This could be a really dumb question but as I was rolling thru presets and trying out different cabs, I noticed that there are a bunch of presets that do not use Mic IRs.
I know this is all subjective because if it sounds good it is good but technically does a cab IR actually contain the response of the mic it was captured with already baked in? And would selecting a Mic IR to be used in conjunction with those cab IRs create something inaccurate? Ie. using a 212 V30 cab IR captured with an SM57 and then selecting a royer 121 as the Mic IR.
What exactly would that combination give you? The sound of v30 cab recorded with an SM57 then recorded with a Royer or just the V30 recorded with the Royer 121(no Sm57 at all)
And in either case do people prefer on method over another? Hopefully that makes sense.
I know this is all subjective because if it sounds good it is good but technically does a cab IR actually contain the response of the mic it was captured with already baked in? And would selecting a Mic IR to be used in conjunction with those cab IRs create something inaccurate? Ie. using a 212 V30 cab IR captured with an SM57 and then selecting a royer 121 as the Mic IR.
What exactly would that combination give you? The sound of v30 cab recorded with an SM57 then recorded with a Royer or just the V30 recorded with the Royer 121(no Sm57 at all)
And in either case do people prefer on method over another? Hopefully that makes sense.