gear?

The effects most likely I would use are reverb, compression, and eq.

  • Registered: 2012-01-08
  • Posts: 35

Re: Using FF800 for Live Sound Practice Sessions

No extra gear needed. That will work beautifully.
The actual latency will obviously depend on your computers processing
speed, but even my vintage acer laptop handles recording rehearsals
with some shy 10ms of latency when using the FF800.
For me, the drummer of our-line up and the rest of the band, that latency
is no factor at all. If you use two or three low CPU send effects for a general feel good sound
the latency might add a very, very short (fat sounding) doubling delay effect, at the worst.
(Not on the recordings, of course)
Our recorded rehearsals sound fabulous, that way.
Give it a try, before shopping additional gear.

All the best,
Erbs