Samdevos Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Hello, I currently have a amplifi 75 . Which i'm using it as my pc speaker for backing tracks and play along guitar with my amplifi . ( you get the idea) But because i want more control en better quality i 'm thinking of buying a helix and upgrading my speaker.But what to choose ? should i buy good pc speakers ? or studio monitors ? and can i have the same setup (playin pc music through the monitors with the helix?). and do studio monitors go well with normal music?...Like i said i'm newbie and i want something easy . and good sound on QUIET volume levels.pls tell me what i need :) . thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbright44 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The amplifi should work fine. Or you can get any number of powered PA speakers. Studio monitors are a good option as well. I like the powered pa speaker personally because when I play live it's going through a PA and mixing at home with a similar type of device I feel gets me closest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvroberts Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The Amplifi should be fine - it sounds like you either aren't a live player, or you want a home system for when you are at home!?! But instead of using the Amplifi as a guitar amp, you would run the Helix into the amplifi like you do your music - so it's a clean flat sound system without any coloring from the guitar effects side. That way the Helix is totally creating the guitar sound. I use studio monitors at home - that also works fine - and is not too different to my live set up as I go FRFR and straight out to FOH. What you can combine depends totally on the setup - if you are using the music input on your Amplifi, then obviously you won't be hearing your music through that too. What I do is run it all from my computer. So the Helix is connected to the computer by USB - that lets me use the Helix as the audio interface - I come out of the Helix into the amp and speakers (if you have self powered speakers then It's a tiny bit simpler.......) The Helix will pass through the audio from the computer - music, Youtube or whatever. I use the Editor on the computer to control the Helix - all works well. But it will never be as simple as your Amplifi - it was designed to plug in a guitar and some audio and play along. Introducing the Helix is going to lead to a more complex setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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