shaunb
Experienced
Howdy.
I was doing some IR auditions for an upcoming recording session and thought I could do a shorter version for anyone who is interested in the ML Sound Lab Zilla cab pack and wanted to hear some more examples of what you can expect.
I have done three clips to cover a variety of applications from heavy rock/metal, to medium gain driven rock and clean/slightly broken up tones as not everyone on here is a "chugga chugga" player.
UPDATE: to celebrate the release of the ML Bulb Zilla pack I have added my presets used in the first two preview clips.
Feel free to grab them if you are interested. Have fun and maybe let me know how they go for you.
For each clip I have used the same IRs in the same order so you can hear how each works in different applications. The IRs auditioned are from the Zilla Mix folder to demonstrate the different characteristics of the IR mixes that Mikko created.
All IRs within the Zilla Mix folder have an accompanying Djent version which work really well for that style and sound as well as heavily de-tuned guitars in general. As I'm a rock guy I have used the "standard" versions and not the Djent versions in these examples.
I played all IRs in alphabetical order as they are listed within the Zilla Mix folder so you can hear them objectively without me prioritising my personal favourites. I had an odd number of IRs, so I picked one of my favourite Alloys to round out the composition structure.
The IRs are as follows.
ML Zilla All Mix
ML Zilla Cream ALN
ML Zilla Cream H Mix
ML Zilla Cream M Mix
ML Zilla Flattest
ML Zilla Green M Mix
ML Zilla K100 Mix
ML Zilla V30 Mix
ML Zilla Vintage Green Cream
ML Zilla Cream H SM57-M160 (alloy)
First up is the high gain test.
My two favourite amps at the moment are the Corncob M50 and the Brit 800, so I threw them together in the mix to see if they would work well. Guitars are quad tracked, Corncob on the left and Brit 800 on the right.
Next is a clean and medium gain test using a JTM45, everything is dual tracked on this one.
It's a little hard to hear the tonal differences on the cleans in this mix but if you listen closely you'll hear the changes. I have done a clean guitar only clip below to demonstrate the differences more clearly.
The medium gain guitars show the differences much more, that kicks in at the 1:31 minute mark.
Last up is the clean guitar only test with a Class-A 30W TB dual tracked with no other instruments.
This test does a much better job of demonstrating how each IR sounds in a clean slightly broken up application.
I hope this comes in handy for anyone who wants to check out this pack.
The Zilla is killer.
I was doing some IR auditions for an upcoming recording session and thought I could do a shorter version for anyone who is interested in the ML Sound Lab Zilla cab pack and wanted to hear some more examples of what you can expect.
I have done three clips to cover a variety of applications from heavy rock/metal, to medium gain driven rock and clean/slightly broken up tones as not everyone on here is a "chugga chugga" player.
UPDATE: to celebrate the release of the ML Bulb Zilla pack I have added my presets used in the first two preview clips.
Feel free to grab them if you are interested. Have fun and maybe let me know how they go for you.
For each clip I have used the same IRs in the same order so you can hear how each works in different applications. The IRs auditioned are from the Zilla Mix folder to demonstrate the different characteristics of the IR mixes that Mikko created.
All IRs within the Zilla Mix folder have an accompanying Djent version which work really well for that style and sound as well as heavily de-tuned guitars in general. As I'm a rock guy I have used the "standard" versions and not the Djent versions in these examples.
I played all IRs in alphabetical order as they are listed within the Zilla Mix folder so you can hear them objectively without me prioritising my personal favourites. I had an odd number of IRs, so I picked one of my favourite Alloys to round out the composition structure.
The IRs are as follows.
ML Zilla All Mix
ML Zilla Cream ALN
ML Zilla Cream H Mix
ML Zilla Cream M Mix
ML Zilla Flattest
ML Zilla Green M Mix
ML Zilla K100 Mix
ML Zilla V30 Mix
ML Zilla Vintage Green Cream
ML Zilla Cream H SM57-M160 (alloy)
First up is the high gain test.
My two favourite amps at the moment are the Corncob M50 and the Brit 800, so I threw them together in the mix to see if they would work well. Guitars are quad tracked, Corncob on the left and Brit 800 on the right.
Next is a clean and medium gain test using a JTM45, everything is dual tracked on this one.
It's a little hard to hear the tonal differences on the cleans in this mix but if you listen closely you'll hear the changes. I have done a clean guitar only clip below to demonstrate the differences more clearly.
The medium gain guitars show the differences much more, that kicks in at the 1:31 minute mark.
Last up is the clean guitar only test with a Class-A 30W TB dual tracked with no other instruments.
This test does a much better job of demonstrating how each IR sounds in a clean slightly broken up application.
I hope this comes in handy for anyone who wants to check out this pack.
The Zilla is killer.
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