speedloader
Inspired
Hey, so I've been into IRs and cab Sims for maybe 15 years. As I've never found satisfaction on the market of cab Sims, I got used to make my own IRs (and hate most of them). When one of those is as good as an IR can be, I brand it as "Secretfluid". I must shamelessly say those are as far as I know the best IRs you can find out there, or on par with the best.
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Characteristics
- Not a lazy mix of existing 3rd party IRs. No legal issues, they're free and it's fine.
- Faithful to the amp settings and its gain structure. Bright settings sound bright, warm sounds warm, dark sounds dark, etc. Ready to mix.
- Balanced low end. Neither too tight nor loose. It's here and usable.
- FLUID. They all have a liquid quality from 300Hz to 12 kHz. The top end is dense and the mids are smooth. They sound airy without being fizzy. So you don't need to cut it all.
- WIDE. My ultimate goal and the most difficult part is that they sound kinda far-fielded, yet close miced and full. Wider than most close miked IRs, they're easier to hard pan and sit in a mix.
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For now, there are only four. Since they're hard to do and get the seal of approval, I rarely find a way to expand my library, but I'll keep updating this thread every time I make one, of course.
Secretfluid 1 : Tighter and a bit more mid/growl centric and in-your-face, made to compensate for the amps which lack growl. Advised low pass : 12hKz
Secretfluid 2 : Complementary to the 1, its tonal opposite, a bit more scooped and far fielded than the others, with more bottom and a slight combing/phase effect. A more complex signal and smoother top end. I kept the 680hz mid peak as I found it brought more character than issues. Advised low pass : 13kHz.
Secretfluid 3 : This one is balanced but charged with a very dense, excited mid/top section, less far fielded with more activity in the 1KHz-2Hkhz range, yet not aggressive at all. Great for leads as a stand alone, it also gently fixes and fills the holes in your average SM57 IR. It's an IR enhancer, if you mean. Similar function as the 1x6 Oval but much better for that role. Advised low pass : 18kHz.
Secretfluid X : The clearest one, cousin with the 1st, and the most neutral sounding, also the most versatile IR. It has lots of extra top end to brighten the darker amps, yet is still perfectly balanced for modern fizzy amps if you keep the high cut LOW, around 5kHz. Furthermore, I made that IR a bit out of phase, starting about 0.035ms BEFORE normal IRs. So when you mix it with another IR, and keep its Delay to zero, it automatically rolls off most of its extra top end, which you can restore by increasing the Delay. This allows to blend it with balanced IRs without cutting their top end, OR, to brighten a darker IR by rephasing it and using its extra air.
Share if you like!
And feel free to post anything you record with those.
SL
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Characteristics
- Not a lazy mix of existing 3rd party IRs. No legal issues, they're free and it's fine.
- Faithful to the amp settings and its gain structure. Bright settings sound bright, warm sounds warm, dark sounds dark, etc. Ready to mix.
- Balanced low end. Neither too tight nor loose. It's here and usable.
- FLUID. They all have a liquid quality from 300Hz to 12 kHz. The top end is dense and the mids are smooth. They sound airy without being fizzy. So you don't need to cut it all.
- WIDE. My ultimate goal and the most difficult part is that they sound kinda far-fielded, yet close miced and full. Wider than most close miked IRs, they're easier to hard pan and sit in a mix.
****************************************************
For now, there are only four. Since they're hard to do and get the seal of approval, I rarely find a way to expand my library, but I'll keep updating this thread every time I make one, of course.
Secretfluid 1 : Tighter and a bit more mid/growl centric and in-your-face, made to compensate for the amps which lack growl. Advised low pass : 12hKz
Secretfluid 2 : Complementary to the 1, its tonal opposite, a bit more scooped and far fielded than the others, with more bottom and a slight combing/phase effect. A more complex signal and smoother top end. I kept the 680hz mid peak as I found it brought more character than issues. Advised low pass : 13kHz.
Secretfluid 3 : This one is balanced but charged with a very dense, excited mid/top section, less far fielded with more activity in the 1KHz-2Hkhz range, yet not aggressive at all. Great for leads as a stand alone, it also gently fixes and fills the holes in your average SM57 IR. It's an IR enhancer, if you mean. Similar function as the 1x6 Oval but much better for that role. Advised low pass : 18kHz.
Secretfluid X : The clearest one, cousin with the 1st, and the most neutral sounding, also the most versatile IR. It has lots of extra top end to brighten the darker amps, yet is still perfectly balanced for modern fizzy amps if you keep the high cut LOW, around 5kHz. Furthermore, I made that IR a bit out of phase, starting about 0.035ms BEFORE normal IRs. So when you mix it with another IR, and keep its Delay to zero, it automatically rolls off most of its extra top end, which you can restore by increasing the Delay. This allows to blend it with balanced IRs without cutting their top end, OR, to brighten a darker IR by rephasing it and using its extra air.
Share if you like!
And feel free to post anything you record with those.
SL