the only decent application for the SL is acoustic bluegrass, imo....really makes it hard to clip when during the applause...and that's it. no other reason to run that thing, other than laziness. I ran it once for an LoS show when I had just picked the thing up, and I was nervous about being able to adjust the pots on the fly, without SL. Highs were nice at times, but when bouncing reds, very brittle. Never ran it again. For non-acoustic music, just don't think it's necessary....the mme is extraordinarily hard to clip, as long as you don't hit any solid reds.