Behringer DSP1100P user manual Using the Feedback Destroyer PRO in a studio environment

3.4 Using the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO in single channels and sub-groups

		P.A. System
Channel	Sub-Group
Insert	Insert	Master Out

Fig. 3.3: Inserting the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO in single channels and sub-groups

If you want to make sure that deliberately produced feedback signals, such as “guitar feedback”, are not eliminated, you should try inserting one or several FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO`s into single channels (e.g. vocal mics) which are susceptible to feedback. Or, you could use the sub-groups of your mixing console by routing any channels susceptible to feedback (e.g. all vocal mics) to one or several sub-groups. Thus, all less critical signals (e.g. line signals, lower-level instrumental microphones) can pass through the mixing console unaltered, while only the critical microphone channels are monitored from the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO. In this way, you can protect your P.A. system against feedback and still use “wanted” feedback signals.

3.5 Using the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO in a studio environment

With its highly flexible configuration the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO also delivers good results in a profes- sional studio or home recording environment, as it provides a maximum of twelve fully parametric equalizers per channel in Parametric EQ mode. Thus, you can realize any application ranging from slight processing to the total manipulation of music signals. For example, you can use the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO as an equalizer for your studio monitors or to enhance the EQ’s in your mixing console, as these are often only semi- parametric.

3.6 Using the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO as an effects device

With its MIDI interface the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO can also be used as a programmable EQ - as a control unit in a guitar rack or in combination with a keyboard. If you own a MIDI footswitch with an expression pedal, you can produce interesting wah-wah effects by modifying the filter frequency with the expression pedal while playing. A similar effect is produced when the FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO is used to generate “sweeping” sounds. Emphasize or de-emphasize a particular frequency and change the filter frequency con- tinuously via MIDI. The resulting effect sound like a heavily modulating phaser (although the phasing effect is a different phenomenon from a physical point of view). The advantage in this application is that the sweeping sound is MIDI-controllable and can be synchronized to, for instance, a sequencer. This effect is very popular in dance and techno music.

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