Quote Originally Posted by messyfuture
Cheers for the replys

The reason i'm looking for a finalizer is for my live set, i'm using a mackie 1604 and this does not have inserts on the subs. it has inserts on each channel and on the main outs.

The second reason is that I only have a 1 unit rack space left in my case that carries all my live gear

SO....my thinking was to get a finalizer which would have multiband compression etc and save me having to bring out more even more kit. like more compressors

does this sound like overkill, it would also get used in the studio too which would be a plus.
Sounds good but the multiband will not make up for the fact that you wouldn't be compressing each part or whatever you would do if you had individual compressors. The multiband sounds waaay different. It *is* more of a semi-transparent sorta thing that it does to your sound. Not sure how you use your individual ones though so this may not be an issue... see what I'm gettin at?