What is the best way to attenuate PA larsen when mixing a live recording ?

Dear Xers & 9ers
I recorded a band live, unfortunately there was quite a lot of near-larsen ringing in the monitors on stage. When mixing I tried to fix the prob using the standard EQ, with mixed results: actually there seem to be more frequencies to suppress than there are bands available on the EQ, the frequency of some ringings is really hard to spot, and the end result sounds really weak. I heard about automatic detection of larsens in PAs and would like to know if something using the same principle (but "offline") in available in Logic X, and if not does it exist as a 3d party plug-in ?
In any case, I'd love to hear about any non-automated makeshift trick in 9 or X !
Thank you

As a live sound engineer myself ( festivals a large scale gigs ) then the answer to your feedback question is that the rig was not properly rung out ( 31 bar graphic wise ) and the monitors were running too loud.
But that's a whole different subject than we cover in this help forum.
If the feedback is already all over your recording then I'm afraid you're going to have a job trying to remove it.
I've never heard of a post production feedback suppression plugin for Logic either. There is however a 31bar graphic equaliser that comes in the form of an Apple AU plugin as standard in Logic but I'm not sure this will help if the feedback is already on the recording. You can try notching out the problem frequencies and see I guess.

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