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Experienced
I spent some time experimenting with capturing IR's. I used the Scumback M75, one of my favorites using my TG2 preamp only and SM57 on 3 different placements and then I did 3 with my Royer 121 ribbon mic.
Since I usually use both I loaded the IR with the 57 on one cab block and the one with the Royer 121 on a second cab block. To my ears my IR's sounded better than the stock IR's and many that I have from OwnHammer and Red Wirez.
The sound was fuller and the low end was nice and tight. I was never crazy about IR's and rarely used them, but the ones I captured felt like 98% of what I'm really used to hearing coming out of my monitors when I'm recording guitars( I use Dynaudio BM6a, with the BM9S sub)
I took the experiment even further and ran my TG2 through my SSL X Rack loaded with 2 SSL eq's, 2 SSL compressors and 2 line input modules and plugged my 2 of my TG2 preamps (each TG2 has 2 preamps each)into the SSL input inserts and took the output of the SSL rack mix buss and plugged it into the Axe Fx so I can blend a total of 4 channels. I placed 4 SM57 on each speaker of a Marshall cab with 4 different models of Scumback speakers. To make sure the mic were all in phase I recorded my guitar just playing a staccato note, so I can zero in on the waveform of each mic and moved the mic's until they were perfectly align.
Once I checked that there was no phase issues I blended all the mic's so they were all at the same level. I adjusted my output going into the Axe Fx with the main mix buss output to the appropriate levels and captured an IR.
The result was even more impressive, especially when I blended the combo IR with one with the Royer 121 mic using a second cab block.
I also did some different ones using my API 2500 compressor and my SSL eq and compressors in my main buss inserts.
I'll post the IR's I made with the M75 and see if anyone likes them. I really like the way it sounds but I have my own taste as far guitar sound.
As soon as I can test them by reloading them into my Axe Fx to make sure they work, I'll post them.
Sorry about the long and boring explanation of my process!
Since I usually use both I loaded the IR with the 57 on one cab block and the one with the Royer 121 on a second cab block. To my ears my IR's sounded better than the stock IR's and many that I have from OwnHammer and Red Wirez.
The sound was fuller and the low end was nice and tight. I was never crazy about IR's and rarely used them, but the ones I captured felt like 98% of what I'm really used to hearing coming out of my monitors when I'm recording guitars( I use Dynaudio BM6a, with the BM9S sub)
I took the experiment even further and ran my TG2 through my SSL X Rack loaded with 2 SSL eq's, 2 SSL compressors and 2 line input modules and plugged my 2 of my TG2 preamps (each TG2 has 2 preamps each)into the SSL input inserts and took the output of the SSL rack mix buss and plugged it into the Axe Fx so I can blend a total of 4 channels. I placed 4 SM57 on each speaker of a Marshall cab with 4 different models of Scumback speakers. To make sure the mic were all in phase I recorded my guitar just playing a staccato note, so I can zero in on the waveform of each mic and moved the mic's until they were perfectly align.
Once I checked that there was no phase issues I blended all the mic's so they were all at the same level. I adjusted my output going into the Axe Fx with the main mix buss output to the appropriate levels and captured an IR.
The result was even more impressive, especially when I blended the combo IR with one with the Royer 121 mic using a second cab block.
I also did some different ones using my API 2500 compressor and my SSL eq and compressors in my main buss inserts.
I'll post the IR's I made with the M75 and see if anyone likes them. I really like the way it sounds but I have my own taste as far guitar sound.
As soon as I can test them by reloading them into my Axe Fx to make sure they work, I'll post them.
Sorry about the long and boring explanation of my process!
