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Very very goodavailable on the OwnHammer site is the California Duo Impulse Response Library
I'm looking forward to try them out as soon as I get in the studio.
Thanks Kevin
Very very goodavailable on the OwnHammer site is the California Duo Impulse Response Library
Yes, you'd be waiting forever. OwnHammer doesn't have "sales". Their prices are already ridiculously low for the quality and quantity of IR's that you get. However, they do have frequency discounts. You can check it out here: http://www.ownhammer.com/store/index.php?main_page=frequencydiscounts_promoIf I were to wait for the Heavy Hitters collection to go on sale, would I be waiting a while?
Hey, i have the Justin York collection, which IR's do you recommend for Mesa Boogie (IIc++ or mark IV) lead sound? The ones I tried so far (mesa cabs miced with SM57 + R121 mixes) generally seem a bit too bright and harsch. Any advice is appreciated!
Cheers!
Thanks very much Justin! I did some good work tonight with your approach. Starting with a new set of strings. The BR folder has quite a few I like with my Mark IIC++ patch. I tried the 421+121 for the first time; it's great! I like the "3" range. For SM57+121 the "4" range seems to work better for me. I set low cut at 85 and hi cut at 8.000 in the cab block.
Just curious, what amp do you use for leads? Where do you set low cut? And do you use any motor drive in the cab block?
Cheers! Oscar
Hey Kevin (@ownhammer), @JustinYork, @Guitarjon and all
Is there a summary somewhere with some kind of comparison between the various speakers and cabs within the HHC?
I know this is very much a personal option, but I feel like I'm shooing blinding looking through some of the options in the HHC pack.
I loaded up the A1 picks last night and tried a few of them with my existing presets and would love to further explore the pack, but to start looking for a quick-start folder to try, I really need to make a choice of 1/ what cab(s) to explore, then 2/ which speaker(s).
If anybody has some go-to's, I'd love to hear them and start exploring, knowing they are at least proven start points. i.e.
Mesa Mark/Recto amp + MES412 V30
Plexi amp + 412MAR EDVH
Friedman HBE + 412ORG M25... etc.
My go-to sounds could be somewhere in between: ACDC, FooFighters, Pearl Jam, Incubus, Lenny Kravitz, etc. Many of these work well for me with the ML Zilla all green, vintage & modern IR's
Any examples to explore within this style would be great.
Thanks - Callan.
Fantastic, thanks Justin.IR's are probably the most personal aspect in a guitar player's signal chain, and there is no single IR that works for every player's hands across every style, so exploring is a fun and important part of the process. The HHC is massive and diverse, but easy to navigate if you stick to the basics and then branch out.
In your case, I would start with an amp you like. Choose one that you like the tone and feel of and keep it at fairly neutral settings. Then, load up the OH1 Quick Start file (or Summary file) for each speaker and each single cab for a total of 12 files. Mark the ones you like the best and enjoy! If you want to go deeper, try some other mics and mixes in the Quick Start folders from the cabs and speakers you liked.
Let me know how it goes!
When importing the Ownhammer IR files into Cab-Lab to be converted for the axe-fx, are you supposed to use both minimum phase and auto trim, or just one or the other? I tried just min-phase and I think they sound good, but I'm just wondering what I am missing, if anything, by not doing the auto trim.
Ok, thanks. When converting, do you use the Fractal files from the OH site or just the Wav. IR's?OwnHammer IRs are all phase aligned with one another already, so as long as you're not intending to mix with IRs from another source you shouldn't need the MPT or autotrim pass at all. If you want to negate the chance of potential phase issues for the future, I guess I would recommend the MPT option over the autotrim, but for my money converting the OH IRs raw w/o either option sounds just a touch more open and "better" when you compare the three, so I've always processed these IRs with no extra conversion options.
FWIW, here's a forum post I found where the options are discussed in a bit more technical detail, but as always I think the "if it sounds good, it is good" argument is the best one
http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/cab-lab-3-converting.97610/
Ok, thanks. When converting, do you use the Fractal files from the OH site or just the Wav. IR's?
Got it, thanks!I use the files in the Fractal folder as they've been prepared by OH w/ the correct sample rate and time alignment standard for conversion to fractal's UltraRes format already. They'd basically be the same thing as the 48 kHz 200 ms wavs (can use those -- or 500 ms or 88.2 kHz -- in an IR loader in a DAW for example), but for conversion to the Axe I stick with the ones in the Fractal folders for convenience sake.