Re: Small tube amp/metal with pedals/room level...
For the clip I recorded, I only had the clean volume at about 2.5 and the hi gain volume at about 2 ... plenty of room for volume! You would not want to gig with only 1W, you'll run out of steam, but for playing at home it's great, because the limited wattage gives you a kind of natural compression that makes it easy to dial in high gain sounds with virtually no volume.