What was the trick to amplifying your modeler?

[GJgo]

what's your favorite SS option so far?

I have an ISP Theta Stealth, ss, stereo, 90W per side / 180W bridged mono @ 4 ohms which sounds good. But since I'm not playing live , hove no volume restrictions, and have an Engl E850/100 dual channel power amp...I use the Engl.

So far the best balance in the band has been my Mesa into the Suhr Reactive Load IR, direct to FOH / monitors. I did try also running the 4x12 along with the RLIR but standing between the cab & the monitor got phasey which was muddy in the live mix. I like one source of truth.

The Fractal direct FOH also works if I have a good patch but I just like the amp / IR a little more.

I used to have an older Helix that wasn't as good as this AM4. My other guitarist currently has a Helix Stadium that's also not as good.

If I were to run just a normal amp / cab / mic setup I do prefer the cab to be quiet enough that the PA is still doing the work, and I don't get a phasey issue standing between the cab & the wedge.

 

[tallcoolone]

You guys are going to laugh, but I usually use my Mark IIC+ as a power amp only, for a stage monitor with a 4x12, and run my Kemper main outs to FOH and Monitor out to the Effects Return of the Boogie. "Cab off" on the monitor out.

Whatever works and inspires you is the right way my man

 

[rsm]

So far the best balance in the band has been my Mesa into the Suhr Reactive Load IR, direct to FOH / monitors. I did try also running the 4x12 along with the RLIR but standing between the cab & the monitor got phasey which was muddy in the live mix. I like one source of truth.

The Fractal direct FOH also works if I have a good patch but I just like the amp / IR a little more.

I used to have an older Helix that wasn't as good as this AM4. My other guitarist currently has a Helix Stadium that's also not as good.

If I were to run just a normal amp / cab / mic setup I do prefer the cab to be quiet enough that the PA is still doing the work, and I don't get a phasey issue standing between the cab & the wedge.

My VHX has a Cab Sim that can be used on an XLR "record out" that can be set to DI, CAB or IR Loader, and headphones out; and allows user IRs to be loaded. I haven't tried the XLR record out or headphones yet. Either one or both XLR out, headphones can be used, with or without the speaker cab output. I run it like a tube amp head into a pair of Mesa 2x12 cabs, no cab sim or IRs. Very flexible tho'.

My ISP Theta Pro and MSX have both stage out (to a power amp and guitar cabs) and direct out that can be used at the same time; I haven't used both at the same time, but I've used the direct out to powered PA cabs and to power amps into the Mesa 2x12 cabs.