I finally updated to FW17 today and played around with the FullRes IRs from York Audio. I loaded up the Engl Savage 2, made my usual tweaks, then loaded up the YA Recto Room FullRes IRs. My first reaction was, "Well this is underwhelming." I've become very accustomed to the close-mic'd sound of your typical IR. I
like that sound. These IRs sounded distant and dull, and I didn't like them.
Then I remembered a comment from Cliff (I'm pretty sure it was Cliff) that these work well when blended with close-mic'd IRs. I brought up another IR Player block, put the two in parallel, pulled my favorite YA Trad 412 IR in one, dropped the volume on the FullRes Room IRs to -18dB each in the other, and there it was. Just that extra bit of space was quite nice.
Then I made scenes for the AC20 12AX7 Treble and BE100 V2 with the Vox 212 and Greenback 412 YA FullRes IRs, respectively, using a similar balance. I think these worked better. Off the bat, I'm liking the FullRes stuff with no-, low-, and mid-gain tones more than I am with high-gain tones.
It may just be my room, as I just reorganized my whole space, but I also find the FullRes IRs to be a bit woofy. The high-gain tones
definitely needed the Andy Sneap MBC trick, and the AC20 and BE100 tones benefited from it as well.
All told, I think this is a pretty cool technology that will require a bit more digging on my part to find my likings. Great job,
@FractalAudio.