groovenut
Power User
Ok so I did a capture with the Treble at noon (neutral), the Gain at 9 oclock and the Output at ~ a 3dB boost (this probably makes no difference in the tone but I wanted to make sure the settings are like most use it.) With the gain at 9 oclock there is no clipping to the signal but there is filtering going on below 500Hz and above 1.2KHz roughly. You can see this on the trailing (treble) side of the 1K sine wave in the second pic (click for bigger pic). The first pic is the unity gain bypassed signal.
I placed a cab block in an otherwise empty preset and captured a waveform of the frequency response of the Klon IR.
On the left side of this pick is the waveform of the 16Hz - 22KHz sweep test signal I used as a reference, on the right is the capture waveform after the Klon IR cab block
The frequencies go low to high from left to right. You can see the low and high frequency attenuation as leading and trailing tails on the waveform on the right.
Here's the FFT plot comparing the reference test signal and the post IR capture. You can see there is a definite low and high frequency rolloff as well as some boosting in the mids.
For the preset I chose the FET boost followed by the user cab IR, then into the ODS-100 Lead into Factory Cab 117 then a little reverb. I set up the user cab IR to have the same controller as the drive block so they bypass at the same time.
Anyway, all this scientific stuff aside here's how it sounds.
The first example in the recording is the preset without the FET Boost/Klon IR, the second is with the Boost/IR medium pick attack, the third is Boost/IR with heavier pick attack and the fourth is Boost/IR with lighter pick attack. I used a Les Paul with a JB bridge pickup.
By some standards this is a pretty subtle thing, but for some players that subtlety is everything. Give it a whirl, maybe it's just what the doctor ordered
I believe the user cab for the IR is #9 in the preset.
Maybe the Klon players can give it a try and leave some feedback as to if it does it's "thing" or not. This doesn't contain any "magic diodes" so it may not have the mojo needed
EDIT: I shot another IR of the Klon with the gain control off, Treble at noon and Output at about 3dB boost it is labeled Klon Clean IR for those interested. Compared to the Klon IR, the Klon Clean IR has no low mid hump (at ~600Hz) but the same high frequency rolloff. Try em both, use the one you like best!!
I placed a cab block in an otherwise empty preset and captured a waveform of the frequency response of the Klon IR.
On the left side of this pick is the waveform of the 16Hz - 22KHz sweep test signal I used as a reference, on the right is the capture waveform after the Klon IR cab block
The frequencies go low to high from left to right. You can see the low and high frequency attenuation as leading and trailing tails on the waveform on the right.
Here's the FFT plot comparing the reference test signal and the post IR capture. You can see there is a definite low and high frequency rolloff as well as some boosting in the mids.
For the preset I chose the FET boost followed by the user cab IR, then into the ODS-100 Lead into Factory Cab 117 then a little reverb. I set up the user cab IR to have the same controller as the drive block so they bypass at the same time.
Anyway, all this scientific stuff aside here's how it sounds.
The first example in the recording is the preset without the FET Boost/Klon IR, the second is with the Boost/IR medium pick attack, the third is Boost/IR with heavier pick attack and the fourth is Boost/IR with lighter pick attack. I used a Les Paul with a JB bridge pickup.
By some standards this is a pretty subtle thing, but for some players that subtlety is everything. Give it a whirl, maybe it's just what the doctor ordered
I believe the user cab for the IR is #9 in the preset.
Maybe the Klon players can give it a try and leave some feedback as to if it does it's "thing" or not. This doesn't contain any "magic diodes" so it may not have the mojo needed
EDIT: I shot another IR of the Klon with the gain control off, Treble at noon and Output at about 3dB boost it is labeled Klon Clean IR for those interested. Compared to the Klon IR, the Klon Clean IR has no low mid hump (at ~600Hz) but the same high frequency rolloff. Try em both, use the one you like best!!
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