I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with my band "Clark Kent Job" but were kind of a 90s Nu Metal/Grunge/Alternative type of band and we just released our new EP "Generation Y".
What we did with the guitars in the studio was something really special. We used four mics on a Mesa 4x12 Traditional/Stiletto cabinet (the smaller 4x12 cab that John Petrucci uses) and essentially created a 4 mic SM57-SM57-MD421-R121 ALLOY. All mics sound really good on their own and as an alloy it's probably some of my best work so I'm including both the single mics and the alloy which would be really hard to recreate without knowing the actual phase values for each mic.
At first I thought that these IRs would never be shared since we literally spent two days nailing that sound but then I started thinking about all the amazing stuff that this forum and you guys have given me so here's a free gift for you guys for being so awesome through-out all the years.
Download the EP with the IRs (also in .wav format!) here: https://db.tt/kFowgTqf
Here are two video examples of the guitar sound you should be able to get with these IRs:
First Time
Nympho
Here's a picture of the actual mic up from the studio. You can see that all speakers of this cabinet were used for this sound. Also you'll see a pair of headphones reversed for our lo-fi sounds for parts like the "First Time" intro.
If you want the exactly same guitar sound then I suggest you have a read here: http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-f...ts-fw18-mesa-mark-iv-john-petrucci-guide.html We used a real Mark IV for this recording with settings close to these but we lowered the bass knob to 0-2 depending on the song and we also changed the amount of drive depending on the riff and guitar being used.
Enjoy and remember to have fun! Feel free to share the word about these IRs (they're in .wav format so it's not Axe-Fx only) and obviously the "Clark Kent Job - Generation Y" EP while you're at it.
What we did with the guitars in the studio was something really special. We used four mics on a Mesa 4x12 Traditional/Stiletto cabinet (the smaller 4x12 cab that John Petrucci uses) and essentially created a 4 mic SM57-SM57-MD421-R121 ALLOY. All mics sound really good on their own and as an alloy it's probably some of my best work so I'm including both the single mics and the alloy which would be really hard to recreate without knowing the actual phase values for each mic.
At first I thought that these IRs would never be shared since we literally spent two days nailing that sound but then I started thinking about all the amazing stuff that this forum and you guys have given me so here's a free gift for you guys for being so awesome through-out all the years.
Download the EP with the IRs (also in .wav format!) here: https://db.tt/kFowgTqf
Here are two video examples of the guitar sound you should be able to get with these IRs:
First Time
Nympho
Here's a picture of the actual mic up from the studio. You can see that all speakers of this cabinet were used for this sound. Also you'll see a pair of headphones reversed for our lo-fi sounds for parts like the "First Time" intro.
If you want the exactly same guitar sound then I suggest you have a read here: http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-f...ts-fw18-mesa-mark-iv-john-petrucci-guide.html We used a real Mark IV for this recording with settings close to these but we lowered the bass knob to 0-2 depending on the song and we also changed the amount of drive depending on the riff and guitar being used.
Enjoy and remember to have fun! Feel free to share the word about these IRs (they're in .wav format so it's not Axe-Fx only) and obviously the "Clark Kent Job - Generation Y" EP while you're at it.