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Guys this looks very similar the the new range of unity amps by black star.

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Lol yeah. I’ve been looking at it very closely over the last few months. Truth is we re playing quite big gigs now and my rig (trace head + 2 x BF cabs) is just to loud on stage. It’s got a lovely sound but it’s too much for monitoring. I’ve already sold all my fx pedals. The one issue I’ve got is gigging while I make to move over to amp less 😎

I’m getting panicky about selling my last barefaced cab in preparation for going amp less. I love my rig but think it’s time to go helix.

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Will a cheap modeller do the job? eg bass pod pro or POD500, or do I need to be looking at a Kemper or Helix?

OK, developing this thread slightly. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on using amp modellers direct to PA, and some form of on-stage monitoring. The Helix range looks awesome, but do you think for the price a POD500 or even a used Bass Pod XT might be a suitable alternative? What would I need to pay more for the Helix? To confirm, I want to use this in a (semi)-pro live gigging environment.

Got ya. Ok thanks dude.

Nice. What band do you play in? And is that an in-house PA run by the house sound engineer or your own band PA? Sometimes when we support we only get a line check so getting everything set up properly doesn't happen. How would that work with in-ears?

cheers, will check that out

what do you use to monitor?

Yes I read that on the FRFR thread. Very good read. I think the Helix LT should be OK shouldn't it?

Yes guys, I'm starting to think about Helix. I was looking at the LT last night. Its a bit of a learning curve and you're right its pricy. Currently I use my Trace head, with a Barefaced Super Compact for backline. It's plenty loud enough for monitoring. So thats why I was thinking about using the Sansamp or an alternative DI almost like a halfway house towards going full helix. How much do you reckon Helix + powered cab would cost?

And yes, that's kind of what I like to have the sansamp for. Ultimately I'd like to go ampless

Yes, I think you've got it right. I'm mixing the 2 things up.

blimey thanks for your help guys, that sounds quite technical. All I'm really trying to do is get a nice bit of overdrive grit into the sound that comes out that the audience can hear. Maybe there is another approach that I should be investigating.

No, I don't have any ability to develop an overdriven tone that I like. I have the SansAmp pedal, but it just doesn't give me the sound that I like. I was watching a video about the Darkglass B7K DI which sounded great so I'm looking at a one-stop solution to handle overdrive and DI.

I use a Trace Elliot 350SMX, plenty of power there. I tried to DI from the sans amp first, when that didn't work I used the XLR out of the AMP to the PA and it sounded fine. I guess I'm interested to learn can I use a pedal or pre-amp to DI and have some more control over the tone/overdrive

Dudes. My band now seem to be playing mainly larger venues now and don't really do pubs and smaller venues. This means that I am relying on DI to the house PA. Generally this is fine, I use the XLR out from my Trace Amp. I use a Sans Amp to handle a EQ and a bit of drive. What I'd really like is to be able to send a reliable overdriven tone to the PA. I recently tried to do this from my Sans Amp but it wasn't working correctly, I could hear it clipping. Any thoughts on what direction I could take? Eg different DI box, rackmounted? Cheers

Guys, any suggestions on a cheaper alternative to a POG? I want to have a play around with signal splitting and octaving up my signal to send to a guitar amp. Like in this video. The Behringer looks like a good option but i can't find one to buy.

Yesss I like that. 🤘😀🤘

lol. That's cool dude.