cole lewis
Experienced
Wondering what insight guys here have on something I've noticed a couple times watching videos on making IR's or showcasing them.
The usual approach is, mics, preamp, flat poweramp, do the IR capture process, done. A couple times I've noticed people using for example the seymour duncan powerstage poweramp EQ controls to either boost treble or sometimes cut a little mids, or both. Or sometimes parametric EQ's to do similar things. Is there any actual merit to this? The usual way to change sound obviously in this context is going to be changing mics, mic position or even the preamp choice before doing this. However it has been done.
My guess is it's an easy way to change something about a speaker you might not love. Too dark even with would usually be a super bright SM57 position, maybe you need a little presence boost. Too honky in the mids cut some out.
The usual approach is, mics, preamp, flat poweramp, do the IR capture process, done. A couple times I've noticed people using for example the seymour duncan powerstage poweramp EQ controls to either boost treble or sometimes cut a little mids, or both. Or sometimes parametric EQ's to do similar things. Is there any actual merit to this? The usual way to change sound obviously in this context is going to be changing mics, mic position or even the preamp choice before doing this. However it has been done.
My guess is it's an easy way to change something about a speaker you might not love. Too dark even with would usually be a super bright SM57 position, maybe you need a little presence boost. Too honky in the mids cut some out.