Although I've spent most of my time with IRs of cabs with EVM-12Ls in them, as opposed to other drivers, I always find that for overdriven sounds, in order for it to not sound like ass, I have to use more hi-cut than I do for my clean tones using the same IRs.
Yet, when I use a power amp + cab rig with real 12L-loaded cabs, the same cab works great for both cleans and overdriven tones.
What is it about the way that audio is processed via an IR within the Cab Block that would cause this?
My goal, since getting an Ultra back in '09 and then my II in 2011 (I believe), has been to have one IR in one Global Cab Block instance that I can use across all my Presets.
These Presets are mainly tailored to my power amp + cabs rig.
The goal is to get a near identical sound via the Cab Block for FOH and/or recording.
But no matter what I do, no matter what IR I use, I always need different EQ in the Cab Block on my cleans vs my overdriven tones.
Why should this be so?
Do the rest of you, with whatever IR you like to use of whatever drivers, find you have to do the same?
All I can think of is the fact that 12Ls tend to let a bit more top end sibilance come through than most other guitar-priented drivers.
But there's never too much fizz on my gainy tones and my cleans can sparkle if I need them to when I use real 12Ls.
Why that doesn't map well onto an IR of a 12L I just don't get.
E.g.
I've got a decent sounding OH EV-Thiele IR that I'm using mostly nowadays.
With my EMG-SA equipped Strat through a bight hyper-clean tone (Doubleverb-based) I have to run the Cab Block's hi-cut almost wide-open (or around the 10k mark) in order to get anything like the bright tone I hear from my real EVs through my CLR.
But using that same IR with an overdriven tone (USA Lead-based) I need to lower the hi-cut to at least 6k or even lower, sometimes as low as 3500hz in order to get anything worth listening to.
I find it very perplexing.
Yet, when I use a power amp + cab rig with real 12L-loaded cabs, the same cab works great for both cleans and overdriven tones.
What is it about the way that audio is processed via an IR within the Cab Block that would cause this?
My goal, since getting an Ultra back in '09 and then my II in 2011 (I believe), has been to have one IR in one Global Cab Block instance that I can use across all my Presets.
These Presets are mainly tailored to my power amp + cabs rig.
The goal is to get a near identical sound via the Cab Block for FOH and/or recording.
But no matter what I do, no matter what IR I use, I always need different EQ in the Cab Block on my cleans vs my overdriven tones.
Why should this be so?
Do the rest of you, with whatever IR you like to use of whatever drivers, find you have to do the same?
All I can think of is the fact that 12Ls tend to let a bit more top end sibilance come through than most other guitar-priented drivers.
But there's never too much fizz on my gainy tones and my cleans can sparkle if I need them to when I use real 12Ls.
Why that doesn't map well onto an IR of a 12L I just don't get.
E.g.
I've got a decent sounding OH EV-Thiele IR that I'm using mostly nowadays.
With my EMG-SA equipped Strat through a bight hyper-clean tone (Doubleverb-based) I have to run the Cab Block's hi-cut almost wide-open (or around the 10k mark) in order to get anything like the bright tone I hear from my real EVs through my CLR.
But using that same IR with an overdriven tone (USA Lead-based) I need to lower the hi-cut to at least 6k or even lower, sometimes as low as 3500hz in order to get anything worth listening to.
I find it very perplexing.