r/ampmodeling

I’ve been using amplitube for quite some time now and I really enjoy it. There’s so many presets that sound exactly like songs I wanna cover.

Ive just recently started playing with other people and I’m getting my first band started. During jam sessions im plugging my guitar through my interface which goes into my MacBook and then into an amp. Probably not very good for the amp it kinda sounds like it might explode every now and then.

What kind of gear do I need to actually play go out and gig. I’d feel like most venues will have monitors I can plug my guitar into, but I’d feel like it would look odd to walk to my MacBook mid gig to change my tone and also how would I work around switching from a clean tone to distortion mid song?

All in all I’m asking what kind of gear I need to effectively jam with other people and start to play small local gigs.

Any help is useful for a young inexperienced musician. Thank you all