Question: Does anyone shoot profiles with IR's instead of micing cabinets?

Muudrock · January 23, 2019 at 3:29 PM

I'm curious about this as it seems like it may be a good way to easily switch up the cabinet/mic when profiling. Just wondering if any of the profile producers do this.

benvigil · January 23, 2019 at 4:49 PM

If they do, they're not likely to disclose that information.

Muudrock · January 23, 2019 at 6:40 PM

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If they do, they're not likely to disclose that information.

I kind of figured but thought I'd ask. Thanks

benvigil · January 23, 2019 at 6:44 PM

Related post: this is why.

Muudrock · January 23, 2019 at 6:56 PM

I found this after I asked. Guess I should have searched a little better before asking. Thank you!

benvigil · January 24, 2019 at 2:10 AM

No, that's okay. Your question is a completely different question. That other thread is about using OTHER PEOPLE's IRs.

But let's say I create a few of my own IRs or IR blends from all my favorite cabs. Then I profile Amp A with each of those IRs. Then Amp B, etc.. That's lot of profiles to sell and a LOT LESS work.

I think it's a practice whose merits are worth a discussion.

Muudrock · January 24, 2019 at 2:33 AM

Exactly! That's why I was curious. It would save a lot of time.

I assume some commercial profiles are/were made with IRs and no one is any wiser. The question for me is do they shoot their own IRs from scratch?? Or, use a commercial, third party IR.

I've shot a lot of IRs and it isn't just slap a mic in front a speaker and get good results. It is an art form in of itself. But, so is creating good sounding profiles. I think the two are very similar in the fact that they are both garbage in, garbage out. Seeing that there is a niche market in commercial profiles, I just wondered about this subject.

I won't go down the rabbit hole of the thread you shared above, but I do think there are ethical, moral and legal questions around this subject and a very large gray area that hasn't been dove into.

I personally wouldn't have an issue with this if it was the person creating the profile that created the IR. But....How do you truly validate that? You can't.

benvigil · January 24, 2019 at 2:34 AM

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I personally wouldn't have an issue with this if it was the person creating the profile that created the IR. But....How do you truly validate that? You can't.

Agreed. You can't. Agreed.