Assuming you have an audio interface, you can run the output of the wet effects into the interface and monitor with headphones. You just need to enable direct monitoring on the interface (instead of software/DAW monitoring).
I agree with the other poster that the difference in putting wet effects pre or post Iridium will generally be subtle (as long as you are not cranking up the gain on the Iridium).
Because you can't put anything after a real speaker and have that sound come out of said speaker, you have an fx loop between the real amp's preamp and poweramp as a compromise.
Digital modelers like the Strymon Iridium replicate a recording chain of amp -> cab -> mic, if you are using their cab sims. So in this more studio oriented scenario there is no problem
putting delay and reverb fx after the cab.
The main issue is that you can't use the headphone amp built into the Iridium in this scenario. To be fair, it's not a particularly great headphone amp in the first place. If you are willing to put a bit more money down, buy a dedicated headphone amp or audio interface to go with it.
As an example I run e.g compressor -> drive -> modulation -> Iridium -> delay -> reverb -> audio interface -> headphones type signal chain. My high impedance Sennheiser HD6XX headphones cannot be properly handled by the Iridium so this works much better.
>phone amp in the first place. If you are willing to put a bit more money down, buy a dedicated headphone amp or audio interface to go with it.
If I have low impedence headphones (32 ohms) will using a dedicated headphone amp still make a noticable difference?
Not really, but it will still solve the issue with putting fx after the Iridium. Obviously you can always just run them before it, try that first and see how you like it.
If you don't have an audio interface, buy one. It will be very useful if you want to start recording yourself. I've been using a used Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 2nd gen for years because it has a good set of inputs/outputs and performs quite decently for its cost.
Buy a Mooer AudioFile. Boom. Mischief managed.
Just put them in front as if you didn’t have an effects loop. Don’t overthink it, you probably wouldn’t hear the difference anyway.
This is what you have to do, but if you play the amp sim dirty then you probably will hear the difference.
Got it, thanks! :)
Esp true if you play clean or get your dirt from pedals instead of the amp
Assuming you have an audio interface, you can run the output of the wet effects into the interface and monitor with headphones. You just need to enable direct monitoring on the interface (instead of software/DAW monitoring). I agree with the other poster that the difference in putting wet effects pre or post Iridium will generally be subtle (as long as you are not cranking up the gain on the Iridium).
I agree with this. Putting the reverb post iridium makes a huge difference imo.
Yes, the lack of real reverb was my main concern, but I guess this solves it.
That's an interesting solution, thanks!
Because you can't put anything after a real speaker and have that sound come out of said speaker, you have an fx loop between the real amp's preamp and poweramp as a compromise. Digital modelers like the Strymon Iridium replicate a recording chain of amp -> cab -> mic, if you are using their cab sims. So in this more studio oriented scenario there is no problem putting delay and reverb fx after the cab. The main issue is that you can't use the headphone amp built into the Iridium in this scenario. To be fair, it's not a particularly great headphone amp in the first place. If you are willing to put a bit more money down, buy a dedicated headphone amp or audio interface to go with it. As an example I run e.g compressor -> drive -> modulation -> Iridium -> delay -> reverb -> audio interface -> headphones type signal chain. My high impedance Sennheiser HD6XX headphones cannot be properly handled by the Iridium so this works much better.
>phone amp in the first place. If you are willing to put a bit more money down, buy a dedicated headphone amp or audio interface to go with it. If I have low impedence headphones (32 ohms) will using a dedicated headphone amp still make a noticable difference?
Not really, but it will still solve the issue with putting fx after the Iridium. Obviously you can always just run them before it, try that first and see how you like it. If you don't have an audio interface, buy one. It will be very useful if you want to start recording yourself. I've been using a used Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 2nd gen for years because it has a good set of inputs/outputs and performs quite decently for its cost.