tubetonez
Experienced
For live use, I really think that it's better to set up with just a few good cabs. Even if you get dozens of cab setups dialed in, it's going to be difficult to translate the subtleties of each in a live environment. As good as the Axe is, and the Redwirez IR's, there is a point of diminishing returns IMHO. You can tweak so many different elements that it's possible to get in the ballpark of most any tone with most any amp & cab combo. After all, most of the tube amps are based on similar simple circuits and most guitar cabs are similarly constructed with few major differences - open back, closed back, ported. These differences aren't so noticeable in a close-mic'd live environment.
Now, for recording purposes the sky is the limit, but in this environment you can use software plug-ins instead of converting to sysex for the Axe.
For the future, I wonder if software could be designed using IR's of drivers "free-air" or "infinite baffle". Then, another portion to model cabs and integrate the data so that you could "roll your own" - specify cab sizes, ports, # of drivers, etc. There are many programs to design speaker boxes and predict the response, it seems that it should be possible eventually.
Now, for recording purposes the sky is the limit, but in this environment you can use software plug-ins instead of converting to sysex for the Axe.
For the future, I wonder if software could be designed using IR's of drivers "free-air" or "infinite baffle". Then, another portion to model cabs and integrate the data so that you could "roll your own" - specify cab sizes, ports, # of drivers, etc. There are many programs to design speaker boxes and predict the response, it seems that it should be possible eventually.