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Axe-Master
Some IR’s manufacturers say that their product is “Based on xxx loaded with yyy”. Are they selling real captures of the actual cabinet and speaker, or just mimic EQ curves?
IR’s are just complex EQ curves that could be created “based” on what they think it should be, or mixing and retouching other existing IR's, not on the actual capture.
There are also IR’s available for different microphones and preamp consoles, so you can just work all the combinations without actually owning the expensive equipment.
Furthermore, I am wondering why some manufactures do not expose any picture of the beautiful cabs, mikes, preamps and the studio they are using for their captures. They have great demos and elaborated web-sites, but not a single picture of the equipment on which their IR”s are “based”.
Are we victims of an explosion of IR fever? Should we trust only the ones that expose porn pics of the real gear?
IR’s are just complex EQ curves that could be created “based” on what they think it should be, or mixing and retouching other existing IR's, not on the actual capture.
There are also IR’s available for different microphones and preamp consoles, so you can just work all the combinations without actually owning the expensive equipment.
Furthermore, I am wondering why some manufactures do not expose any picture of the beautiful cabs, mikes, preamps and the studio they are using for their captures. They have great demos and elaborated web-sites, but not a single picture of the equipment on which their IR”s are “based”.
Are we victims of an explosion of IR fever? Should we trust only the ones that expose porn pics of the real gear?
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