BBN
Fractal Fanatic
I just went to the company's website and listened to all of their demos. They were exactly what I expected. While the IRs impart a degree of acoustic characteristics to a pickup, they also produce unpleasant and artificial-sounding resonances. The result, to me, sounds like a heavily processed electronic pickup.
Ok, somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong (or maybe what I'm realizing is I agree with @steadystate here)
I purchased the Taylor 614 IRs. Loaded them to my AX8....put one of into a preset with nothing else other than Eq.
They sound 'phasey' and/or 'hollow'. Every acoustic IR i've ever tried in the past has had this same result (was hoping these would be different).
Is there a way to get rid of that phase/hollow tone that gets added? I find that I like the sound of the direct acoustic better...it's not amazing, but it sounds a lot less fake than when I use the IR.
I also tried adding the cab/IR in a different row, so I could keep partial direct signal, and mix in some of the IR....that is even worse. Super phasey tone.
Tell me what I'm missing?