Monitor vocal with reverb, How?

[jeff0633]

How do you guys monitor with effects on Comp I am waiting on my new Firepod and was wondering how you can monitor, say, a singer with Reverb on the vocal. A lot of singers want some reverb in their headphones. Doesn't latency prove to be a problem getting revrb when tracking? From what I hear, the Firepod cannot route it's inputs direct to the outputs for using effects before the recording point. Can anyone confirm this? I have heard so many good things about the Firepod, but this will be a problem if I have to go to the software first, back out to a reverb unit, then back in. Latency would probably be terrible like that. I guess I could get a mixer with some decent pres, like the Soundcraft M4 or something. I have a Groove Tubes brick, and adding the M4 would give me five outboard pres, and three more on the Firepod. The M4 would be another 500 bucks though. Damn.

How do you computer recordists let your vocalists hear some revrb while they sing?

Jeff

 

[JazzMang]

I have heard so many good things about the Firepod, but this will be a problem if I have to go to the software first, back out to a reverb unit, then back in. Latency would probably be terrible like that.

Actually, it is not. That is how I route busses to outboard gear when applying compression/FX/blah... whatever.

The latency is very low on both ends, I wouldn't worry about it.

JazzMang

 

[elevate]

How do you computer recordists let your vocalists hear some revrb while they sing?

Jeff

Insert a reverb plugin on the track they're recording on.

 

[grn]

my sound card lets me do it, firepod's might, I don't know.