Riffmagus
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Afternoon all.
So, for approx five hours over the last 24, I've been having a blast trying out the Jimi Hendrix inspired IR's from LiveReadySound (https://livereadysound.com/product/ultimate-artist-tones-jimi-h-impulse-response-set/)
As a bit of background, I've played guitar for over 20 years - but focused the last 10 on using different digital gear to record at home (Line 6 POD, X3, Eleven Rack, Two Notes Torepedo CAB, Kemper, Laney IRT Pulse and currently the Atomic Amplifire.) Throughout a lot of this journey with the later gear, I've realised just how much the cab and mic choice influence the final sound, and ultimately the playability guitarwise - if a tone sounds good - we tend the play good.
So, with IR's and the Kemper / Atomic onwards I really dived down this rabbit hole. I have thousands of impulses from the big brands such as Redwirez / Ownhammer / Celestion which I have enjoyed - but still searching for the 'cab in the room' feel which a lot of digital players find is lacking.
So, with full disclosure, I found the Live Ready Sound page and liked the info about the Jimi H impulses - so I emailed and Tim the owner kindly replied with one IR to try.
Wow, this thing has the mojo with my Tele - serious great gobs of juicy tone right off the bat, no harsh high end. A 'live' feeling cab (I have a feeling it could be a mix of close mic'd and room mics but don't know for sure.) The main thing is it captures something sonically that I have not been able to get with other IR's. It might not be the IR to rule them all, but for the application (rock, Jimi inspired riffing) it absolutely NAILS it.
I've made a clip covering the tone - simply my MIM Tele on the neck pickup using the Plexi model on the Atomic AF3. Echo and Reverb to taste;
Listening back, what also gets me is the sheer dynamics on tap - I did not touch the volume control at all in the clip. And the 'woody' aspect of the tone (to my ears) just made me grin from ear to ear - so I wanted to share the tones and info here - hope others appreciate.
Cheers,
-Riffmagus
So, for approx five hours over the last 24, I've been having a blast trying out the Jimi Hendrix inspired IR's from LiveReadySound (https://livereadysound.com/product/ultimate-artist-tones-jimi-h-impulse-response-set/)
As a bit of background, I've played guitar for over 20 years - but focused the last 10 on using different digital gear to record at home (Line 6 POD, X3, Eleven Rack, Two Notes Torepedo CAB, Kemper, Laney IRT Pulse and currently the Atomic Amplifire.) Throughout a lot of this journey with the later gear, I've realised just how much the cab and mic choice influence the final sound, and ultimately the playability guitarwise - if a tone sounds good - we tend the play good.
So, with IR's and the Kemper / Atomic onwards I really dived down this rabbit hole. I have thousands of impulses from the big brands such as Redwirez / Ownhammer / Celestion which I have enjoyed - but still searching for the 'cab in the room' feel which a lot of digital players find is lacking.
So, with full disclosure, I found the Live Ready Sound page and liked the info about the Jimi H impulses - so I emailed and Tim the owner kindly replied with one IR to try.
Wow, this thing has the mojo with my Tele - serious great gobs of juicy tone right off the bat, no harsh high end. A 'live' feeling cab (I have a feeling it could be a mix of close mic'd and room mics but don't know for sure.) The main thing is it captures something sonically that I have not been able to get with other IR's. It might not be the IR to rule them all, but for the application (rock, Jimi inspired riffing) it absolutely NAILS it.
I've made a clip covering the tone - simply my MIM Tele on the neck pickup using the Plexi model on the Atomic AF3. Echo and Reverb to taste;
Listening back, what also gets me is the sheer dynamics on tap - I did not touch the volume control at all in the clip. And the 'woody' aspect of the tone (to my ears) just made me grin from ear to ear - so I wanted to share the tones and info here - hope others appreciate.
Cheers,
-Riffmagus