stereotactic
Experienced
Hello, I’m new to IRs, so pardon any ignorance. Previously, I had the most neutral speakers/amps I could find as I use a good amount of signal processing with harmonizer, delay, reverb, etc and want as much detail as I can get. I had custom cabinets built and tuned around EV12Ls so I am unfamiliar with the nuances of lower wattage speaker breakup, compression and frequency responses. EV12Ls are PA speakers and meant to be accurate in their reproduction, given the limits of a single 12” transducer. The Axe affords us the liberty of an entire studio signal chain starting with a mic’d speaker. I’ve spent plenty of time in recording studios and know a few things about mics, but I am not an engineer and so need to know more to get good results:
1) Which actual speaker model has both the widest frequency range and most pleasing breakup characteristics? I ask as a 7 string player of mostly instrumental music looking for the biggest, fullest tone I can get as a starting point.
2) The Axe 3 has 4 IR slots in the cab block, and in the interest of achieving the fullest tone, how many IRS do most of you high gain players tend to use per preset? I’m aware that cancellation potential increases as you add mics, so how many of you use more than two IRs at a time and how do you deal with cancellation issues?
Thanks!
1) Which actual speaker model has both the widest frequency range and most pleasing breakup characteristics? I ask as a 7 string player of mostly instrumental music looking for the biggest, fullest tone I can get as a starting point.
2) The Axe 3 has 4 IR slots in the cab block, and in the interest of achieving the fullest tone, how many IRS do most of you high gain players tend to use per preset? I’m aware that cancellation potential increases as you add mics, so how many of you use more than two IRs at a time and how do you deal with cancellation issues?
Thanks!