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JOIN THE DISCORD VIEW THREADSo what does this do to the Sound in general? When do people use an IR?It is, as Andrei says, an "impulse response." What that actually means is "speaker simulator." Whether it's built-in to your AxeFX hardware, added to it later, or part of Guitar Rig or Bias, or anything from Kemper or Line6, the IR takes your digital signal and puts it through a virtual speaker cabinet and microphone.
So what does this do to the Sound in general? When do people use an IR?
So what does this do to the Sound in general? When do people use an IR?
That makes perfect sense! Whenever I recorded something directly, No Matter with which amp, I felt that there is a huge Gap between the Sound you hear live and what's recordedI used to have an old solid state head, a Fender M-80. Since it wasn't tube, I knew I could plug it directly into my audio interface to record without damaging it. With it tuned to "my tone" through my 4x12 cabinet, it sounded exquisite to my ears. Full, deep, chugging, RIFFTASTIC. Plugged in direct to record, without an IR, it sounded thin, brittle, oversaturated and like someone just cranked a Metal Zone all the way on everything without caring what it sounded like. The speakers and microphone are a HUGE part of one's overall tone and just leaving them out entirely is bad news. An IR is the digital equivalent.
I use an IR in my band effect loop - It's really weird to describe but it just tightens the sound up and takes away some of the high end - like Andrei said.
But yeah it's really just a snapshot of what a particular Cab + Mic sounds like - it makes a subtle but noticeable difference to your tone
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