Have been playing with IRs a good bit now, have RedWirez big box.
It's been well documented in other forum posts, but have found usually a combination of a Royer 121 and SM 57 works for me 80% of the time. I use a stereo cab, with the Royer at 1" for either at the Cap, or at Cap Off-Axis, then use a SM57 at 1" Cap Edge off Axis or the Cone.
I find that for Marshall or Freidman HBE sounds the SM 57 1" on the Cone smoothes out (little darker) things with the Royer at 1" on Cap Edge, and makes the sound more three dimensional. I sometimes pull 1 Db out of the Royer 121 if am near clipping.
I am NOT "mixing" cabs together in to new custom cabs. With the controls in the AXE II, I don't think its necessary to do the extra step to get an "amp in the room" sound via mixes and more, Fractal really gave us great options to get there in the new Cab section extras, plus using ambient reverb.
Oddly enough, after doing some experimenting (and continuing too) am finding better results using RAW Red Wirez IRs from Big Box than the Redwirez or Ownhammer cabs that come stock in the AXE FX II.
True, you can use those 3rd party IRs that come stock in AXE II with the stock mics, but I find there is something in these "neutral" IRs that I just don't cotton too personally. For me, I hear too much "paper" in those, hard to articulate really, but it's there (some people really like that, and it is a "good" thing for old Fender amp cabs).
The OLD IRs (Fractal IRs) work fine and indeed I love the Greenbacks and German ones plus the rest.
It's really to everyone's taste, but you have a frustration with a preset and are using the 'stock" 3rd party IRs and can try some other cab formulas, maybe like me you'll be pleased with the results. Just thought I'd share this as a point of view that may be useful to someone someday.
It's been well documented in other forum posts, but have found usually a combination of a Royer 121 and SM 57 works for me 80% of the time. I use a stereo cab, with the Royer at 1" for either at the Cap, or at Cap Off-Axis, then use a SM57 at 1" Cap Edge off Axis or the Cone.
I find that for Marshall or Freidman HBE sounds the SM 57 1" on the Cone smoothes out (little darker) things with the Royer at 1" on Cap Edge, and makes the sound more three dimensional. I sometimes pull 1 Db out of the Royer 121 if am near clipping.
I am NOT "mixing" cabs together in to new custom cabs. With the controls in the AXE II, I don't think its necessary to do the extra step to get an "amp in the room" sound via mixes and more, Fractal really gave us great options to get there in the new Cab section extras, plus using ambient reverb.
Oddly enough, after doing some experimenting (and continuing too) am finding better results using RAW Red Wirez IRs from Big Box than the Redwirez or Ownhammer cabs that come stock in the AXE FX II.
True, you can use those 3rd party IRs that come stock in AXE II with the stock mics, but I find there is something in these "neutral" IRs that I just don't cotton too personally. For me, I hear too much "paper" in those, hard to articulate really, but it's there (some people really like that, and it is a "good" thing for old Fender amp cabs).
The OLD IRs (Fractal IRs) work fine and indeed I love the Greenbacks and German ones plus the rest.
It's really to everyone's taste, but you have a frustration with a preset and are using the 'stock" 3rd party IRs and can try some other cab formulas, maybe like me you'll be pleased with the results. Just thought I'd share this as a point of view that may be useful to someone someday.
