Need over ear headphones for ear protection from acoustic drums. Also prefer not to have anything in my ears. Think i just need to make sure that whatever modeler i get has wireless capability….
that's what this does; it has a transmitter and receiver; the receiver has a standard TRS 1/8" - 3.5mm jack
Interesting. So i get some sort of multifunction pedal and plug it into the modeler and i can select a wah effect (and or others) and use it like a normal wah? Would the modeler come with different models of different effects pedals kind of like the various amp models on board? Any reason i would want/ need a traditional wah then?
The HX Stomp has an expression pedal in; in your presets you can select from a choice of wah pedals, and assign the expression pedal to control the wah. Some reasons you'd want a dedicated external wah pedal is if it is one that's not in your modeler that you want to use, e.g., a vintage wah, or if you want to use the expression pedal for something else such as volume, or controlling delay times, amount of distortion, etc., i.e., another function
In front of? Meaning something other than just plugging it into the modeler? Different than the way i would plug in an expression pedal?
You can use pedals in front of a modeler, some pedals work well, others don't, with some modelers. Guitar --> guitar pedals ---> modeler input
This part was in response to my needing to plug in a mic and have the ability to record. Sub as in subwoofer? Why will i need that? To handle vocals or something? I need ghe mixer to have a place to plug the mic in and get the sound out to record? So basically I would be buying a separate mixer.
Yes, a sub if you're going to have a band with bass, keys, or mic your drums.
An USB mixer will let you record over USB into your computer / daw. You can get by with one sub, the Alto sub has L and R inputs and outputs, with a frequency cutover; mixer out (L & R) into the Sub inputs (L & R), and Sub out (L & R) to your two powered PA speakers.
For whatever reason i was thinking there would be a jacks on the modeler to plug a mic into (so i or girlfriend etc could sing while I’m playing guitar. Then would make sense that there was also a way to get the music (guitar and voice and any kind of backing track lets say) out of the modeler.
Some modelers have mic inputs such as the Helix, not all modelers have this; and many have USB out to go direct to computer / DAW for recording, and dedicated outs to go to a FRFR cab, PA mixer, etc.
Granted this would be before the speaker/ amp (i guess) so not sure how that would work unless i could monitor with headphones or something through the modeler.
Most modelers have headphone out; if you run everything into a mixer, the mixer would have a headphone out; depends what you want to hear in your headphones.
Or maybe the mic gets plugged into the modeler and the recording output is taken off of the cabinet? But then how do you adjust the voice sounds and all the other instrument sounds? In real time? When it comes time to edit what was recorded in real time. Maybe that could be through some add on software that comes with the modeler…. Kind of like you would edit and save a particular custom amp model or effect?Maybe thats where the mixer needs to come in maybe? Do they make something along the lines of a combo modeler/ mixer?
If you're recording off the cabinet your missing the direct output of the modeler; unless you're using a guitar cab with a modeler (which would require a power amp too) you would need to turn off cab sims / IRs in your modeler.
Mic --> Modeler such as a full Helix, you can route the vocals and guitars to different output channels to the mixer, and they would be on different channels over USB.
I took a look and more confused now. Do you use the PA cabs for your “amp” speakers…. With a modeler I’m guessing since no modeler or effects knobs etc on the pa cab? Wondering if i could use a setup along those lines for a bass, an electric guitar, micd or triggered acoustic kit and vocals?
If I use a modeler, or synths, keyboards, etc., or even my computer based guitar rig, I run the outputs into a USB mixer, out to my PA with Sub as my PA, the guitar amp speakers, mics, mic positions are simulated in my modeler or computer rig; the mixer allows me to control the levels, balance, etc., and the powered PA cabs provide the amplified sound.
I’ll trust you on that one! So its possible that i can purchase (or the band might have) a powered vs non powered mixer? If I’m going to purchase a mixer then i neeed to make sure to get an unpowered type?
You want a powered mixer if your pa cabs are unpowered aka passive; you want an unpowered mixer if your PA cabs are powered.
Gotcha. I think i had read somewhere that Boss was not good with providing updates…. So something along the lines of more “disposable@ maybe than other manufacturers.
Good to know. Not sure how the whole drum track thing works anyway. I mean do you play along to some beat that you select that just keeps repeating itself? Or is there something more to it than that?
Since you play drums, you could record your drums into the mixer, usb to computer / DAW, but getting good acoustic drum recorded sounds requires lots of mics, maybe a dedicated mixer, and knowledge about mic types and mic placement...out of my area of knowledge. I program drum tracks in my DAW using Arturia SparkLE controller or use a software plugin that has drum patterns that I can organize into a song pattern, and set repeats (Sonic Charge microTonic vst)
That sounds like what i needed to know!
