Just gave your patch a spin, and man....that Crunch scene is HUGE! The only adjustments I made for my guitar were setting the Amp's graphic EQ 80 Hz to 2 and 240 Hz to 0. I set the Cab Block's master Low Cut at 80 to clean up the super low stuff. It's great though, and I'm saving it to my unit. I'll also use this Mix when I update the pack. Thanks for sharing!The mixes you included are really great. Sorry if you answered this already and I have missed it, but were your mixes produced by mixing captured mic IRs in software or were they captures with all the mics setup (a real world capture of the mix)?
I would be really interested in your feedback on these recipes, good or bad. Would be very cool to see what you think of things we have come up with using your pack!
I spent some time with both the vintage and modern 421 IRs in the pack, and I prefer the vintage. Darker and fatter to my ears and has something else in the feel I like. I tend to gravitate to tones which sit on the darker side of the spectrum, and the 57-OA, 421, 121 combo beautifully adds that darkness and growl while also providing sufficient bite on the top end. Pretty perfect me thinks, but interested in your thoughts!
If it is useful, I have attached the main preset I am using this IR combination with. Use Cab Block Channel B with 57-OA-2 in the first slot, 421v-3 in the second slot and 121-2 in the third slot. I like to up the 421 in the mix further if I want more girth.
But ears and brains are strange things, and the tweakability of the Axe with endless IR options can lead to weird things. Unlike where you may have had a single cab or combo and never thought much more about that part of your sound in the past. I find that IRs can sound a little different one day to the next (which is all psychoacoustic and not “real”) because everything can be tweaked instantly, both drastic and minutely subtle.
Which means the exact IR mix I like that day changes too lol. Not that I ever dislike ones I have come to know as a favourite, but they can feel or sound different in comparison over time, and then switch back to sounding/feeling how you “remembered” again. I guess ear fatigue and the instant and voluminous comparisons to other IRs and combination mixes does that (a relatively new phenomenon for the average Joe given availability of tech like the Axe).
Do you ever get like that when selecting which IR shots to keep and what mixes to make for your packs? You are far more experienced than I so there is that too.
Ah the never ending quest, but what fun!
I just want to keep playing, but it's my birthday today and I'm gonna go grab some lunch with my mom to celebrate...then come back and play more guitar.