peavey 5150 into daw

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i was looking about on the forum and found some things on how to record my 5150 straight into my mbox 2 but i am a bit confused with it all. I was goin to buy a 1x12 cab and connect that and come out the fx send, but i have the chance to buy a Emerson William's Bluestone Pro and was wondering if that was a better idea?
 
I was curious about this "Emerson William's Bluestone Pro" you mentioned, googled it and was redirected to sevenstring.org. Regardless, it sounds like a speaker simulator.

Let's get some questions answered:

Do you have the 5150 combo or head? I'm assuming head since you said you're going to buy a 1x12, but I don't see how you would use your head if you didn't already have a cabinet...

If you have either, just make sure it's connected to a speaker of some sort, turn the POST GAIN all the way down and use the PREAMP OUT or EFFECTS SEND and use either to send your signal into your M-BOX. Make sure the signal doesn't clip. Use a speaker simulator such as voxengo boogex (which is free) and bypass the amp simulator in it.

You could also buy a Hughes and Kettner Red-Box and send the aforementioned signal to that and run it into your DAW.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--HUKRBCLASSIC

-Greg
 
yeah your right man its the 5150 head i have, well just bought. I have not got a cab cause i live in a flat and need to keep the noise as low as i can, do you think running it through a 1x12 cab would quiet? cheers for the info man thats cleared alot up for me, so as long as i have the 1x12 connected i can run it through the mbox without a problem?
 
Yes you can go to the mbox as long as the 1x12 is connected. What you need to be aware of is that your post gain is going to be nearly all the way down (if you want to record quietly), so you'll be losing a lot of that power tube distortion.

My recommendation is ditch the zero, go with the hero: buy the 1x12 and delete your amp sims. You can get a decent tone at low volumes with good micing and a little imagination.
 
so what sorta 1x12 would i buy? i am not wanting to spend alot lol i am to cheap, so is the sound going to be a lot different going through the 1x12 as apposed to impulses?
 
My recommendation is ditch the zero, go with the hero: buy the 1x12 and delete your amp sims. You can get a decent tone at low volumes with good micing and a little imagination.

+1

http://www.avatarspeakers.com/

Go to the tab guitar cabinets, then traditional, go down to the 1x12 cube. Get one of those suckers with a Hellatone 60 (A broken in Vintage 30) and you're set. (I would recommend 8 OHMS and make sure to never turn your volume past three so you don't blow the speaker).

-Greg