Piing
Axe-Master
Back in 2013 @Singtall had the great idea of creating a Guitar Vault to share pickups tonematching.
Now there is a small box from SIM1 named XT-1 that can profile guitars. According to the XT-1 user manual, the profiling procedure is similar to the Axe-FX Tone Match. I don't know if they use exactly the same technology, but the results from the Axe-FX are very good.
First you have to apply the "Learning Procedure" to your guitar (source guitar) by playing an ascending chromatic scale of 36 notes from E (6th open string). 6 notes per string. 2 seconds per note.
The XT-1 will then model the different profiles around your source guitar. It also offers the possibility to profile your guitars and share them with the user's community.
I have found that this method provides better results than playing random chords and scales. I would like to propose that we create a vault with our guitars, following this methodology as a standard:
At the TMA, use the profiled WAVs as Reference, and your source guitar as Local
I have started with some of my guitars. Vault available here: https://mega.nz/file/lnJ2hbzA#NpNb36Ryy81qUz9SlOOZh55kxMyS5wJqI4ABLm3CnRQ
Tone Matching Tips:
Some notes from Cliff on Tone Matching guitars: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/acoustic-simulator-block.139916/post-1659797
I get better results playing exactly the same at the two guitars. I find the SIM1 XT-1 methodology very convenient for that purpose.
Now there is a small box from SIM1 named XT-1 that can profile guitars. According to the XT-1 user manual, the profiling procedure is similar to the Axe-FX Tone Match. I don't know if they use exactly the same technology, but the results from the Axe-FX are very good.
First you have to apply the "Learning Procedure" to your guitar (source guitar) by playing an ascending chromatic scale of 36 notes from E (6th open string). 6 notes per string. 2 seconds per note.
The XT-1 will then model the different profiles around your source guitar. It also offers the possibility to profile your guitars and share them with the user's community.
I have found that this method provides better results than playing random chords and scales. I would like to propose that we create a vault with our guitars, following this methodology as a standard:
- Create a DAW project with the metronome set at 60 bmp and tempo 2/4
- Record a guitar track for each pickup using the Axe-FX III USB Instr Input (dry signal)
- Use the above procedure: 36 notes chromatic scale starting at 6th open string.
- Record with the metronome. One measure (2 seconds) per note
- Export the individual DAW tracks to 48kHz WAV files
- Name the files as [GuitarName - PickupPosition - PickupType.wav]
At the TMA, use the profiled WAVs as Reference, and your source guitar as Local
I have started with some of my guitars. Vault available here: https://mega.nz/file/lnJ2hbzA#NpNb36Ryy81qUz9SlOOZh55kxMyS5wJqI4ABLm3CnRQ
Tone Matching Tips:
- I get good results with smoothing between 80% and 85%
- I have to increase TMA level around +8dB to match the level with the source
- Doing A/B comparisons between the guitars (using the looper for the matched guitar) I find that I have to insert a PEQ after the TMA. e.g.: LO Shelving +4dB@400HZ, Hi Block -3dB@3kHz (depending on each individual case)
Some notes from Cliff on Tone Matching guitars: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/acoustic-simulator-block.139916/post-1659797
I get better results playing exactly the same at the two guitars. I find the SIM1 XT-1 methodology very convenient for that purpose.
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