Studio Monitor Choices

[László]

Beautiful room Laszlo! I would have regained respect from my wife and dogs if mine were that clean. Your mixes sounded really good.

I’m honored that you like the mixes!

On the clean thing I am so OCD that anything out of place or that needs cleaning distracts me, and I can’t get creative. I’m not saying this is a good thing! I freely admit it’s a bit crazy.

Once my wife came into the room as I was straightening up after a session; it was pretty late. She looked around and finally said, “It’s a lot of work being you!”

 

[Someoldqueenorother]

On paper the JC-40 was KILLER. In reality the hiss was so annoying. The clean tone with the chorus and reverb was amazing. Probably not the same as a good vintage JC-120 but still really good.

I wish they just some damn thought and effort into it. Make a real fully analog Jazz Chorus that fixes the amp issues. It shouldn't be that expensive right? Just a good tank reverb, a CE-1 circuit, etc.

Lazy execution. For me, I won't go down that pathway now as using the Amalgam JC captures with Tonex is more than good enough through monitors.

 

[Someoldqueenorother]

That's a shame . I was considering buying a JC-40. I love a good Jazz Chorus amp. I played through many older JC-120s and have a late '80s JC-77. I really like the older analog ones, those always delivered the goods.

Never tried a JC-40 before yet. Is the noise and hiss there on all settings or just when you use the onboard or outboard digital effects? Also if either of you have played a JC-22, is the noise and hiss there on the JC-22 as well?

The JC-40 really was a disappointment. Now I'm playing with an HXFX going into Tonex SE and using left and right JC-120 captures from Amalgam. In the future I'm going to drop a Fractal VP4 into the equation with a pair of Tonex Ones.

 

[Jarick]

Lazy execution. For me, I won't go down that pathway now as using the Amalgam JC captures with Tonex is more than good enough through monitors.

I did find that most of the modelers can get a pretty good JC without much effort. I really liked the physical layout though, that would have been ideal as a plug and play amp.

 

[Someoldqueenorother]

I did find that most of the modelers can get a pretty good JC without much effort. I really liked the physical layout though, that would have been ideal as a plug and play amp.

I'm totally the other way. Even Fractal up to the Axe FX II didn't grab me. When I got the Amalgam captures and dropped them into the DAW (playing with headphones through the audio interface), it took me right back to getting my first JC-120 back in the 00's. I'd bought it on a whim because it was on Ebay for £150 delivered. It turned up wrapped in brown paper. It was a bit battered but everything powered up. The first thing I played on that was The Queen is Dead by the Smiths, chorus on, and it was glorious. I remember playing with a huge smile and went through most of the album.

Loading the Amalgam captures into Gig Performer and putting Audiority's Chief Chorus on the right hand capture brought out that same smile.

 

[PatF]

I ordered Kali IN-8, they sent me LP-8 v2. They are excellent. Meaty clear low end. Acceptable standard amount of hiss. Can't wait to get the right ones.