InsideOut
Power User
I'm not going to list all the features and functions because you can see all that on the L6 website. What I will say is, this is the most promising solution I've tried since I switched to modeling. I'm using the Powercab 112+ with the AX8.
I've always loved the immediacy and thump of a real guitar cab and the way it interacts with the guitar for easy feedback etc. For this reason, sometimes with the AX8, I use a poweramp and 1x12 cab with a V30 in it. The thing I don't like about it is, I'm stuck with a single speaker (not a big fan of V30 for Fender cleans etc) and it is not FR so my piezo equipped electric sounds like it has a blanket over it no matter how much I EQ it.
I also really like using a powered PA monitor because it is FR and I can use any cab IR I want, and my piezo sounds great. I convinced myself that the convenience was enough to compensate for it sounding like a mic'd cab and not a cab on the stage behind me.
Enter the Powercab 112+. It does both, and it does them remarkably well. I can load IR's into it and then create presets that can be selected by midi PC from the AX8. This removes the burden of cab block from the AX8 so it frees up a chunk of CPU. Also, since my AX8 preset can specify which Powercab preset is active (per scene), it means I can switch from any IR with high and low cut if wanted, to FRFR, or bypass the tweeter and use just the woofer, effortlessly. And since the woofer is a custom designed speaker from Eminence, it genuinely gives you the "in the room" feel - even with IR's.
I wish a youtube video could convey this, but it really is something you have to try because it's more of a feel and interaction difference than a sound difference. But it combines the best of using a speaker cab and powered PA monitor into one really well thought-out unit. I have never really been a fan of L6 amp modeling, but they really thought this powered speaker through and it puts a giant sh*t eatin grin on my face every time I crank it up.
I've always loved the immediacy and thump of a real guitar cab and the way it interacts with the guitar for easy feedback etc. For this reason, sometimes with the AX8, I use a poweramp and 1x12 cab with a V30 in it. The thing I don't like about it is, I'm stuck with a single speaker (not a big fan of V30 for Fender cleans etc) and it is not FR so my piezo equipped electric sounds like it has a blanket over it no matter how much I EQ it.
I also really like using a powered PA monitor because it is FR and I can use any cab IR I want, and my piezo sounds great. I convinced myself that the convenience was enough to compensate for it sounding like a mic'd cab and not a cab on the stage behind me.
Enter the Powercab 112+. It does both, and it does them remarkably well. I can load IR's into it and then create presets that can be selected by midi PC from the AX8. This removes the burden of cab block from the AX8 so it frees up a chunk of CPU. Also, since my AX8 preset can specify which Powercab preset is active (per scene), it means I can switch from any IR with high and low cut if wanted, to FRFR, or bypass the tweeter and use just the woofer, effortlessly. And since the woofer is a custom designed speaker from Eminence, it genuinely gives you the "in the room" feel - even with IR's.
I wish a youtube video could convey this, but it really is something you have to try because it's more of a feel and interaction difference than a sound difference. But it combines the best of using a speaker cab and powered PA monitor into one really well thought-out unit. I have never really been a fan of L6 amp modeling, but they really thought this powered speaker through and it puts a giant sh*t eatin grin on my face every time I crank it up.