Hello everyone
Long time lurker first time poster here.
I am a proud owner of a Kemper head for the last year and a half but being abroad most of the time I've rarely ever had the chance to use it and only through headphones.
Coming back to the UK for good soon though I thought I'd ask a couple of question concerning my rig and how to set it up.
I will be using the Kemper for practice/home use and recording with a pair of HS8 monitors and a focusrite 18i20 to an iMac.
After doing some reading on these forums I see that connecting with the focusrite via spdif is the way to go esp for reamping so I intend to do that.
So on with the questions:
1. Given that the focusrite has its own power supply am I correct in assuming I should be able to get sound from the kemper through the monitors even if my computer is not turned on?
2. Would I need another connection other than the spdif one for that to happen?As in have the spdif cables for use with the computer and recording and for solo use of the kemper connect to the focusrite via xlr or 1/4 inputs?Or just connecting via spdif would be enough to cover both functions?
3. Would it make any difference to the quality of the sound if I connect the focusrite to the monitors via trs cable or trs to xlr as the focusrite outputs are 1/4 trs.
Thanks in advance and my apologies if my questions are a bit silly,I'm only getting started with all this technology malarky, was strictly a tube person until I got my Kemper.