Rig Advice Needed!!

[guitarmike]

In the OP, guitarmike referenced the Synergy BE and BE Deluxe modules. He also mentioned the Friedman IR-X. That suggested to me that he was wanting gainer tones. My advice was meant to get those tones in a church environment with as little fuss as necessary. In a compact format for a 63-year-old man. There are many ways to get there. I simply provided one path. My response was not meant to me combative. I'm not exactly sure what you are inferring with the post that I am replying to. Yes, I get paid to play. Sometimes I get paid to use a real amp. Sometimes I get paid to use digital solution. I have come to appreciate both for what they are. Tools.

Thank you!!!

 

[guitarmike]

one thing that was vital for my in ears experience was running a system where i monitored my unmolested sound directly from a headphone output in my rack,
and blended the monitor mix from FOH into my mixer/ears. eliminating the need to send my signal to FOH first and via round trip be erroneously altered before returning back to my mix/ears.
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the rocktron rack interface blends my rack’s wdw mix on its internal dual stereo mixer,
adds analog cab emulation,
and puts it on a headphone jack where i can listen to my rig right from the source exactly as i set it.

my signal also gets sent to the house on separate XLR outputs.

a monitor input on the rack interface receives the monitor mix sent from the FOH on a stereo trs 1/4” jack, minus my signal.
a “HEADPHONE MIX” knob adjusts the balance between the monitor mix v my rig sound and the “HEADPHONE VOLUME” set overall level.

the quality of the venue’s FOH monitor system and your earbuds are important too.

My son bought me something similar, a Rolls personal mixer. It really helped me to hear everything.