Behringer FBQ1000

[audio4you]

Dear all,

Does someone have experience with this feedback destroyer? Is it worth to have?
I was thinking to use it for the monitors.

What do you think?

Thank you and with greets,
Dennis

[AlecSp]

An automated feedback destroyer - sounds brilliant, right? Sounds too good to be true, right? As many people have discovered over the years, it is indeed too good to be true - if that wasn't the case, we'd all be using them. Save your pennies.

And, while you're about it, maybe just one post on the subject would be enough?

[Dave Rowles]

What Alec said. A good graphic is far more useful.

[Wonks]

I’ve used one and stopped using it. Much better to set up the monitoring so you don’t get feedback. They can sometimes be useful for small gigs if you don’t have a FOH sound man and not much time to set up. But if you do get one, always use it in ‘single shot’ mode, so that each filter channel only operates once, and doesn’t keep trying to stop more feedback otherwise each notch becomes deeper and wider and you end up with a very poor monitor sound.

Best to get the stage volumes as low as possible, so you don’t need loud monitors. Use the polar patterns of the mics to reject as much monitor sound as you can and aim for the best quality monitors you can afford. Cheap ones are often peaky in their frequency response which encourages feedback. And roll off the low end on the monitors. You should get more than enough from the FOH rig.

[shufflebeat]

I used to use one until I left it somewhere and didn't bother going back to pick it up.

I found the best way to use it was to set the filter(s) automatically, then convert it into a manual filter, change the "cut" level from -20 (if I remember correctly) to -5/-10, then save the presets for that particular speaker system.

Would I buy another? Probably not.

[Hugh Robjohns]

My view is much the same as others here. I have a 'feedback destroyer' but I now only use it for talking panel type events with a roaming audience mic — and only in that mic channel (or group), not on the main outputs. It's handy for catching nasty noises if the mic moves too close to a speaker or if someone cups the capsule.