Hi everyone! It's been awhile since I posted on this website. Anyways. I have a Blackstar (HT metal 5H) tube amp. I would like to record from the emulated output (to my usb interface) without connecting the amp to my cabinet. It's a 5 watt amp, do you guys think I absolutely need a loadbox...

Currently my recording set up is just a HT-100 running out of the emulated output directly into an interface. My problem is, I have to keep the preamp volume really low to prevent feedback and spiking. Id like to be able to turn it up more to get better tone. I thought about putting a volume...

Well, I've been messing around with recording through this amps DI output (speaker emulated XLR) and I finally managed to get (what I think are) some decent tones out of it. The problem was extra bass on the recordings..at first they were way too muddy, but then I read in the manual that the cab...