Hi guys,
So I just got a new head (MI Audio Revelation) to complete a halfstack, and have had an interface and Logic Pro for Mac as my DAW. I also live in an apt in a major city, particularly one where pretty much no one has a car/everyone uses public transportation (at least when we aren't ordered to stay home).
So as you can imagine, i can only baaarely up the volume on the amp before it's too loud/I risk getting in trouble with my apt management, but I was fine with that just thinking "I have the half stack for playing out in the future when I try to put a band together or join one, and I don't need it cranked for recording either". Now I was an idiot who had the attitude of "I'll learn how to record an amp when I get one" (I had just been recording directly in with my guitar, occasionally using the Logic amp simulator plugins/effects), and didn't realize that the traditional way of recording a stack is still with a mic, which would require me to crank which I can't do...I guess I just assumed there'd be some DI way to record both the amp and cab without needing more than an interface like Focusrite etc.
It seems like I'd need to get either a Fryette Power Load or Suhr Reactive Load in order to play both the amp and cab I have for recording direct, and with those with IRs I could even skip the cab. Those also work for turning down the volume so I can play at apartment levels.
I guess I'm just wondering/thinking, with the digital stuff like AxeFx and Kemper etc seeming to get 99% of the way to real amps, if it makes more sense to sell my amp and cab (or at the very least the cab) seeing how much of a pain it will be to lug both the head and/or cab around for playing out (or just the head for DI into the club/bar's sound system), since getting the additional stuff above in order to record and play at sound levels acceptable for an apt is going to cost a decent amount of $$ that I could put towards more modeling/digital stuff, especially if I sold some gear.
I love the Revelation and all the great amps out there like Mesas, 5150s etc, but just wanted to hear other's thoughts. Sometimes I feel like my mind is stuck in the old ways of analog being the only thing out there that is even slightly good, even though I'm not even that old to have those thoughts (still in my 20s) haha.
Thanks!
So I just got a new head (MI Audio Revelation) to complete a halfstack, and have had an interface and Logic Pro for Mac as my DAW. I also live in an apt in a major city, particularly one where pretty much no one has a car/everyone uses public transportation (at least when we aren't ordered to stay home).
So as you can imagine, i can only baaarely up the volume on the amp before it's too loud/I risk getting in trouble with my apt management, but I was fine with that just thinking "I have the half stack for playing out in the future when I try to put a band together or join one, and I don't need it cranked for recording either". Now I was an idiot who had the attitude of "I'll learn how to record an amp when I get one" (I had just been recording directly in with my guitar, occasionally using the Logic amp simulator plugins/effects), and didn't realize that the traditional way of recording a stack is still with a mic, which would require me to crank which I can't do...I guess I just assumed there'd be some DI way to record both the amp and cab without needing more than an interface like Focusrite etc.
It seems like I'd need to get either a Fryette Power Load or Suhr Reactive Load in order to play both the amp and cab I have for recording direct, and with those with IRs I could even skip the cab. Those also work for turning down the volume so I can play at apartment levels.
I guess I'm just wondering/thinking, with the digital stuff like AxeFx and Kemper etc seeming to get 99% of the way to real amps, if it makes more sense to sell my amp and cab (or at the very least the cab) seeing how much of a pain it will be to lug both the head and/or cab around for playing out (or just the head for DI into the club/bar's sound system), since getting the additional stuff above in order to record and play at sound levels acceptable for an apt is going to cost a decent amount of $$ that I could put towards more modeling/digital stuff, especially if I sold some gear.
I love the Revelation and all the great amps out there like Mesas, 5150s etc, but just wanted to hear other's thoughts. Sometimes I feel like my mind is stuck in the old ways of analog being the only thing out there that is even slightly good, even though I'm not even that old to have those thoughts (still in my 20s) haha.
Thanks!