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9 hour speaker/cab break in tone

Hello Talk Bass members!

So I've made a speaker break in tone specifically for guitar speakers and thought I'd share it in communities that could find it useful. It's a 9 hour loop of a frequency range from 30 to 80 Hz. I chose to use a sweep instead of a single frequency because this way I think the speakers' spider and surround would break in more evenly, across all the bass frequencies. I know there are mixed opinions about the effect of break in for new speakers and in general I personally believe there are benefits. So for those like me, here's an easy and effective way to do it without making too much noise (other than a low freq rumble in case the driver is mounted in the enclosure).

Feel free to try it out. I might be subjective but I think it's one of the better break in tones out there :D I've also exported the video in a higher quality to keep the audio signal clean so hopefully the Youtube processing kept it that way. Make sure to read the video description for more info and general safety recommendations. Hopefully some of you will find this useful because it took about 6 hours to render and another 12 to upload :)

Here's the link:
 
I use this stuff...it saves a ton of time, and I don't have to listen to the swept tone. :D
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