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As it stands though, I don’t think it’s loud enough to gig with... my DXR10 and QSC K8.2 leave it for dead there.
Seriously, though...something like this would be bloody marvellous, if only for the fact that my car's tiny and cutting down from a 2x12" to a 1x12" would've solved a lot of issues. My problem with it - and I suspect it's similar to a lot of folks - is that speaker modelling is a wonderful technology, but it necessarily produces the amp-in-the-room sound of a 1x12" if you don't use an IR. I don't want to sound like I'm playing through a 1x12", and I use the Matrix NL212 for that very reason.
I’ve not looked at the levels in the output block or global EQ yet. A gain block last in chain is an option. I’m sure there are others - it might just involve a different mindset to ‘straight to the PA’.
So, unless I’m being a complete cretin (very probable) and don’t have something set right I still don’t think it has enough grunt to gig with a moderately enthusiastic drummer.
Yeah, fair point Waz. My little QSC is 2000w. But then the little Alto TX8 I cart around as a spare monitor is only 140w continuous and it easily owns the PC volume wise.
I suspect it's for on-stage monitoring only, and to prove the concept's workable. I wouldn't be surprised if they brought out a 2x12" model at some point, or even a higher-powered 1x12" that can behave like a 2x12".
'Powercabs are also loud enough to fill any small club or medium-sized venue'
Would be disappointing if it wasnt
Bang on I reckon. The outside of the manual reads “Powercab Family”... if that’s anything to go by. The concept is good and the software works well. There has to be more to follow... a 1500w 2x12 (preferably neo’s) would be excellent.
What is the difference between turning off modelling in your Helix and using the Powercab to model a specific 1x12 and just using it FRFR and using a 1x12 IR with the same speaker model? Is the implication that the Powercab can do it better somehow?
I'm not being awkward - I just can't see what the difference is beyond where the modelling happens and why that would make a difference.
So, choosing a cab block or IR in the Helix gives you a speaker and mic combination. The Powercab offers you 6 modelled speakers (minus the mic(s) giving you, in theory, more of the amp in a room type sound.
In my experience, with a bit of EQ you can get very close to this anyway, so I suppose the difference is really ease of use:
Helix->cab->mic->EQ VS Helix ->powercab
What the Powercab does - in addition to the traditional approach above - is model the speaker on its own, without the mic between the speaker and your ears. That's what people talk about as the "amp in the room" sound.
Now, that is
Next questions... does it actually make a tangible difference and is there a reason it couldn't just be incorporated into a new block in the Helix signal chain in a firmware update - is it not just essentially a fancy EQ? Is there a reason the modelling needs to be handled by the cab or is this just a way to try and sell a load of these things?