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I've been trying to learn better use of the amp block spkr page.
What procedure is used to match a real speaker in a cab?
Do you change both the LF resonant frequency and level? And is it done by ear or with test instruments?
Sorry for asking again but by mixing in the console does it meen that you cut the Lows and the Highs in the mix?The only things that were tweaked in the patches were drive, bass, mid, treble, (and, where applicable, presence, depth and MV) and speaker LF Resonance (to match the speaker used). To "match the real deal" we set the controls the same as the amp. That was the whole point of the exercise. No advanced parameters were used.
The IRs were captured using the Axe-Fx. Nothing special was done. I think we used a mix of an R121 and an SM57 but it might have been a KSM313 instead of the R121 (I personally prefer the KSM313 but can't remember if I got my way). We placed the mics on the speaker, moved them around a bit and then mixed them at the console. The preamp was the usual API that we always use.
The one thing different about the IR capture is that we mixed at the console. For some reason this can sometimes result in really good IRs. The infamous "Factory 103" IR was mixed at the console. IIRC that was at least four mics that we mixed at the console. Mathematically you should be able to get the same results by mixing individual IRs in Cab-Lab but I've never really experimented with it much. I think part of it is the slight phase difference that gets lost because the individual IRs are minimum-phase transformed (but you should be able to replicate this by adding a little delay to one or more IRs).
Use Axe Edit. Select an empty preset slot! Press the import button and choose the preset file you wish to import! Then, you can listen to it and edit it as you wish! If you don't have any free preset slot, any preset you import won't erase the one that was there before unless you save it!
Me too! :0)
Thank you so much. I've loved my fractal gear from the first week I got it. My mind was turning. Two weeks later I had to fly to Japan and do a dream gig one off and I didn't know the ultra that well so I didn't take it .. the minute I got there and plugged in I regretted not having my ultra.. I said never again! :0). I either have my AXe fx II or AX8. Unless it's a one song blues jam at some club where it's too crazy to set up. But even then I've taken my AX8 and used it as a regular pedalboard into the front of a guitar amp. :0)
I figured that might be the case Larry. Thanks for the response. Have a good run at NAMM this weekend..
