Wanna tune up my rig and fx processor, need help

[spycam]

Hi
I have my ENGL SE amp head and my rack with the gear ready now and before taking this all to rehearsing studio, i wanted to program my fx processor and expression pedal and midi footswitch at home.
Problem, i have no cab at home, but if i brought it from my rehearsing studio, i wouldn't be able to use it at home as my wife and 1 year old son wouldn't tolerate that

Question, if i plug cables from the rack into my amp, and then plug one end of a speaker cable (or instrument cable?) into speaker out input of my amp and another end of the cable into mixer i have, that's connected to my PC, so i would have a way to hear what i play via studio monitors or headphones, would that work? I mean i don't want to burn my head or my mixer or anything, i dont' wanna harm my gear, so i thought to ask...
Another question, if this works, what Ohm setting on the amp should i use? 4, 8 or 16?

 

[Oblivion DC]

Question, if i plug cables from the rack into my amp, and then plug one end of a speaker cable (or instrument cable?) into speaker out input of my amp and another end of the cable into mixer i have, that's connected to my PC, so i would have a way to hear what i play via studio monitors or headphones, would that work?

This will blow your shit up.
If you're going into a studio to record, for crying out loud just record your guitar > amp > cab. Put effects in later.

EDIT: I guess I misread your "rehearsal studio" as "recording studio" - my bad.

 

[Oblivion DC]

Ok so now that I know what you're trying to do:


There are two problems I can see right off:
1. You've got to have some kind of load (a speaker) on your amp so that you don't blow it up. A HotPlate set to "load" will let you power up without a speaker connected.
2. Your mixer is designed to handle a low power signal (line level or mic level) and you will blow it up with a speaker level signal.

You could buy yourself something like a THD HotPlate to put a load on your amp and then use the line out function of the HotPlate to go into a set of headphones or a home stereo system. This would let you set your levels and channel switching and effects up, reverb depth, delay repeats, stuff like that - but any eqing would be a waste of time.

I'd say get to practice early and set your gear up there.

 

[spycam]

Well, this does not make sense for me to buy some atenuator just because i'm lazy to bring everything to rehearsing studio

How about the thing, that my amp (ENGL SE is f***ing flexible ) has this in the rear:

I have a microfone cable with XLRs somewhere, it's balanced, right? So probably i could use it to plug to the showed input and plug another end of that XLR cable into my mixer? Not sure if amp needs to be in standby mode or not...

Any ideas?

 

[Zachman]

Well, this does not make sense for me to buy some atenuator just because i'm lazy to bring everything to rehearsing studio

How about the thing, that my amp (ENGL SE is f***ing flexible ) has this in the rear:

I have a microfone cable with XLRs somewhere, it's balanced, right? So probably i could use it to plug to the showed input and plug another end of that XLR cable into my mixer? Not sure if amp needs to be in standby mode or not...

Any ideas?

In order to get your line levels and mix levels to your effects set properly with patch changes and all, you need to man up and take your stuff to your rehearsal studio, set it all up turn up to the levels you'll be playing at, and start programming.

 

[Oblivion DC]

Well, this does not make sense for me to buy some atenuator just because i'm lazy to bring everything to rehearsing studio

How about the thing, that my amp (ENGL SE is f***ing flexible ) has this in the rear:

I have a microfone cable with XLRs somewhere, it's balanced, right? So probably i could use it to plug to the showed input and plug another end of that XLR cable into my mixer? Not sure if amp needs to be in standby mode or not...

Any ideas?

You could use this but I think you'd still need a load on the amp. Check the User's Guide that came with the amp and see what they say. You'd be better off just taking your gear down to practice and setting up.

 

[ke2]

Well, this does not make sense for me to buy some atenuator just because i'm lazy to bring everything to rehearsing studio

How about the thing, that my amp (ENGL SE is f***ing flexible ) has this in the rear:

I have a microfone cable with XLRs somewhere, it's balanced, right? So probably i could use it to plug to the showed input and plug another end of that XLR cable into my mixer? Not sure if amp needs to be in standby mode or not...

Any ideas?

You could use this but I think you'd still need a load on the amp. Check the User's Guide that came with the amp and see what they say. You'd be better off just taking your gear down to practice and setting up.

Yep. Getting a hotplate or similar would enable you to tweak effects, like delay time and reverb depth. Any EQ-ing will be a waste of time though. Unless the manual states it is no problem running the amp without a load, do NOT do it. Another solution would be to get a small 1x12 cab (or similar), and use at home in order to get the fx set up. Still, you`d have to do EQ-ing at the rehearsal studio, because it wouldn`t sound the same at all when you turn it up