Mackie 808S mixer, which vocal effects to use?

[Marley's Ghost]

My band has a Mackie 808S mixer, which we will use to run the mains and for fx. I was thinking of using Delay as opposed to reverb/echo for club settings. Anyone have thoughts on this?

 

[walterw]

if the effect is only going to be for vocals, then yeah, delay, and just a little, is what you want. if you have to use the same effect on guitars, drums and whatnot, then stick with reverb.

 

[georgestrings]

My band used the 808s for gigging for awhile, and we got the best vocal effects with either the delay-3 or delay-4, IIRC - blend to taste...



- georgestrings

 

[Stumbo]

Reverb will just be lost in the echoes of the room. Some rooms have a bit of delay, especially narrow, long ones or ones with hard floors (like a gym).

+1 on the use of delay. The length and strength depend on the room. Sound check to see what works. Have someone sound check again when the room is full.