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Cab Impulse Response Megathread

#441
ThisYouCanTrust said:
Sure, the mic distance is basically your wet/dry setting when recording an instrument in a room.
What I meant was that I never succeeded to capture (or find/buy from a 3rd party) an IR which would replicate that correctly, it never sounded as good.
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That's unfortunate.
IR is short hand for "Convolution Reverb Impulse Response" and they got their start will room reverbs, halls, theaters, cathedrals, ...
I know I have plenty or IRs for rooms. Some software makers like IK Multimedia add room mics along with the cabinet. IK's are proprietary format though and only dynamically with with their products.
 
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I should know, having implemented partitioned convolutions in software in the 90s :)

That still doesn't change what I said, is it possible to do cab and room (and mic of course) in a single IR of course, is it better sounding than to address it in two separate steps, not in my experience.
 
#443
ThisYouCanTrust said:
Sure, the mic distance is basically your wet/dry setting when recording an instrument in a room.
What I meant was that I never succeeded to capture (or find/buy from a 3rd party) an IR which would replicate that correctly, it never sounded as good.
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Yes. But distance mic'ing is useful for capturing the tone of the cabinet, regardless of the room artifacts. A 20msec IR of a cabinet at 6 ft. will sound tonally different than the close mic IR, and if more of the room reflection/reverb is desired, one would need to have an IR that is significantly long enough to capture that ambience. I guess my main point is that distance IR bass cab captures of any length are seemingly in short supply, and they can be very helpful as a primary IR or as a blend. No doubt, it's hard to replicate or match the sound of a distance mic'd cabinet in a nice sounding room.
 
#444
jimfist said:
Yes. But distance mic'ing is useful for capturing the tone of the cabinet, regardless of the room artifacts. A 20msec IR of a cabinet at 6 ft. will sound tonally different than the close mic IR, and if more of the room reflection/reverb is desired, one would need to have an IR that is significantly long enough to capture that ambience. I guess my main point is that distance IR bass cab captures of any length are seemingly in short supply, and they can be very helpful as a primary IR or as a blend. No doubt, it's hard to replicate or match the sound of a distance mic'd cabinet in a nice sounding room.
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Yup, totally agree.
I suppose to make my point clear a video in the studio with a screencast of the daw would be required, but that's not gonna happen :)
 
#445
jcburn said:
I'm still Jonesing for some kind of Ashdown ABM 10 inch IR (410/610/810). I realise most don't think of Ashdown cabs as "classic", but I find their live tone to be balanced, not hyped low end, no mid scoop, and nice (if slightly tamed) highs. I really like these cabs (the 610 and 810 are sealed and tweeterless and sound grand).
I'm still really digging this thread. I think my next journey with Dr. Bonkers will be around the Aggie 810 and 412.
My favourite IRs are still the Redwirez DB115 and the Shiftline Sunn 215 i think as simply plug and play with no extra EQ needed.
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Not sure if you had seen this: Ashdown Introduces Virtual Cabinets with Two Notes Audio

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Zoot H Rollo said:
I just bought Nembrini's PSA1000/1000jr saturation vst (sale).

I paired it with the Ignite TPA-1 power amp sim and followed it with the Two Note Ashdown Cabs.

VERY NICE!

sorry i missed the sale, but will probably spring for the Ashdown pack this week.
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I love everything Nembrini. Especially Blackice Beta Gamma Bass Amp which is a Darkglass emulation if you're into clankier tones geared towards metal. My only gripe is I wish it had left and right arrows to cycle through custom impulse responses easier.

Like NeuralDSP Darkglass Ultra which I also love but my gripe with that is the IR selector window is too small and doesn't display the IR name entirely so I often don't know which mic position I'm choosing. Feels like such a simple fix for both plugins.
 
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So I started to dabble in the world of IRs and IR loading devices to try to emulate playing through a cab when either practicing in headphones or playing ampless gigs. I will admit originally I got some great tones with Shiftline and Redwirez cab IRs, but I always felt that the tone I was hearing in headphones had hyped lows and muffled highs, and overall even though the tones sounded good it felt to me like the "blanket over the speakers" syndrome.

So recently I purchased a LP/HP Filter unit and I'll be honest - to my ears now when practicing in headphones directly from my pedal board I'm a lot happier with the tones I hear. I can filter below roughly 40hz and above 4.5khz and everything else sounds a lot more natural. Fuller, punchier - bright without being harsh (even with mild overdrive).

For recording direct I still think cab IRs are better, but for general ampless gigs and headphone practice the HP/LP approach is a better result.

I just found this interesting.
 
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jcburn said:
So I started to dabble in the world of IRs and IR loading devices to try to emulate playing through a cab when either practicing in headphones or playing ampless gigs. I will admit originally I got some great tones with Shiftline and Redwirez cab IRs, but I always felt that the tone I was hearing in headphones had hyped lows and muffled highs, and overall even though the tones sounded good it felt to me like the "blanket over the speakers" syndrome.

So recently I purchased a LP/HP Filter unit and I'll be honest - to my ears now when practicing in headphones directly from my pedal board I'm a lot happier with the tones I hear. I can filter below roughly 40hz and above 4.5khz and everything else sounds a lot more natural. Fuller, punchier - bright without being harsh (even with mild overdrive).

For recording direct I still think cab IRs are better, but for general ampless gigs and headphone practice the HP/LP approach is a better result.

I just found this interesting.
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is that a hardware LP/HP Filter unit?
 
#459
OldogNewTrick said:
Oh boy, I am going to spent money !!!

Bergantino Cabinets Impulse Responses

Bergantino Cabinets Impulse Responses | Celestion Digital
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I've got to hand it to Bergantino A great job. A company that can take a speaker, design a cab, then have the pride to actually produce an IR set of the cabs. The IRs can help show the differences of Berg cabs compared others. If you want to hear, play, and record a Berg cab you can buy a certified IR. If you like it enough to be your primary sound you can always buy the cab. A Smart move in these modern times!
 
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