jammin4joy

I am in a very similar situation in terms of no more gigging and jamming at home in a smaller room. I use Reaper loaded with my backing tracks through a Helix rack and was playing through a single Bose F1 Stack - I thought it sounded good . Recently changed that to a pair of Adam AX7's and an Adam Sub10 - wow totally sweet sounds coming from this set-up! So my recommendation would be to go with studio monitors and sub. I worked with Brenton at Sweetwater

Hi All, I have seen this question posted before, clear back to 2016 but no answers so since its been some time thought I would try again. I use Helix Rack, my Helix controller main display is about 50% brightness compared to the display brightness of the controller Foot switches/Scribble Scripts. Its very hard to see the tuner this way and I don't see any method to increase brightness. Can anyone advise? Thanks!

All, Thanks immensely for all of your feedback. Conclusion is that I will not go for studio monitors but continue to work with my F1 stack ... specifically I know that with Helix and Reaper there is practically an infinite amount of adjustments that can be made, the reverb was one suggestion - and I need to take each of my "complaints" and see if I can adjust them out so to speak. The other is I typically play in close proximity to the F1's (3 ft or so) ... I will try to increase that distance more to see what effect that has. If that does not work perhaps the F1's with Powercab would be a great balanced choice. Again, thanks very much !!

I would appreciate some guidance on my set-up and help me decide if I should make a change ... apologies in advance for the long post but I think most of this is relevant to the question First some background: I use the helix rack with output to either 1 single BOSE F1 stack (speaker and sub-woofer) or DT 880 Pro 250 Ohm Headphones First, I don't play in clubs anymore just at home with backing tracks. I like it loud and immersive and substantial in terms of the volume and do entertain guests in my home by jamming so my goal is to be at a level where my friends and myself feel like they are experiencing live immersive music - but in my home - I live in the country and there is really no concern for neighbors complaining, etc ... I run a laptop with Reaper loaded with my backing tracks and use the Helix as the interface and I feed the balanced XLR outs of the Helix into a single Bose F series stack (Model 812 loudspeaker and sub-woofer). I feed both channels from Helix into this single stack as my space is small and stereo separation might be desirable but no room for a double stack that would make a difference. In the past I have been satisfied with the sound and of course need to tweak at different volume levels. When I am playing loud, I have the Helix volume control about 1/2 way up and its loud so admittedly I am not opening the helix wide up when playing through the BOSE F1 stack. My style of music is classic rock: Santana, ZZ Top, SRV, Etc ... So several months ago I picked up a pair of DT 880 Pro 250 Ohm headphones ... and wow let me tell you I love the sound coming out of these headphones using the Helix headphone out at full output on the Helix. Its really jut fantastic for my music style, etc ... The Question So now with the DT880 headphone experience I am re-thinking my output main speakers, the BOSE F1 stack is it is really a PA speaker and is that still the best choice for me in my current situation - not playing out anymore nor do I plan to? Maybe I really can't push them loud enough to drive them - and I am now not satisfied with the sound of the BOSE compared to the DT 880 headphones but not sure they are even comparable? I am thinking I should move to a powered studio monitor that has enough power to get an immersive music experience in the size of a typical living area say 100 ft * 30 ft. (crisp highs, clear mid range clarity, lows that can be heard and felt). In terms of budget - that's a good question and depends on the value of the different options, - so I am open to all suggestions. Also since I don't have a good space for speaker physical separation is 1 or 2 of whatever U should get the best choice or is there even another solution I have not thought of other than studio monitors? What are your thoughts and suggestions? I am wide open to any options/solutions Thanks! Eric

Very very nice !! Thanks for your hard work and sharing with us all !

Have not tried it yet but this auto-wah was posted in 2018: https://line6.com/customtone/tone/4115494/