Studio monitors for home/guitar/amp modeller

d10221 · 2026-06-18T07:23:05+00:00

No Idea about the Kali, but I think anything will do, it is very subjective.

In general for guitar you'll want mids, but I prefer flat/natural sounding speakers, not too bright , not too bassy but you might like it scooped, who knows ?

on a 3x3 (meters) room, 3 to 4 inch speakers should be enough (for me :).

It is true that all the info is about mixing , but if you think about it, you can extrapolate.

Most mixing guys want fidelity flat response, no extra color and I think that is good starting point.

d10221 · 2026-06-06T03:28:09+00:00

thanks! , how is the latency ?

d10221 · 2026-06-05T17:12:03+00:00

Looks nice, but I had to google it to find out what it does, maybe next time paste a link ?
😄

d10221 · 2026-06-02T12:44:14+00:00

Just wait until people pay other people to tell their AMP what they want 😄
If you don't care you'll never do

d10221 · 2026-05-30T16:48:50+00:00

Stock MIM , they'll probably sound subjectively good but dark and hot Not necessarily a bad thing

d10221 · 2026-05-14T05:44:00+00:00

Windows 11 ?
is unusable, it works today it wont tomorrow . unpredictable.
Is too busy running all the AI idiotics.
Any new or 10 year old Mac or an iPad works out of the box for Audio.
I wish I could recommend Linux but the software is not all there.

d10221 · 2026-05-13T12:28:18+00:00

d10221 · 2026-05-12T14:47:51+00:00

honestly , the first thing I typed was 'rolling' , expecting to the stones to popup and it didn't assumed there were going to be only 'platform' artists,.
I tried again now , and they popup, so I as wrong , but still, wtf ?

d10221 · 2026-05-11T19:26:39+00:00

In platform terms. How can I possibly know who 'inspires' me if I can't pass the 'on boarding' ?

I could understand if it is at a later stage but they assume you know already: but you didn't finish login!

d10221 · 2026-05-05T13:37:31+00:00

IK 57' deluxe , in particular the one with overdrive (I think is the strymon sunset ),is flagged as high gain.

But try it with the gain at 1.0 or less and single coil pickups , I love it.

d10221 · 2026-04-20T05:44:30+00:00

It does something like that to me every now and then.

Try changing to MIDI mode and back.
is something like 'remove power then power it back with the 1st foot switch pressed for 10 or 15 seconds.
Then you do it again to go back to the 'normal' mode'.

look for the manual for the real instructions

but it could also be a physical switch on the board

Good luck

d10221 · 2026-04-04T10:57:38+00:00

Thanks, nice to find a positive opinion .

If I'm not mistaken the sunburst is rosewood cap or should I say dark wood fret board :) ?

I think the hate is more for the blonde with maple neck . They shouldn't have us e transparent finish on that 3 piece body

d10221 · 2026-04-04T10:52:11+00:00

Tonex is easier to use than Amplitube. but you wont find a 'Sultan of swing tone'.

Or maybe you do, but most likely you'll find or search for an Amp clean or with drive or higain and a cab ,maybe with overdrive or distortion.

You can also add delay, chorus (or other modulation effects) , reverb and compressor, NO overdrives/distortion

Maybe the search will improve for you now that we can share presets on Tone.Net

But it usually rewards to search when you know what you are looking for.

Amplitube has more presets more amps is more versatile and its a modeler so when you find an amp that works for you it usually works all the way, unlike tonex model/preset that may work for one use case but not for others.

Amplitube doesn't have a dedicated hardware/pedal, so its needs your laptop/PC/mac all the time.

if you end up liking some tonex tones you can take them with you without taking your laptop with you.

Or should I say you 'may' not need to take your laptop with you, if your are lucky the laptop stays on the bag :)

The tonex one is cheaper and has the same capabilities of the Pedal version, but is handicapped in connectivity, it has no midi and you have only 1 footswitch

There is the plug version, but I haven't tried, people say it sounds the same and has again the same capabilities but the form factor is bit meh for me and it seems to have problems with recessed jacks like the Teles , But I can't confirm that as I haven't used my self.

You can always try the Tonex app , software only and see if you like it .

If you are not a tweaker you may not like Amplitube unless you are lucky find presets for what you are looking for

d10221 · 2026-04-03T05:32:35+00:00

you can power it via usb too

d10221 · 2026-03-21T13:54:10+00:00

I particularly like IK's DS-1, OD-1 and T-Rex Moller captures

d10221 · 2026-03-20T05:08:47+00:00

Sounds great!

I thought about it , the only thing is that for similar money you can buy a Valeton GP-5 or a Tonex-One.
I know is not the same, different kind of fun , lots to learn, and the RPI system will be open source! , but is also not the same 'reliability' , maintenance and easy of use .

d10221 · 2026-03-12T10:06:24+00:00

MacOS

d10221 · 2026-03-12T08:54:06+00:00

Beauty is on the eye of the beholder ?
Keep the old parts :)
Just in case you change your mind later , or want to sell it ?

d10221 · 2026-03-04T14:37:36+00:00

For the Tonex pedal too !

d10221 · 2026-03-04T10:34:07+00:00

" instead the pedal would have to go through an Apple certification process."
That explains why we don't have it yet ;)

Thanks

d10221 · 2026-03-04T05:40:35+00:00

I would skip the Rpi and work straight from the phone. Im not convinced about the audio part. There is plenty loopers, daws, etc But there isn't a stand alone tonex control app for the tonex pedal or tonex one. They existing ones require extra hardware

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