Maybe.
It just seems that I've seen a fair amount of people whining about Recabinet since 2.0 came out including a member of this forum who decided it would be nice starting the same thread on multiple forums causing Shane to have to track them down and defend his product. And I won't forget to mention this was after Shane publicly offered him a refund.
And why just guitarhack vs. recabinet with all the other great impulses being used on the forum at the moment?
That would be me…
I´ve started multiple threads (here, guitarampmodelling, recabinet forums) in an attempt to reach a wider audience and had no intent to bash the product….
Shane knows this and defended his product because he wanted, I didn´t attacked anything, I was merely giving my feedback.
To anyone who wants check what i wrote at:
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/equipment/489937-recabinet-2-0-modern-vintage-may-21-a-3.html
http://www.guitarampmodeling.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5835
http://recabi.net/recabinet_forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70
The threads were all started at about the same time and it was only after that a refund was indeed offered by Shane, although I didn’t ask for one.
For the record, I wasn't ever trying to "defend" my product, just trying to help the user in question, who didn't want a refund and was actually extremely humble and even apologetic about his concerns, if a bit strange in his approach. I'm still a bit confused about it actually.
There´s nothing to be confused about : I bought a product and accept my noobness in the mixing department…I´ve dealt with Shane with the respect that I would expect that someone else did with me, maybe people aren´t used to that.
The release of Ryan's set of fredman impulses basically cemented that the very best cabinet IRs to be had out there are to be had for free.
That maybe true but I must say that I bought recab with the intent of expanding the possibilities in cabs and mics, although they don´t quite mesh together with the ones u refered, only with the ones in the library itself
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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.
I understand all your points and agree, but I would like to point out that not everyone is aimimg to be the next Andy Sneap or the likes, i´m sure that many out there are just using impulses to jamm around and just because it´s easy and like u said “convenient” in many levels
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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.
Sorry Matt, you´re caught here on this little detail, however if u get the right files(mic positions) i´m sure u will still ear a significant difference.
Quite the contrary. I wanted to start a constructive discussion about Recabinet impulses, I also wanted to hear others opinions of what I was hearing and see if there were varying opinions. I didn't bash anyone. If this discussion can help Shane improve his product, that would be great since his aim is to create the best possible impulses available, and why I spent the money for his product.
Exactly what I fell about it
Of course there is room for improvement, but what we're now debating about is a very small threshold of difference, where each new development is only going to make marginal improvements, which will seem big to some and small to most.
I think that small threshold of difference is important.
Also, could u please explain what´s the difference between v1.6 and v2 of recabinet other than the gear used, because I prefer the "sonic fingerprint" of the first and it seems like in v2 there´s something going on…did u eq/post process the impulses?? or are these the straight out files recorded??
Is it possible to have the cabs and mics in v2 in "v1.6 format"?
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