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I'm in edit mode, select a patch and try to specify and effect. I have a Firewire 410 set up, but I have no midi devices or anything in Layout mode. I've never gotten this to work. Just started using Mainstage. And it quits unexpectedly just trying to assign an effect to a patch.

I jam in my basement with 3 or 4 other guys. My plan is to try and use two Behringer 212a Active 450w speakers for all sound. So I'll have a bass guitar, two other guitars, and a mic. (and unmic'd drums) I have a G5 with Logic Pro Studio. I want to use it for all Mixer/ pedal Effects. I'd like to go ampless, using software amp modeling on the computer. I want to use Saffire LE Firewire Audio Interface to route the instruments through the computer and back out to the Behringers. Can the computer handle this? Will there be latency? Drops? If no, Why not? Whats the intended use of Logic pros Mixer? Just input recording/editing?

Okay, so If I still need an external mixer for instruments... The important thing is can I still process each instrument with computer effects and monitor them out live. Say I get a $80 Behringer Analog mixer. What do I need for the computer to process? Would an audio interface card do the trick? Or should I look for a mixer with firewire? Again, it would be much better if there was somehow a footswitch capablility for adding CPU effects. I can't believe noone's thought of that.

If you want a Mac Pro, go for it. But one tip, computers dont get slower. The Operating System does. Files on the OS get moved and changed as settings get overridden. The CPU becomes slower because its trying to read settings from files that are now scattered on the partition. This happens faster if the OS is on the same partition as your documents. All you need to do is move your files to a back up drive, and reinstall the operating system. Your computer will work like new. You might want a new hard drive if its several years old. Wipe the old one and use it as slave drive for file storage. Even if it goes bad in a couple years, the files are almost always recoverable from a slave drive. This is a mistake people make. Abandoning great computers because their OS needs a reinstall. Its rare that a mother board goes bad. Its the operating system first, then the harddrives. Both of which are fairly cheap to fix. But then again, Mac has you guys by the balls owning your world. So god bless you.

I'd love to use Logic and other FX software on our Mac G5 to handle effects, and out put them to monitors to jam live. Is it possible? What are the limitations? What are costs/devices needed with doing so? If I have an external mixer, is there any way to use a footswtich to add/remove a CPU based FX option? The computer has to recognize and effect/mix multiple individual channels at the same time. Right now I'm only looking at handling 3 guitars and 1 mic. I assume we'd need at least an Audio Interface PCI card, maybe a PCI Mixer Card. Any suggestions? I'd love to do this, if anyone has any good answers for how to set this up or another forum please tell me. Thanks