[17:36] <hangar18> if anybody's got any questions, comments, suggestions, I'm here.
[18:17] <hangar18> has anyone tried to connect a Kemper Profiling Amp to ubuntu studio?
[18:18] <hangar18> or even a Fractal Audio Engineering Axe-Fx 2?
[18:24] <OvenWerks> I have not.
[18:24] <OvenWerks> I am guessing these are amplifier simulation programs/plugins?
[18:45] <hangar18> OvenWerks: ok. no, these are physical hardware. The Kemper is a 600 watt 'head' with an available rack mount version. It can profile any guitar, amp, cabinet, distortion pedal (i think) and let you plug your guitar/bass into it and use whatever combination of head, cabinet, microphone, effects going to FOH/physical cabinets. It'd be another source of all of that to record with US.
[18:45] <hangar18> The same goes for the Axe-FX 2. it's physical hardware
[18:46] <OvenWerks> 600watt? that sounds a bit over powering.... for just about anything. a 50watt guitar amp is already too much.
[18:50] <OvenWerks> for stage/studio use even a 5watt tube amp (7-8watts fully cranked distorted) is more than enough. for an emulator/modeler, where clean amplification is needed, 10x that is fine (50 - 100 watts)
[18:51] <OvenWerks> FOH is the place for big power, keep the stage volume low and let the FOH do everything else
[19:06] <hangar18> OvenWerks: well, that 600 watts is intended to power cabinets on stage. if I've got a marshall 1960A cabinet loaded with Black Label EV speakers rated at 100 watts each, I want to drive them to the fullest. So there's 400 watts for one 4x12. so if I had 75 watt celestions or whatever, there's 300 watts so that 600 can power two 4x12. even Chris Broderick of Act of Defiance says that you still need some
[19:06] <hangar18> sound coming off the stage for the people in the front rows/pit where the FOH loudspeakers don't cover as well. hence the need for onstage cabinets. but you've got a valid argument.
[19:07] <hangar18> in the studio, sure, i can see where 600 watts could get overwhelming but man, having that fully cranked amp sound can't be beat brother! lol
[19:09] <hangar18> but the kemper can't act like an amp head, cabinet with effects going into the computer and let the recording software capture the sound. i've watched Dino Cazares of fear factory use his in the studio and i don't think the kemper hits the DAW with all 600 watts. that DAW'd be shot out of the room at warp speed if it did, i'd think. lol
[19:10] <hangar18> OvenWerks:  correction: the kemper CAN act like a head, cabinet and effects.
[19:10] <hangar18> OvenWerks: that was a typo on my part
[19:11] <OvenWerks> ya I figured
[19:11] <hangar18> brb.
[21:23] <hangar18> phew finally back
[22:44] <studio-user910> how do I change screen saver settings?
[22:44] <studio-user910> xset -display isn't working
[23:39] <Limuxic> try xscreensaver-demo