The Impulse FAQ/Tutorial Thread

[Karnidge]

Originally Posted by Jak3

Ya is there a way to use an impulse live, im trying to tweak but im getting tired of recording with no cab then listening with impulse then tweaking to my recordings over and over and over.

same. bump

[theunforgiven246]

I made a thread about impulses a long time ago but I like yours better cause you did pictures! Good job! I guess when I made mine, impulses weren't as popular here as they are now. Impulses are fun as hell!

[Jak3]

Can someone tell me whats wrong with this tone SoundClick artist: Qeef - page with MP3 music downloads

[FourFour]

Thanks John.

Jak3 and Karnidge- I'm just a dumbass metalhead so I'm not too sure about using impulses live.

But the Axe-fx and Revalver III can use impulses live. You will probably need to use a laptop and run revalver through it. Axe-fx is hardware so yea, just plug it into a PA or something. You will need to convert the wav. files into the Axe-fx format first.

There's probably some way to run it in your DAW live, let's wait for the experts to chime in.

Jak3- your tone is quite good man. A bit grainy and minor fuzz issue, aside from that maybe boost the mids a little to give it some clarity. It is a bit too bassy/woofy but I think its more the bass guitar so yea. Goodwork.

[Jak3]

Originally Posted by FourFour

Thanks John.
Jak3- your tone is quite good man. A bit grainy and minor fuzz issue, aside from that maybe boost the mids a little to give it some clarity. It is a bit too bassy/woofy but I think its more the bass guitar so yea. Goodwork.

Thanks, i was thinking the same thing about the fuzzyness, i just got a bass too soo.. prob got it to loud in the mix.

Is the fuzz a normal problem with these impulses, ive tried a ton and they all seem a bit fuzzy?

[FourFour]

Hey sorry for the late reply man.

The fuzz might be coming from your pre-amp signal. Try lowering your presence and gain.

Although I find that some impulses are just fizzy like hell, you can eq out the fizz most of the time.

[sakeido]

My settings.. sorry it took so long.
impulse - Recabinet Ghandi 4x12 (mesa oversize) EL34, cap 0.5" SM57. Remember tone to zero and dry to infinite both pre and post impulse so your crap pre-impulse sound doesn't bleed through.

equalizer - I used to use Waves Q6. Now I use Hydratone and a Q2.
waves Q6 - high pass 80hz, low pass 11,500hz. 14dB boost Q about 1.0 at 6000hz. -1.5dB cut Q 2.0 at 240hz.
Hydratone - using all USA models on all bands and master. Basically the same EQ settings except the treble boost is 9dB instead of 14 and I use the heat knob to add some sizzle. Then I run into the Waves Q2 just to high pass and low pass.

but the secret sauce of a good guitar tone is an awesome bass tone I recommend the Ampeg VST

Originally Posted by Karnidge

same. bump

If your interface supports it, you can set up monitoring inside your DAW. So instead of only hearing the raw signal, you'd hear the processed one. Unfortunately it varies from DAW to DAW, interface to interface, on how exactly you need to set things up.. with my old Edirol UA-25 in Cubase SX3, all I had to do was uncheck the direct monitoring box in my device setup.

[timothydog76]

Hello there,

I first heard about cabinet impulses a little over a year ago but didn't really get to try it until recently. I downloaded a bunch of free impulses but also purchased the Recabinet library. For 40 bucks, it is a steal and there are supposed to be a couple big free upgrades soon. The i5 and D6 mic's sound great. You can get an UNBELIEVABLY chunky sound with the D6 after applying some mid-low scooping in EQ.

I'm running my guitar through my ENGL Powerball preamp, out through the FX send, into my Mackie 802-VLZ3 mixer and then into my DAW PC via M-Audio Delta 24/96. It can't be said enough: keep your cabinet plugged into the amp to prevent damage!

I'm running Sonar 7PE and started working with Perfect Space which is really nice but has a very large amount of lag when doing input monitoring. I plan on trying one of the free ones this weekend with no lag. At the very least, I will use the lag-free plugin to monitor my guitars while recording so I don't have to listen to an awful guitar sound coming directly out of the preamp. When mixing, I will probably switch back to Perfect Space.

[FourFour]

Nice one, Sakeido! Are those settings for your Engl?

Cool info Tim, thanks for sharing.

[timothydog76]

Just reporting back. Last night I tried real time input monitoring using keFIR. Worked like a charm! I'm looking forward to laying some tracks down soon.

[sakeido]

Originally Posted by FourFour

Nice one, Sakeido! Are those settings for your Engl?

Cool info Tim, thanks for sharing.

Yes those are the very same settings I used for Requited. The short mix test I recently posted I used slightly different settings but I didn't think they were an improvement so I'm going back to what I had before.
I forgot to mention that using the Hydratone I don't have the cut in the lows.. only with the Waves Q6 do I do that.

[AeonSolus]

Originally Posted by timothydog76

Just reporting back. Last night I tried real time input monitoring using keFIR. Worked like a charm! I'm looking forward to laying some tracks down soon.

same thing here, it's so great!, you can ever hear the "distortion" peak that the mic naturally gives, it's soooo amazing!

[TimothyLeary]

I want to use impulse but im in mac and the laconvolver that has been said here, doesn't work in cubase because is only AU not VST. So if anyone have another suggestion, please tell here!!

Thank

[HANIAK]

This thread should be stickied!

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Originally Posted by HANIAK

This thread should be stickied!

Mods?

[MF_Kitten]

Originally Posted by TimothyLeary

I want to use impulse but im in mac and the laconvolver that has been said here, doesn't work in cubase because is only AU not VST. So if anyone have another suggestion, please tell here!!

Thank

since cubase takes VSTs, i´d look for a VST convolution reverb/impulse response plugin that doesn´t need an installer.

[skattabrain]

thanks FourFour ... I haven't played seriously in a year or so and jsut got back into it and found revalver ... so i kept hearing "impulses" and i was like huh????

thanks so much for making it crystal clear!

[FourFour]

Timothy, I can't recall any other vst for Mac. Maybe try asking somewhere else, cubase forums? Btw, sorry for the late reply.

Thanks skattabrain, I try my best. I'm sure there are better tutorials out there. This is just my way of playing with impulses.

[TimothyLeary]

I've been search till now, and didn't find. Only altiverb and waves ir1, but for reason I can't explain here, I can't "find" them.

MF Kitten, appeaantly, is not easy to find a vst without install setup.

[Imdeathcore]

i see i can't wait to try to use impulses in my records! any sound clip with impulses and pod???

[MerlinTKD]

I've been searching for cab impulse collections and it seems like all the links are no longer working (like the one in the first post, sadly); anyone have any suggestions where to look?

[mnemonic]

here are mine, i just uploaded them now.

i think it might be the same impulse collection that was on the front page, but to be honest, i forget where i downloaded it. since i got it, i've added a bunch of stuff to it.

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[Sang-Drax]

Ths thread is pure gold.

[mnemonic]

there's some cool impulses here on this page

Guitar Amp Modeling • View topic - [LAST UPDATE] Official Sperimental Impulses Pack

theres also alot of moaning and whining from the guy who made them about people uploading them elsewhere, i guess he's never heard of internet

[Shadow_6667]

Originally Posted by Sang-Drax

Ths thread is pure gold.

+1