......As it stands, IRs are still just cheap replacements for real cabinets.....
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Don't worry about offending me.
I have nothing invested in mine and no real interest if anyone likes them or not, in a nice way, with all due respect
. If they work for some people, that's great, if not, whatever... I created my Impulses as a very quick way for me to switch between different relative mic placements to hear the sound of different mic positions. Basically to learn/hear what position delivers what sound. I really only made a few Impulses of deliberate positions that had yielded me a half-decent mic'd cab tone that I thought others might get some benefit out of. They were New_IR, thisone, final and grind. Pretty much all the others were just a matter of placing the mic and recording the sweep. I didn't check to see if the position was useful for a decent tone. If someone found it useful, great. That explains the sheer number I created. Of course they were not all going to be useable.
One thing that I seem to be noticing more and more on here about impulses is that people are now complaining that real mic'd amps and cabs are fizzy compared to the smoother tone of sims and Impulses. There is a VERY GOOD reason for this. Real Amps and Cabs are fizzy! They have much more harmonic content, etc, than a static sounding sim/impulse. Whilst the sim/impulse can sound smoother and initially more pleasing, they never seem to sound as full and dynamic sounding as throwing a mic at the real thing. They can sound rather single-dimensional and sterile/lifeless. I understand the convenience factor though. They are a useful tool for scratch tracks and possibly demo's, I just hope that ongoing modern metal production does not start to rely so heavily on things like Sims, Impulses and to that matter bought samples (user created is a different story). Where has the art of recording gone? Seems like too many are looking for the easy way out. To me it cheapens the whole recording process and the skill of Audio Engineering when any 12 year old can buy album-ready drum samples, Impulses, sims, etc... and make an album with little to no skillbase. Again, I understand the convenience. I just think the "art" is being lost. I hope we dont end up as an electronica-metal world with simulated/sampled/impulsed everything.
My 0.02.
Didn't mean to get carried away. Feel free to not read my rubbish.
Also, regarding the OP. You can't just dial in an amp/sim tone that suits one mic position/Impulse and then throw another completely different Impulse on it and expect it to sound good. From what I can gather about Shane's filename is that the mic is dead-centre on the grill. New_IR (or whatever the hell it is called) was an Edge position on a different Cab. Not trying to be rude, just explaining.
Thanks for the love though.
BTW, Shane, I am still waiting for that Impulse versus Mic'd comparison of yesteryear?
EDIT: BTW, I haven't listened to the comparison.
