Foh eq, Main insert, or other?

[Alan Sledzieski]

As far as a foh eq, whats the better place, in the main insert of the desk, or going from the main out of the desk, into the eq, then the drive rack?

Reasons behind each?

Thanks

 

[Art Welter]

Re: Foh eq, Main insert, or other?

As far as a foh eq, whats the better place, in the main insert of the desk, or going from the main out of the desk, into the eq, then the drive rack?

Reasons behind each?

Thanks

I prefer to have the mains graphics after the output, so that room EQ is not reflected in board recordings.
I also want to hear the mix "normal" in headphones, not an inverse room EQ.

Other than the possible exception of a crappy unbalanced EQ that is not capable of driving a long cable run to a remote crossover, I can't think of any reason I'd ever want the main graphic inserted on mains rather than in series with the output.

Art

 

[Jay Barracato]

Re: Foh eq, Main insert, or other?

Outboard. I find it easier to control the makeup gain, in addition to the reasons Art gave.