WT Acoustic IRs

[OrganicZed]

Here's a clip I recorded demonstrating the Worship Tutorials free IR pack. I used my recently aquired PRS P22 guitar for the demo. The first tone is the stock piezo sound with reverb and a bit of EQ from the Axe-FX III. This is followed up by the Taylor 816 IR, the Martin D-35 IR, and finally the McPhearson IR.



I think these IR's do a great job of transforming a perfectly usable acoustic tone into something that actually sounds good. I'm kind of shocked that you can get acoustic tones this realistic from an electric guitar without a Roland GK pickup.

For those interested in trying them:

https://worshiptutorials.com/product/acoustic-ir-sample-pack/

 

[AtomicJeff]

That sounds pretty good! I downloaded it a few days ago but haven't used it yet. Looks like I have something to look forward to.

 

[secondwindow]

Here's a clip I recorded demonstrating the Worship Tutorials free IR pack. I used my recently aquired PRS P22 guitar for the demo. The first tone is the stock piezo sound with reverb and a bit of EQ from the Axe-FX III. This is followed up by the Taylor 816 IR, the Martin D-35 IR, and finally the McPhearson IR.



I think these IR's do a great job of transforming a perfectly usable acoustic tone into something that actually sounds good. I'm kind of shocked that you can get acoustic tones this realistic from an electric guitar without a Roland GK pickup.

I like it! I wouldn’t have guessed it was an electric with piezo.

 

[Musikron]

It's funny, I just downloaded that pack last night trying to polish up my acoustic sounds for an upcoming project I'd like to use my FM9 on.

 

[HereToday]

Here's a clip I recorded demonstrating the Worship Tutorials free IR pack. I used my recently aquired PRS P22 guitar for the demo. The first tone is the stock piezo sound with reverb and a bit of EQ from the Axe-FX III. This is followed up by the Taylor 816 IR, the Martin D-35 IR, and finally the McPhearson IR.



I think these IR's do a great job of transforming a perfectly usable acoustic tone into something that actually sounds good. I'm kind of shocked that you can get acoustic tones this realistic from an electric guitar without a Roland GK pickup.

I love WT's acoustic packs. I can recommend all of them!

 

[PincoTech]

The D-35 sounds 100% acoustic, and warm! I guess your guitar is bright to start with, and Taylors are also bright. These IR's are on par with Sigma Audio's. Sounds great.

 

[OrganicZed]

I like it! I wouldn’t have guessed it was an electric with piezo.

It is pretty convincing. I’ll have to record my Larrivee and see how it stacks up. I could honestly see using this P22 for an exclusively acoustic set.

 

[OrganicZed]

The D-35 sounds 100% acoustic, and warm! I guess your guitar is bright to start with, and Taylors are also bright. These IR's are on par with Sigma Audio's. Sounds great.

The D-35 was my favorite as well. The only issue is that it has a bit of a woofy low end (which I suspect is true of the actual D-35). I need to play with the EQ or perhaps multi band compression to tame that characteristic a bit for strumming parts. The full lows sound great for finger style and single note lines, just too much when digging into open chords.

 

[AxeManDan]

Wow, very impressive! I may have to try these with my PRS Hollowbody Piezo.

 

[GitGuy513]

Man when you’re starting with such a great piezo acoustic sound the IR’s are like magic.

 

[secondwindow]

It is pretty convincing. I’ll have to record my Larrivee and see how it stacks up. I could honestly see using this P22 for an exclusively acoustic set.

I'm wondering how these would work with my Taylor with ES2. I'll have to try them out soon

 

[OrganicZed]

@secondwindow I think they should work with your ES equipped Taylor. They have IRs specifically intended for use with the expression system.

 

[secondwindow]

@secondwindow I think they should work with your ES equipped Taylor. They have IRs specifically intended for use with the expression system.

Awesome - thanks for the tip!

 

[walnutzz]

Wow, love the sound of the D-35. As if I didn't have enough on the FX3 to distract me, I may have to add this to my repertoire.

 

[Casimir]

Love how the Martin sounds! I have tried these at our church, but whenever I have used them, my acoustic has gotten really boxy sounding FOH. Maybe FOH just need to reset their EQ and start from scratch, since the base tone is drastically different.

Anyone have any tips for using these with a sound hole pickup? My acoustics sound hole tone is nothing to write home about.

 

[OrganicZed]

@Casimir I would suggest playing around with the various versions of the IRs in the pack. I found that with my particular guitar that the piezo 1 IRs yielded the best results, but they have two other piezo pickup variations as well as variations for the LR Baggs anthem and Taylor expression systems. Here's a summary of their various options:

ACOUSTIC PICKUP OPTIONS​

The Sample Pack includes all the acoustic pickup options found in the full packs.

There are many different acoustic pickups options out there, and we have given you multiple options to accommodate a wide range of guitars. Here is what you get:

• EXP: The “EXP1’ option is for Taylor guitars with Taylor’s Expression System electronics. These were made with a Taylor 414ce fitted with an Expression System 2 pickup system. If you have a Taylor with an ES pickup, these IR’s will be perfectly suited for it. NOTE: The TLR 816 IR’s include a 2nd EXP (Expression System) option. The ‘EXP2’ IR’s in in the TLR 816 pack were made from the direct out of the Taylor 816.
• SB1: The ‘SB’ options denote pickup microphones that are attached to the bottom of the sound board on an acoustic guitar. These include the mic portion of the LR Baggs Anthem, the K&K Pure Western transducer pickups, etc. For the ‘SB1’ options, we used the full microphone setting of the LR Baggs Anthem pickup installed in Brian’s Martin D-35. These are the darker of the two SB options.
• SB2: For this setting, we used the full microphone setting of the LR Baggs Anthem pickup installed in the McPherson Camrielle. These are the brighter of the two SB options.
• SB3 (Blend): These IR’s were made by blending the ‘SB1’ and ‘SB2’ IR’s, achieving a balance between the two – a great starting point for any guitar.
• Pz1: If your guitar is equipped with an under saddle piezo, try the ‘Pz’ options. Pz1 was created with just the LR Baggs Element piezo mix of the Anthem system in the Martin D-35
• Pz2: This was created with an Orangewood Brooklyn Live, equipped with a Fishman Flex EQ piezo system
• Pz3: This option was created with a Takamine FD-360sc from the late ’90’s, equipped with a Takamine AD-1 piezo system. This is a higher-end piezo pickup/preamp.

As for EQ, in the clip I posted the only EQ was a high pass filter set to 100 Hz.

 

[Casimir]

@Casimir I would suggest playing around with the various versions of the IRs in the pack. I found that with my particular guitar that the piezo 1 IRs yielded the best results, but they have two other piezo pickup variations as well as variations for the LR Baggs anthem and Taylor expression systems. Here's a summary of their various options:

ACOUSTIC PICKUP OPTIONS​

The Sample Pack includes all the acoustic pickup options found in the full packs.

There are many different acoustic pickups options out there, and we have given you multiple options to accommodate a wide range of guitars. Here is what you get:

• EXP: The “EXP1’ option is for Taylor guitars with Taylor’s Expression System electronics. These were made with a Taylor 414ce fitted with an Expression System 2 pickup system. If you have a Taylor with an ES pickup, these IR’s will be perfectly suited for it. NOTE: The TLR 816 IR’s include a 2nd EXP (Expression System) option. The ‘EXP2’ IR’s in in the TLR 816 pack were made from the direct out of the Taylor 816.
• SB1: The ‘SB’ options denote pickup microphones that are attached to the bottom of the sound board on an acoustic guitar. These include the mic portion of the LR Baggs Anthem, the K&K Pure Western transducer pickups, etc. For the ‘SB1’ options, we used the full microphone setting of the LR Baggs Anthem pickup installed in Brian’s Martin D-35. These are the darker of the two SB options.
• SB2: For this setting, we used the full microphone setting of the LR Baggs Anthem pickup installed in the McPherson Camrielle. These are the brighter of the two SB options.
• SB3 (Blend): These IR’s were made by blending the ‘SB1’ and ‘SB2’ IR’s, achieving a balance between the two – a great starting point for any guitar.
• Pz1: If your guitar is equipped with an under saddle piezo, try the ‘Pz’ options. Pz1 was created with just the LR Baggs Element piezo mix of the Anthem system in the Martin D-35
• Pz2: This was created with an Orangewood Brooklyn Live, equipped with a Fishman Flex EQ piezo system
• Pz3: This option was created with a Takamine FD-360sc from the late ’90’s, equipped with a Takamine AD-1 piezo system. This is a higher-end piezo pickup/preamp.

As for EQ, in the clip I posted the only EQ was a high pass filter set to 100 Hz.

Thanks! That should be helpful. I will have to try the EXP option since I have a Taylor 214ce which is probably similar.

 

[secondwindow]

Here's a clip I recorded demonstrating the Worship Tutorials free IR pack. I used my recently aquired PRS P22 guitar for the demo. The first tone is the stock piezo sound with reverb and a bit of EQ from the Axe-FX III. This is followed up by the Taylor 816 IR, the Martin D-35 IR, and finally the McPhearson IR.



I think these IR's do a great job of transforming a perfectly usable acoustic tone into something that actually sounds good. I'm kind of shocked that you can get acoustic tones this realistic from an electric guitar without a Roland GK pickup.

I spent a few minutes with the free WT IR pack, my Axe-FX III, and my Taylor. I created a preset with just input and output blocks, plus cab and IR player blocks (so I could try each option). I used the EXP IRs.

The results were not good at all, not even close to what you achieved or WT’s demos. I’ll have to try again when I have more time.

 

[OrganicZed]

@secondwindow bummer! I had nearly instant positive results.

Keep in mind that I had some reverb mixed into the sound as well. I used the stock settings on the studio type with a 10% mix and I find that it really adds a lot of air to the tone.

 

[secondwindow]

@secondwindow bummer! I had nearly instant positive results.

Keep in mind that I had some reverb mixed into the sound as well. I used the stock settings on the studio type with a 10% mix and I find that it really adds a lot of air to the tone.

I was hoping for near instant positive results. ;-]

I'll try a little reverb and a HPF, too.